Ladies only - IUD or Implant?

[rolosmom7 740]

Help needed!

Can anyone tell me what your experience was with the IUD (skyla or mirena) or the implant (nexplanon)? Looking to regulate periods and endo pain that comes with them after they went crazy after surgery. I'm 27, no kids now, but don't want to take that option off the table.

Thanks to you all!

[AC1987 46]

I have the nexplanon in myself I love it for two yrs love and it is working the menstrual period tho it's a bit off some days it will come for a couple days light then next it will come really heavy for bout 2 weeks... it varies me personally I like it I had an iud previous and the doc put it in wrong and it slipped and had to get it removed.

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[Anastasia02119 16]

IUD here and no issues. I've had it since July.

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[rolosmom7 740]

I have the nexplanon in myself I love it for two yrs love and it is working the menstrual period tho it's a bit off some days it will come for a couple days light then next it will come really heavy for bout 2 weeks... it varies me personally I like it I had an iud previous and the doc put it in wrong and it slipped and had to get it removed.

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Yeah I'm a little scared of something like that with an IUD.

I have the nexplanon in myself I love it for two yrs love and it is working the menstrual period tho it's a bit off some days it will come for a couple days light then next it will come really heavy for bout 2 weeks... it varies me personally I like it I had an iud previous and the doc put it in wrong and it slipped and had to get it removed.

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Yeah I'm a little scared of something like that with an IUD.

[AC1987 46]

Yea I mean there's always risks but my personal preference is sticking with the nexplanon u get changed every three yrs

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[Night 25]

I had the Mirena for several years. I found it made my periods bearable and I pretty much never bled. Switched to the implant (due to me being paranoid about finding the string for the mirena haha). After the nexplanon went in, I had horrible moodswings for like 2 months - I wanted to die, I cried at everything, etc. Since then it evened off to normal moods. I experience less cramping and less period/psm symptoms using the implant, but I do also bleed, which I did not on mirena. With the mirena, I did not bleed, but I still got horrible cramps, increased breast tenderness, bloating, etc. All in all, I'm happier with the implant, but those first two months were ROUGH.

Next month I'm getting the essure & will be done with other birth controls haha.

[rolosmom7 740]

I had the Mirena for several years. I found it made my periods bearable and I pretty much never bled. Switched to the implant (due to me being paranoid about finding the string for the mirena haha). After the nexplanon went in, I had horrible moodswings for like 2 months - I wanted to die, I cried at everything, etc. Since then it evened off to normal moods. I experience less cramping and less period/psm symptoms using the implant, but I do also bleed, which I did not on mirena. With the mirena, I did not bleed, but I still got horrible cramps, increased breast tenderness, bloating, etc. All in all, I'm happier with the implant, but those first two months were ROUGH.

Next month I'm getting the essure & will be done with other birth controls haha.

Oh good, I'm sure you're looking forward to that!! Thanks for your response. I'm concerned about the cramping that occurs with IUDs and this hormone dump just makes things whacko.

[saerwi 8]

I've had Mirena for almost 5 years. I love it. I was really irregular and my periods were SO painful. They're almost nonexistent now. I didn't have a lot of side effects. A lot of people complain about the bleeding when it's first put in, but it was worth it to me.

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[MegCal93 4]

I had the implanon and I really loved it! No period at all.

Meg Cal

[StephanieS0208 39]

IUD. I love it!

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[lgivaudan 22]

Had Mirena for 1 year and it was the worst year of my life! Bled nonstop for 6 months followed by 2 week periods every other month, cystic acne, hair loss, anxiety, depression, and weight gain. Got it out in June and I feel like myself again!

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[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

I have a copper IUD. Can't do the hormones, they make me suicidal.

[rolosmom7 740]

Had Mirena for 1 year and it was the worst year of my life! Bled nonstop for 6 months followed by 2 week periods every other month, cystic acne, hair loss, anxiety, depression, and weight gain. Got it out in June and I feel like myself again!

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Eek! Thanks for sharing - so sorry you went through that but glad you're feeling better!

[rolosmom7 740]

I have a copper IUD. Can't do the hormones, they make me suicidal.

I'm concerned on the hormone piece. I'm taking continuous bcp but have to tp control endo. With the weight loss comes the hormone dump from hell, so doc recommends mirena or nexplanon. I just don't know which to choose. I'm battling it in my head so much, you'd think it was life or death haha.

[theantichick 2,204]

I have Mirena, on my 2nd one even. Reduced Migraines (hormone), and have only had like 2 breakthrough light (spotting) periods in 9 years. One of those was after VSG surgery... spotted for 3 days, then it was done. Nothing since.

Insertion/removal is a huge B**ch. No 2 ways around it, it hurts. But the worst of it is over in a couple of minutes, and then it's just cramping like a heavy period for a couple of days (at least for me).

My 19 year old daughter has the implant. She bled for 2 months straight, and after that it smoothed out and she has lighter periods than she did.