mirena users!!!!!!

tiffykole

you ladies that are using mirena, do you like it? does placement hurt? can you feel it?? & can your partner feel it? lol lots of questions, but I really just want to know what it is like thanks!!!!

SingleMom31

Thanks for the post I'm thinking about it too, and likewise have a lot of questions.

MidaComida

I'm having it put in tomorrow so I'm curious too

velazquezk1

I have it. Don't let me scare you. Seriously.

The placement hurt like sh!t. I could feel it when it went in. The pain was on my left side where my ovaries are. I actually yelled "ouch ouch ouch!"

It was sore like an aftershock all day. I had it done at 11am. I bled enough to need a pad, but by that night I didn't need one. I just put a thin panty liner on and barely spotted. I took 2 800mg Motrin over a 24 hour period.

The next day I had light cramps and since then I've been aok! I figure the pain I had was much less than my Csection recovery or contractions and I don't want to have either of those again! So its worth it.

velazquezk1

Oh. I don't feel it now and my husband doesn't feel it either. Then again, I kind of tell him to hurry up so I don't know if I gave him time to feel it.

ArmyWife114

Placement was super uncomfortable for me, but not very painful (except for when she kept poking my uterus to see how deep it was OUCH!).  I could  feel it for a couple hours afterwards, but haven't felt it since.  DH can't feel it either.  I had some really weird irregular bleeding at first, but that stopped after 10ish days.  I've noticed I'm more prone to headaches, so I really have to stay on top of drinking my water.  Other than that, it's really no biggie 

nanabanana06

If your OB is good then placement is nbd. The first time I tried after DD it hurt like hell so I stopped her. This time I swas freaking out for no reason cuz the most uncomfortable thing was the darn duck bill thingy they put in you. Afterwards it wasn't too weird and now I barely even think aout it. DH doesn't feel it either. I love it! Plus it's perfect! We don't want to have another kid till DS is in school, so the 5 years this is in is perfect timing.

ilenegrace

Mine hurt like hell and I have been bleeding ever since. But I still like it better than getting KU.

MidaComida

Just got back and I'm happy to report that it is as PP said if you have a good OB, it's no big deal. I made sure to breathe but all I really felt during the insertion were mild periodlike cramps. It's been 4 hours now and no bleeding. : wishing you the same experience

SummerOH

I just got mine Friday and, like PPs have said, placement wasn't a big deal.  This is my second time having it.  The first time was when DD was 8 years old, so it'd been awhile since I had a baby and it hurt like hell.  It was excruciating. 

This time, I got it when DS was exactly 10 weeks and it wasn't bad at all.  A little uncomfortable but nowhere near the first time.  Some cramping then and the rest of the day, then I was fine on Saturday.

My doctor didn't cut the strings this time because the last time they were too short and I had to have it surgically removed.  We've DTD once so far and he said he couldn't feel them.

I love Mirena, as much as someone can love BC.  You don't feel it, don't have to think about it, and I ended up not having a period for 5 years.  Removal is supposed to be really easy, too.  I was just one of the rare cases and even then it wasn't so bad.  I got KU on the first cycle off of it, too.

MrsBigTime

I love the Mirena. It was great when I had it the first time and, other than the fact that I am still bleeding 5 weeks later, it's been great this time as well.

I didn't feel placement at all. In fact, I thought my MW was just starting to numb the area when she took her gloves off and said "all done!" I had a tiny bit of cramping after, but nothing Ibuprofen couldn't cover.

The strings on my first one were very short and MH or I could never feel them. I haven't tried feeling for them this time but DH did say he may have felt them when we DTD. They didn't hurt though, he just said he may have noticed them.  

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I almost passed out when I had mine put in. I had to stay at the office for 3 hours before my blood pressure went back to normal and still they wouldn't let me drive home. It was fine after that, i didnt get a period, didnt get ku and dh never felt it but I got it taken out because it gave me migraines.