Getting mirena out, any tips?

[twointow83]

I spotted on and off the first month or so after I got it but nothing major, then after that every month or so I'd spot for a couple days which I just considered my AF. Are you talking full on AF bleeding or spotting? Either way it sucks but I'd be especially concerned if you are bleeding heavily and for that long. No wonder you are quick to get it out. If it'd been the same for me I don't think I'd of made it very far past month 1 either! Yikes!

[cjolsnr]

I spotted on and off the first month or so after I got it but nothing major, then after that every month or so I'd spot for a couple days which I just considered my AF. Are you talking full on AF bleeding or spotting? Either way it sucks but I'd be especially concerned if you are bleeding heavily and for that long. No wonder you are quick to get it out. If it'd been the same for me I don't think I'd of made it very far past month 1 either! Yikes!

Pretty steadily a flow, some days juat spotting, but usually a flow that requires a pad. I can't wait until it's out lol. I constantly feel like I'm being stabbed in the uterus. If this thing causes me trouble TTC I'm going to cry.

[twointow83]

I can't say if it will or it won't.... I got mine taken out when my youngest was 7 months old and he just turned 5 so it has been a long while since I had it in. But I can say that even with all the issues I had and the length of time I had it in that 4+ years later I got preg without even trying. I lost that baby but it had nothing to do with the mirena. Sorry, I can't be more helpful on that topic :/

[maidentomother]

Not to thread jack, just wanted to agree. I have a lot of issues with hormonal BC, I am very sensitive to it. I had requested the copper but I live in the "bible belt" so my doc's office is anti-copper because they said it "doesn't prevent conception, just implantation". Don't know why that makes it bad, women conceive all the time without implantation

That isn't even true, for the vast part. Mostly the copper acts as a spermicide, and it's rare for conception to occur.

Forgot to add...I have taken the same progestin the Mirena excrtes orally and had horrific side effects, completely intolerable. I've tried almost a dozen different BC pills, combined and POP, the NuvaRing, and the OrthoEvra Patch, and all at the very least (the worst being really bad many times over) made me super dry vaginally, which really reduces my pleasure so I don't even want to have sex. I'm soooo happy copper IUDs exist, I LOVED the 2 different models I had over 6 years.

[twointow83]

I have tried every form of BC except the arm implant, depo and the patch. I can't use any of them. I am even allergic to spermicide. I wish my docs would have let me try the copper, at least then I wouldn't have had a migraine for 6 months but in the end I think it would have been the same pain-wise.

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[twointow83]

Pretty steadily a flow, some days juat spotting, but usually a flow that requires a pad. I can't wait until it's out lol. I constantly feel like I'm being stabbed in the uterus. If this thing causes me trouble TTC I'm going to cry.

Btw, do you know exactly when you'll be getting it out?

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[cjolsnr]

Btw, do you know exactly when you'll be getting it out?

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I don't yet, I haven't scheduled an appointment.

[maidentomother]

I'm also allergic to spermicide, violently so (my skin everwhere is super sensitive and I can use only a few items from Whole Foods, nothing from conventional drugstores). I'm also allergic to synthetic lubes (I used olive/coconut oil until organic aloe based lubes came out) and very sensitive to latex (not that I think sex with any condom is much worth it).

On the Patch had full blown migraines with aura and crazy visual disturbances, daily, that got increasingly worse until I had a mini stroke after a week. So I get it. Go out of state and get yourself a Paraguard, or try Planned Parenthood. After you have your daughter of course!

[twointow83]

I don't yet, I haven't scheduled an appointment.

Keep us posted if you want to. for a smooth going removal.

Sorry if we are thread jacking btw...

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[cjolsnr]

Keep us posted if you want to. for a smooth going removal.

Sorry if we are thread jacking btw...

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I'll definitely keep you all posted Not thread jacking at all!