Back story: I'm searching for a new BC option. While I've been told chances are pretty slim that I'm allergic to my BCP pill (see post from about a week ago for entire story if really interested), I really don't like the affect the pill I was on had on me. The emotional side effects I noticed I seem to remember having before I went off the pill, but never really thought about it as being due to the pill. Sorry if that's rambly, but I hope it makes sense. So anyway, because I also really do think that my mystery allergy from before I TTC'd for Brandon was the pill, I've stopped taking it. Called the OB's office last week. OB reco'd Mirena and they're doing an insurance check.
DH and I plan to TTC sometime next spring/summer. Has anyone had a mirena inserted and then removed that quickly? What kinds of side effects have you experienced? Did you feel like they were the same as when you were on the pill? Thanks ladies! I know some of these questions have been asked before, but I really wasn't expecting to have one inserted now until I had so many issues with the pill right away.
Re: mirena ?
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I bled for the first 3 or 4 months, which is really annoying, but once that stopped, it's been good. Fewer side effects than the pill, but then again, they thought I was having a reaction to the pill as well. Actually, other than the inital bleeding, and some mild cramping when I had it inserted, I really haven't had any side effects at all.
On a side note: even though I was having a reaction to the pill, I was able to successfully go on the patch (OrthoEvra). Shortly after it came out my doc recommended it because it was a different combination of hormones that were delivered to the body thru a different mechanism (the skin).
I loved the patch, and if I hadn't decided to try Mirena, or had been planning on TTC in a year or less, I would have gone back on it.