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Anyone that would NOT recommend an IUD?

I know BW's didn't work for her. I was contemplating getting the Mirena but just found a website with about 35 reviews for it and the majority of the women that reviewed it, and I mean well over half, said it was horrible and they hated it. Apparently it is really painful to insert, you bleed for months, many end up with ovarian cysts, foul odor, and vaginal infections. This does not sound fun.

I guess it would be a productive birth control. Who wants to have sex with all that going on!? Any ladies agree that is sucks? Tell me about it. TIA!

Re: Anyone that would NOT recommend an IUD?

  • Let me tell ya. I LOVE my Mirena. It took about 3 minutes to insert and that was more uncomfortable than painful. Just take some Advil beforehand and you should be fine. I cramped for the first day and just a little bit the next day. I didn't spot all and now my period is almost non-existant. It's just enough to let me know I'm not pg and not to worry.?

    I don't smell and have never had an infection.

    Keep in mind, people are going to be more likely to post a review on something if they've had a negative experience.

    Oh and one more thing. My Dr said she was cutting the strings longer so that they curl up in my cervical mucus and stick to the side. If your Dr cuts them too short, they may poke your DH and he'll be the one not wanting sex.?

    I love it and will recommend it to anyone who asks about birth control. It's the only option I'll ever use again!?

  • I hated my IUD, but I had the Paragard. My midwife left the strings long, and they curled up into my cervix, where they poked me and made me bleed. I had foul odor. I bled constantly (last month I was soaking pads). I finally had it taken out a few weeks ago, and the bleeding and pain I was having stopped almost instantly.?

    Now I'm on the ring, and I love it so far. ?

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  • If you aren't breastfeeding, I would try the Nuvaring. I absolutely love love LOVED it! I had no problems whatsoever with it.
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    If you aren't breastfeeding, I would try the Nuvaring. I absolutely love love LOVED it! I had no problems whatsoever with it.

    I am still breastfeeding, but I am in the process of weaning. My doctor said that it was fine to use since it is so late in the game. They don't recommend hormonal BC like the ring or the pill before six months because it can cause your supply to severely drop or disappear. Once your baby is eating solids and your suppy is well established, there isn't nearly as much of a risk. ?

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    The first Mirena I had before DD hurt like hell during insertion, but the one I got at 10 weeks PP did not hurt at all, I think it was because my cervix had dilated during her birth.  I also took 800mg. advil before my appointment per my OB.

    I spotted for about 3 days and have not had any bleeding since, that was the end of December.

    Between my two IUD's I have had a Mirena inserted for a total of 3 years and have never had ovarian cysts, foul odor, or vaginal infections, or a period for that matter!  I love my Mirena!

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  • I agree with everyone who suggested NuvaRing. I have problems with all hormonal bc, so I ended up discontinuing it, but it's a great alternative to an IUD. You only have to think about it once every 3 weeks. I never had a problem with feeling it, and DH never felt it, either.
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  • I love mirena!!!  I have not had any issues and have had it for 6 plus months now.   Periods are so much lighter and I don't have to think about birth control for another 4 or so years.  I did bleed lightly for 2 or so weeks afterward but no odor and minimal pain with insertion.  Good luck!
  • I just got mine in last thursday and so far I love it. It hurt a little, but she talked me through it and told me what I'd be feeling and what she was doing. It was faster then I thought. I also took 800mg of Ibu before I went in. I spotted and cramped on thursday afterwards and a little bit on friday.
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  • I didn't have any of those issues. ?I did have some cramping the day it was inserted but the nurse gave me some ibuprofen beforehand to make it less uncomfortable. ?I did have to have the strings trimmed shorter a week or so later but so far it's been good to me.

    ETA: I have Mirena.?

