Currently, I am about eight months pregnant (I think it's 33 weeks) and I already have a son who is about to turn one. I became pregnant with my first LO while still on birth control, the pill. After he was born, at my first doctor's appointment afterwards, they went through the options - I could either stay on the pill, hope it worked this time; I could try doing the patch or something, but I wouldn't be able to breast feed; or I could consider an IUD.

Even though I didn't want to try and keep up with the enormity of taking care of the baby and trying to remember to take a pill once a day, I really wanted to try and breastfeed. (Side note: breastfeeding was difficult for me because I had breast reduction surgery two years prior but I wanted to try and give LO as much as I could). So I went with the pill because my mother had problems with an IUD that was meant to help her heavy periods.

The pill and I still had some issues. We found out I was pregnant with LO #2 about a year and a month to the day of finding out we were pregnant with LO #1. I started noticing the signs and symptoms I didn't catch the first time around and went 'Uh oh.'

Now with the due date approaching, March 4th-ish, DH and I have been discussing future family plans. DH is the eldest of two. His parents planned on two, only wanted two, had a boy and a girl and were done. My parents had three kids - my two older siblings and then six/seven years later, me. While we're committed to having two (obviously), we're still not sure about a third one. DH thinks that he wants three, I'm not opposed to the idea so long as the next one is in a year or two and not all nestled together.

So it looks like tube tying is out until we know for sure whether we want just the two or we'd like to try for a third. That means heading back into the murky water of birth control. Obviously the pill and I are through. I don't want to consider that option anymore just because it and I both seem to be very unreliable. I would still like to try and breastfeed this next child (we're not sure whether it's a boy or a girl) for as long as my limited milk supply will allow. So that means I can't have the patch or similar products. Which leaves me with the IUD.

My mother, obviously bias from her experience, doesn't think that I should get it. What were/are your experiences with an IUD? Does it hurt? Does it ever give you discomfort? Have you gotten one, then decided not to have children? Or gotten one and then decided that you did? Was it difficult to remove?

Any help would be most welcome.