Mirena Users please step in prob tmi

john5111

I had a mirena put in it a couple months after Lo was born(whatever the rec amt of time) and had some spotting for a while as I was told I would...and then I had nothing for whats been almost a year... the past couple months Ive had some occasional spotting... and now I feel like its every couple weeks...its so freaking annoying. Has anyone experienced this? Im wondering if this is normal or if its something I need to go to the doc about..also if this doesnt stop Im debating getting rid of it... its not predictable and its annoying to have this happen all of a sudden and over and over.  Its really not enough for a tampon and it just ruins underwear bc you have no idea when its going to happen.

Also for those that have had it removed..did they recommend waiting a certain amount of time(cycles) before trying to get pregnant?  Not that I want to now but wanted to know to plan when to have it removed when I am I ready to figure out that wait time.

emmy236

Well I have Paragard which is an non hormonal IUD. I have pretty heavy periods on it so I'd consider yourself lucky. Since yours does have hormone birth control and you have no set cycles you'd probably need to wait for a regular cycle or two to start before you TTC.

c-elizabethf

I've had it since September of last year and it was fine at first with the occasional spotting here and there but all of a sudden 3 or 4 months ago I started bleeding every 3-4 weeks and 2 weeks ago I bled for 15 days. I called my ob and she told me that it can take up to a year for your body to adjust to the hormones so I don't know. My dh and I talked about it and I'm going to wait until September or a few months after and then if it's the same I'm getting it out. So far from my experience I don't care for it, I've been more tired, nauseous, and extra emotional. I've even taken pregnancy test a couple of times just to make sure because it felt like I was pregnant. That's just my experience, I've heard from other people that they loved it(my best friend being one of them).

nbatchen

I am on my second one. I do have spitting now and then but I will take that over the horribly heavy periods I had before! And when I got my last one out I was pregnant 5-7 days after removal. My Dr said we could start trying immediately and it worked!

john5111

Thanks ladies. This reassures me that this is normal.  I may just tough it out a little longer and see if it gets better.  In the meantime just wrecking alot of underwear ugh!!!!!! 

Blueyed228

My Dr said a year to even out.

snowgirl427

I had it in for about 6 mos. some spotting after it was inserted, but then nothing (I was also bfing). I had it removed in Feb to start TTC. Our Dr just said to wait 30 days.

D&S724

I've had mine since September. I get a very light period (just spotting, really) once a month for 2-3 days.  I'm totally OK with that.  I like having a little reassurance each month that it's working, KWIM?

I like Mirena a lot.  My only complains are that I can't seem to lose weight and a lot of my hair fell out for the first few months. It has gotten better, though.