goodbye, Mirena

tomandcourt

I had always planned on having my Mirena in for two years before TTC#2, and I got mine in November 2009, so . . . I got mine out today.

I had kind of been waffling about it, but then I saw Jitterbug and LindseyJW's posts. And the other night, I was having awful stabbing pains in my pelvis. Really painful, and this isn't the first time it's happened. 

I went in today and it took two seconds to pull it out--and it HURT! My doctor said it doesn't usually hurt, so it had probably started to embed itself into my uterus (hence the pain). So now I'm really glad I got it out.

Just thought I'd share my experience if anyone was thinking about getting theirs removed . . .

Artslvr

Crap.  I had mine put in in May.  I've been taking a "wait and see" attitude, but my only complaint so far has been it doesn't help my hormonal mood swings the way the Pill did waaay back when.  Now with folks having pregnancies and a possible pregnancy, and imbedding - yikes.  I don't know what to think.

Sofka

good luck TTCing!

mommmyz

I always thought I'd try Mirena after #2, but with all these crazy stories, I think I am rethinking it! But yes, lots of luck TTCing!

emack

Hmmm...mine hurt a lot when coming out and I was told that was totally normal (which seemed rational to me)! I had no problems with it and no problems TTC after, so I still plan to get it again after #2, but can understand why people would be hesitant!

tomandcourt

Artslvr:

Crap.  I had mine put in in May.  I've been taking a "wait and see" attitude, but my only complaint so far has been it doesn't help my hormonal mood swings the way the Pill did waaay back when.  Now with folks having pregnancies and a possible pregnancy, and imbedding - yikes.  I don't know what to think.

You know, I really liked it right up until I didn't. If you're not having problems, I bet you're fine. It might just be different body types or something--different shaped uteri, who knows.

It did help my AF go from 3-4 days to practically nothing!

Jitterbug2668

Good Luck TTC!!  Since mine had to be abruptly removed and the dr wasn't at her normal office she didn't have any "tools" to remove it so I can sympathize with the painful removal process. 

DCtoLowcountry

Good luck TTC!

tomandcourt

Thanks for the feedback, ladies! This is actually making me feel a lot better--everything I was reading on google was saying the removal should hurt less than the insertion, plus there were all these horror stories about embedment=infertility . . . I need to step away from google self-diagnosis, I think.

And thanks for the good wishes! I think we're going to wait a cycle or two to make sure everything's back to normal but hopefully we'll be TTC by the new year.

WinesNot Whines

I don't want to hijack this post, but I *think* Jitterbug and Lindsey both said they had the Paragard IUD, not Mirena.

tomandcourt

WinesNot Whines:

I don't want to hijack this post, but I *think* Jitterbug and Lindsey both said they had the Paragard IUD, not Mirena.

They did--I wasn't worried so much about getting pregnant on Mirena like they did, it just got me thinking more about getting mine taken out.

AJM796

Good luck TTC! ps, I am dreading removal (insertion was so painful to me...alomst passed out) and I just hope it's not that bad :-(

AgrippaRidesAgain

Good luck TTC!

I'm glad that you got it removed before it embedded!  My Paragard got surgically removed in July b/c it dug its way out of my uterus and was compressing my intestines.  My OB freaked out when she saw it during surgery--she thought that it wasn't as far out as it was.  They had to call in a general surgeon to check for perforations in my intestine.  I will never ever recommend an IUD to anyone from now on.  Apparently, I shouldn't have ever gotten one in the first place b/c I have a tilted uterus. 

Useonfire

Good luck TTC! I hope it happens soon.

veruca5839

Good luck TTC!