I had a Mirena IUD put in the first week of November. Not for birth control but to control my endometriosis. So far, it's doing that spectacularly well. I used to live in constant pain, had pain during sex and it got even worse during/around horrendous cycles. Now I'm living almost completely pain free, the two periods I've had since it was put in were easy and light and sex is fantastic again.

But I also noticed that my weight completely stalled out for a bit there. I'm also moving, and our orders were put on hold AFTER we'd left Germany but BEFORE we hit our next assignment, so we're hanging in limbo and it's definitely a stressful time for us. I don't want to blame the IUD when there's a bunch of other stuff going on, too.

I've had the light bleeding/spotting for 5-6 weeks now. During those weeks my weight actually went up three pounds and stayed there consistently. I also lost a pant size during this time, so inches were coming off despite the stall. Now that the bleeding seems to have run it's course, I've dropped seven pounds in the past week. That's never happened before.

I'm just curious to hear from other women using Mirena - is this type of gain/stall common? I've been a bit of a sluggish loser from the start, but I wonder if anyone noticed a change once they had the IUD. Or, if anyone has endometriosis and is on a successful treatment, has the weight started falling off? I don't usually lose weight this quickly, and I hope it's not a fluke. I'm also not complaining about the stall - yeah, I'm "only" down 60 pounds in five months, but I'm between a 12 and 14 and I wear L tops, so there's nothing to gripe about.

Anyway, I'd just like to compare results with anyone that's got one.

~Cheri

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

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.

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