The Permanent Birth Control Option Doctors Rarely Mention

The Longest Shortest Time

Hillary Frank | Realm

Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Anna North spent years reporting on reproductive health — so she was surprised when her doctor suggested a birth control method she’d never heard of. In this episode, Anna shares why she chose to end her potential for having kids while giving birth to one… and who else might want to consider this little-known procedure. … Recommended from the archive #71 A Childless Man Gets a C-Section … Articles by Anna North (Vox) • The cancer-reducing birth control method you might not have heard of • What science is just starting to understand about periods • The failed promise of egg freezing • Anna’s newsletter: Kids Today … Novels by Anna North (using our links supports the show!) • Outlawed • Bog Queen … Sponsors (using our links supports the show!) • Blueland: 15% off your first order at blueland.com/longshort • Blissy: 60 nights risk-free + 30% off at blissy.com/longshortpod with code LONGSHORTPOD … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, Longest Shortest Time listener. Be honest. Do you like listening to stories about
0:08.5	parenthood and reproductive health? Do you like when they're bold and complicated and funny and
0:13.7	poignant all at the same time? Of course you do. That's why you listen to this show.
0:19.6	And it's also part of what makes you special. So I want to
0:22.3	invite you to join our special club. It's called LST Plus. And when you join, you get all kinds of
0:28.5	cool stuff. You get to be part of our community where you can bond with other listeners. You get to
0:33.6	suggest story ideas for future episodes. You get access to a whole other show in the
0:38.1	longest shortest universe with super awesome college kids talking about sex, dating, and relationships.
0:43.9	And pretty soon, we're also going to start doing video hangouts with me and reproductive health
0:49.2	experts where you get to ask questions. Membership is just 50 bucks a year or seven bucks a month,
0:55.3	and if you want to give more, you can.
0:57.9	We've relaunched independently,
0:59.7	so when you join the club,
1:01.1	you are helping this show to simply exist.
1:03.8	Sign up is easy.
1:05.2	Just go to longest, shortesttime.com slash club.
1:08.5	See you there.
1:18.6	Anna North had her first kid the way a lot of people hope for.
1:21.6	So my first pregnancy was really drama-free.
1:24.8	Pregnancy was pretty easy.
1:28.6	I mean, pregnancy is never exactly easy, but I didn't have complications.
1:31.1	No medication, no surgery.
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