Who has an IUD?

little_mrs · February 2010

I need to decide on birth control & want to steer clear of the pill/nuvaring/patch/etc.

If you have mirena or paraguard, what have your experiences been like? How bad were the side effects? How long did side effects last?

Pumpkin111 · February 2010

Love the mirena. I spotted for a few weeks. Now i have a 2 day period and it's very light. I really like it.

kelbrian · February 2010

I had the Paraguard. I hated it. I had pain when we had sex, and it was always in the right place, so I don't know why. I started bleeding one month and it didn't stop until I had it removed a month later. It was awful. Pain and bleeding stopped once it was removed. I asked if it had moved or something, and the doctor said no, it was in the right place.

Snowy_Owl · February 2010

Paragaurd - I love it. I wanted to go off hormones & see what was going on with my body as I have always been highly irregular.

I haven't had any side effects.

wcp · February 2010

I have mirena and like it. i spotted for 6-8 wks. and periods are regular and light now.

kyfirewife · February 2010

I have Mirena.

I bled / spotted for about 4 mo after having it inserted. Which is normal. It was also really itchy up there for probably about a month, until the strings curled up around my cervix. Talk about an itch you can't scratch!

Once that was over, no real side effects.

I still have my periods. They are heavier than when I was on BC, but lighter than before BC. Same with cramps: worse than on BC, not as bad as before BC.

Honestly, I kinda regret it. The big plusses for us when considering it were: little / no periods, which hasn't happened yet and not having another LO for several years, but now I have major baby fever.
And any time I have any pain, weird feeling, anything in my abdomen, or even just a random "symptom", I can't help but wondering if I'm that 1 in 1000 women that get pg on it, then I start worrying about how dangerous that is for baby & momma, all the what-ifs, etc. But maybe that's just me.

Leila'sMommy · February 2010

I have the Paraguard and I love it. No hormones!

The first two periods were awful. Heavy and lots of cramping. BUT. I've had two more since those, and they've been back to normal. At first I wasn't sure that it was a good move, but now my body has gotten used to it and I love it.

katherinemichel · February 2010

Had Mirena inserted 6 weeks pp and have not had a period since. Mild cramping that day but nothing since. The only thing I could complain about, or actually my husband could complain about, is no sex drive. Other than that, no problems.

AmyDrinkie · February 2010

I have a Mirena. I haven't had any side effects except for lack of libido, but that may not be the Mirena's fault.

Sunny1inTucson · February 2010

I have paragard.

Insertion wasn't bad, but minutes afterwards I had really bad cramps and lightheadedness. If you take an aspirin or something before you get it in, I think you'll be fine. I wasn't warned to do this.

I get my period every month, but it's heavier and longer than it was before.

Knowing this, I would choose Mirena (since it eventually lets you stop having your period sometimes).

babyike · February 2010

katherinemichel:
Had Mirena inserted 6 weeks pp and have not had a period since. Mild cramping that day but nothing since. The only thing I could complain about, or actually my husband could complain about, is no sex drive. Other than that, no problems.

Ditto this about lack of sex drive. I did have to get it removed back in September '09 b/c it was getting expelled. But that was the only issue I had. I had no periods 6 weeks after insertion.

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