female only Anyone using Mirena IUD?

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Mandy - bleeding after intercourse is common enough that there are literally hundreds and hundreds of posts about it online. I didn't have this particular issue, but I did have problems with my husband being able to feel the strings even after having them trimmed and after they'd had long enough to soften.

Go with your gut - if you're unhappy with this method of birth control there is no reason to continue to use it. Based upon my own experience I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but those suffering from endometriosis. I used it for that purpose and even with the side effects (and I had one IUD fall out and had one replaced shortly after!) I'd probably consider using it again just to control the pain of endo.

Be warned: infections are more common in IUD users and bleeding after intercourse is a possible indicator of an infection. I'd make an appointment and talk to your doc. At that point, let him/her help you make the decision about the best course of action and whether nor not you should remove it.

Good luck,

~Cheri

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I am getting Mirena on Thursday. I am glad I was able to read this post, and the effects I might experience after surgery. Have any of you ladies heard if the Mirena is still effective after surgery with all the estrogen pumping through your body? Does it still prevent pregnancy? Or will that take a while to stabilize?

Wishes

Most of our "oops! I'm pregnant" posts that were IUD users are from Paraguard, not Mirena. I did lose my Mirena after surgery, even though by everything I had read it shouldn't shift with weight loss. I had to have a new one placed and eventually chose to forgo it completely until I reached goal weight.

Be warned that any hormonal birth control post op can cause some wonky stuff - look for old threads about this and read about the experiences of others. One cause I've read for this is that our fat cells store hormones, as well, so as we shed the fat we have hormonal erm...adjustments, I suppose, even without being on hormones for another reason.

However, many, many women post and have zero problems with their preferred method of birth control post op, so I think this is highly individual and you'll have to take a wait and see approach. Someone jump in and correct me, but I don't think we see many women that are on reliable hormonal birth control get accidentally pregnant here. We do see women that have increased fertility get pregnant but in most cases they weren't using protection because they'd previously been told they couldn't conceive.

Good luck,

~Cheri

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I've had mine for about a month now. I have sciatica and out started to flare up bad that same night I got it. I spent the first 2 wks in pain from my nerves and muscle spasms.I could feel the mirena when I leaned forward. I was going to have out removed but the midwife said to try it a little longer.

So now I am on day 8 of a light period. My sciatica is subsiding but have been on ibuprofen so it's managed. I'm due to ovulate next week so maybe the period will stop. It's not bad just annoying, not enough for a tampon so I feel gross having to use pads.

My hubby felt the strings the first time, but hasn't freely them since. Now the never-ending period is annoying us both, lol. I'm due for a check in September, since I have no pain, I will wait until then to see if I keep it. If my period can go back to 4-5 days by then I will be happy. If not this things gotta go.

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Sorry for the typos, this phone has got a mind of its own sometimes.