Yaz

Warning: If you suffer from an aversion to too much information, this post is not for you!

It's no secret for anyone that knows me, that I'm not ready for any more children right now. We have talked about a possible one or two more after Nathan is done with school, and I don't have to work full time any more. Plus, I need to be really healthy before I can handle any more pregnancies. Right now, I'm not even close to where I would like to be physically.
So last week, I visited my doctor for my annual check up and to request a new type of birth control. Before Matthew was born, I was using Yasmine, and was pretty comfortable with it. However, the hormones caused my headaches to be worse. So at this visit, I requested the low hormone version, called Yaz.
Jackie, the nurse practitioner I see at Dr. Langer's office, was totally on board with trying it. She had some samples she sent me with that day, so I'm set for 3 months. There's also a program card she gave me, that will make it so that no future refills (at least for 6 month's worth) will cost over $20. This was really great news for me, since all prescriptions are full cost until we meet our deductible, on our high-deductible insurance plan. She did warn me that I probably would see a lawyer commercial warning of the effects of Yaz, which I had already seen. She said that any birth control poses the same risks, it's just they can target that one specifically as a name brand. All medicine poses risks, but the benefits far outweigh the possible 1:100,000 or so risk. Where I had no problems on Yasmine, I'm 99% sure I'll be okay on the lower hormone version.