Mirena IUD

Yep the insertion is dreadful. My GP kept laughing at me saying it`s “”not so bad””… okay sir, how about you have something hooked into your uterus – OH WAIT. YOU DON`T HAVE ONE DO YOU. Grrrr….

But the pain is well worth it in my opinion. It did legitimately feel like childbirth. It`s strange because I`ve never actually given birth – but instinctively I KNEW it was that feeling. How weird is that… being a woman is magical and terrifying. I knew it was the feeling of childbirth!

Anyway the only thing so far that I am disliking about the Mirena is very ironic… I got it because I was sick of having long, constant periods (towards the end I was on 3 week periods, 1 week break!) and now that I have the Mirena… my periods are completely gone. And I`m not enjoying that as much as I thought I would. There`s something reassuring about getting your period and knowing everything`s OK and you`re not pregnant, LOL.

I know this is an old, old thread but I don`t see the point of starting a new one!

Just wanted to share my insertion experience here as I read a lot of horror stories prior and it did not help me in the least!

I got my Mirena inserted on Monday (it is Wednesday today) and I just wanted to say that even though it definitely hurts (there is no denying that!) please don`t take a lot of the horror stories from the internet on board of you are considering Mirena.

I read some stories online of women saying it was “”as bad as childbirth””… I mean if this was childbirth, I`m going to birth an army. It hurts but it`s super quick and apart from cramping (which for me is almost gone after 48 hours) the pain stops right after it`s been placed.

I was on the Implanon for 6 years prior to Mirena insertion, and the hormones are pretty much the same, so I don`t expect any shocking side effects for myself. We will see and I will keep updated if something unexpected happens.

And for the record, I overall loved the Implanon (you don`t feel insertion, you get used to the foreign object on your arm very quickly, and I had no nasty side-effects) but unfortunately I have very heavy, long periods which the Implanon does not help with – Mirena was specifically recommended for me to lessen the bleeding.

If anyone does have any questions about my Implanon experience or about the Mirena insertion please do let me know. I`m more than happy to share my experience in detail if it helps. I don`t think there`s enough open talk about this stuff – my experience was I kinda just got put on the pill, no questions asked, and it had to go horribly wrong before anything else was presented to me. That said I did grow up pre-social media (I`m from `87).

Just reviving this old topic. I don`t have a mirena but i have had a mutliload IUD put in. Reason being the hormone found in pills, injects, implants and even in the mirenna tends to make me put on weight.

Last time i had an injection i put on 15kg`s in 3 months.

3 months after i had my first IUD put in at Marie Stopes it slipped. I had a scan done which revealed it has moved. Marie stopes removed it and put in another one. Still going strong.

Periods have returned to normal and life just seems normal.

I know this topic hasn`t been used for a while but I figured I`d post my question here rather than start another one.

About two weeks ago while I was having several cysts and endo-tissue removed I had a Mirena IUD implanted. Since then I`ve had extreme mood swings (eg. cooking dinner and randomly bursting into tears, getting p.o.ed about something that would normally never bother me), dry skin and loss of appetite. I`ve also had some random bleeding and cramps but I was warned about that when it was implanted and its nothing as bad as before the op. So I was wondering if anyone else has experienced that and how long it lasted?

Thanks

Thanks elmorules – I`m not keen on the implant it kinda freaks me out think I`d prefer the injection! My biggest prob is forgetting to take the pill!
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One question though – do you know how much the injection costs? My doctor didn`t know…

elmorules that is so freaky! hehe.

elmo , my daughter swear by the injection she was on the pill for years notting but trouble . she tried the implant in her leg left a scar . she now off injection as she and hubby want my children .

Elmo that`s so freaky?!!
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I didn`t know they were still doing IUDs I thought they were taken off the market due to probs with them? I`m personally looking at the implant or the injection for contraception (want to get off the pill).

my friend had an IUD in years ago she became preg with it in her , her little girl was holding on to it,,,it was wraped around her little fingers she had a very faint mark for years she is now 24 years old .

my mother has one, shes recently had some problems with it though. but overall they are pretty good, thats the impression i got from her