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  • I have Mirena and I do not like it. I have had it for 8 months and I am still spotting/bleeding. Having sex or using my pump make me bleed more. I tried to have it removed but the strings were cut too short and have receded into my cervix. My Dr. could not reach it and I will have to be sedated to have it removed. I am waiting until I wean DD to have it removed because of the sedation. I'm jealous of these women who love it. I wish I did but I hate it.
  • I got mine in the end of Jan and i bled for 3 months straight! It sucked! Now i still have random spotting. ALWAYS after sex, I really am not impressed with it, but i dealt with 3 months of freaking bleeding so it isnt going anywhere! Haha
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    Let me tell ya. I LOVE my Mirena. It took about 3 minutes to insert and that was more uncomfortable than painful. Just take some Advil beforehand and you should be fine. I cramped for the first day and just a little bit the next day. I didn't spot all and now my period is almost non-existant. It's just enough to let me know I'm not pg and not to worry. 

    I don't smell and have never had an infection.

    Keep in mind, people are going to be more likely to post a review on something if they've had a negative experience.

    Oh and one more thing. My Dr said she was cutting the strings longer so that they curl up in my cervical mucus and stick to the side. If your Dr cuts them too short, they may poke your DH and he'll be the one not wanting sex. 

    I love it and will recommend it to anyone who asks about birth control. It's the only option I'll ever use again! 

     

    Ditto this, I love my Mirena too!

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  • I opted for Mirena b/c I am horrible at taking pills (hence DS being here!) and I wanted a "no fuss" birth control. I had it inserted last november at 8 weeks pp. I was still tender from childbirth, but the actual insertion was not painful. My Dr. cut the strings longer as well and told me I could spot for 3 months before it kicked in. Last week was the first week I had not spotted at all since insertion so hopefully things are looking up. I did experieince some painful cramping for a few months as well. I am kind of mixed on how I feel about it. I like that you can keep it in for 5 years and don't have to remember to take a pill, change a patch/ring. However, due to the constant spotting/bleeding I had considered taking it out since it was more annoying than anything with all the bleeding. Really took a hit on the sex life due to all that. I am not sure if I am out of the woods with the spotting since I AF last wed. and am still bleeding/spotting.
  • I got the Mirena inserted in December. It was fine in the beginning. The last few months or so I was bleeding ALL THE TIME! Not full on bleeding...but enough to ruin a pair of underwear.  It would come and go as it pleased.  I had no clue when I would bleed or for how long.  I had no sex drive, and sex was painful for me.  My husband occasionally felt the wires.  Towards the end (in the last month) I had severe pain on my left side of my stomach. Also through the six months I had really yucky discharge.  When i got it removed last week, my doc said there was no infection so it was just the way my body reacted to the Mirena.  She also said I most likely had a cyst.  UGH I am back on the Ortho Evra...which I love and took for years before having DS and breastfeeding.  I feel so much better!!!  So I would NOT recommend the Mirena.  All women are different, but in my experience it SUCKED.
  • A few things to keep in mind:

    1) Most people aren't going to go out of their way to review their birth control unless they're dissatisfied with it, so the fact that over half of the women that found that website and chose to review the Mirena were dissatisfied doesn't really mean much.  I talk about mine on here because it's not out of my way, but I don't have a problem with it so I'm not going to go seek out sites to proselytize about my IUD.

    2) You can look up the exact statistic, but I believe it's close to 20% of women discontinue their Mirena in the first year, so it is true that 1/5 women do have problems with it that are bad enough they have it removed.  The other side of that is that 80% of women are happy enough with it to continue using it, so you can see that website is pretty disproportionate in its representation.  It may not be exactly 20%, but I know it's close... like I said, you can look this up to know exactly.

    My personal take on the Mirena: It WAS painful to insert, no doubt about it.  However, it was really really painful for less than a minute, I had mild cramping for about 15 minutes after that, and then no pain since (I've had mine since September).  So, for me, less than a minute of pain was worth not worrying about BC for five years.  I have had maybe 2 "periods" since mine was inserted, both lasting roughly 24 hours and being very mild bleeding... other than that, no bleeding whatsoever.  No cysts that I know of, certainly no odor, and no vaginal infections.  That's been my experience, though of course YMMV. 

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