Confessions.

সজল

IAST: sajala

IPA:  /ʃɔdʒɔl/

Meaning: Water-laden. Literally “sa-” meaning “with”, and “jala”, meaning “water”. Used to describe rain-clouds.

শ্যামল

IAST: śyāmala

IPA: /ʃæmol/

Meaning: [From a dictionary] “cloud-coloured; dark blue; bottle green; green; dark-coloured; jet black.” Often, this color is described as the color of Krishna’s complexion (or rather, Krishna’s complexion was this color, maybe?). The first entry in a Bengali dictionary for the root word “śyāma” is “1 মেঘবর্ণ, কৃষ্ণবর্ণ;“ [“the color of clouds; the color of Krishna”].

ঘনঘোর

IAST: ghanaghor

IPA: /gʰɔnogʰor/

Meaning: Literally “ghana”, which means “thick” (in terms of consistency), and “ghor”, which means “dark”, “deep”, “awful”, “dreadful”. Used especially with dark, scary, ominous storm clouds.

গর্জিত

IAST: garjita 

IPA: /gorjito/

the iud is like a t shaped device that they put up in your uterus they have strings attached to them that you can feel if you stick your fingers up in your vagina, they kind of feel like fishing lines. but theres a hormonal one and a copper one, with no hormones. i’m on the copper iud bc i have bipolar disorder and cant do hormonal birth control of any kind. and basically what the copper iud does is that, it kills sperm. so if you were to get pregnant on the iud, the iud literally terminates the pregnancy bc copper stops egg fertilization and implantation. and it lasts longer, mine is gonna last me 12 years!

the hormonal iud just thickens up your cervical mucus and makes it harder for sperm to get up in there. hormonal iuds typically last 3-5 years but sometimes longer, it depends on where you go. and i think they stop you from ovulating in some cases. and they do make your cycle lighter and and sometimes they can make them light and infrequent the longer you have it in. 

in the first month, avoid using tampons as it could pull the iud out. also check your strings regularly at first to make sure its in the correct place. theres a small risk of it falling out/puncturing your uterus within the first couple of months, but it’s rare. it occurs in one in 20 people. expulsion is most common if you normally have really bad cramps, a heavy flow, have recently given birth or gotten an abortion, and people who have not had babies yet. 

but basically its the most effective form of birth control out there with i think like a 99.8% success rate and its super easy to get, just go to planned parenthood and they’ll do it there

 sometimes it can affect your flow, making it heavier and more painful cramps, that happens with the copper iud. but i have experienced none of that. in fact, it’s completely regulated my cycle and my bleeding is WAY less than usual cause i used to have really bad bleeding before i got on birth control and bad cramps, and tbh the iud helped with that shit. but i really recommend the copper iud bc no hormones. and like i said, if you DO get pregnant on the iud the copper in the iud is lethal to sperm and prevents the pregnancy from even happening. 

but just go to planned parenthood or your doc and see what you can do about getting on one, like i said, mine’s gonna last me 12 years.  and mine cost nothing bc i got funding from the state

the insertion itself tho, is super painful. some of the most intense and painful experiences i’ve ever had, but it takes all of about 5 minutes. and make sure you go to a gyno or your doctor once a year to get your strings checked and to make sure that it’s still in place. there is a slight risk of it puncturing your uterine wall but like i said it is rare

if anyone’s got any more questions, feel free to direct them my way! i love my iud and it’s helped me quite a bit!

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