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Now I have to get a CT scan!

theaustins05theaustins05
in May 2011 Moms
This whole IUD thing has been a nightmare for me! Now since I never felt the strings, and never saw/felt it come out I have to go in and get a CT scan to check that it's not lost inside me somewhere. I have to drink that radioactive dye crap so once again, I'm banned from nursing. I freaking hate this crap! Ugh!
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  • nicolen0618nicolen0618 member
    That really stinks!  I am so sorry to hear about that!!!  I really hope that everything comes out on the positive for you!
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  • andigurlandigurl
    Wow, this really stinks. :(  I hope everything turns out okay!
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  • theaustins05theaustins05
    TY.
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  • evenstar2110evenstar2110 member
    You don't have to pump and dump! I had a CT scan with iodine contrast 3 weeks ago, and was told by ER staff & the CT staff that I had to pump and dump for 24-48 hours.  I really don't trust anyone other than lactation staff to recommend pumping and dumping, as a lot of medical professionals just don't know enough about what effects breastmilk.  I called the lactation department at the hospital the next day, who confirmed that I could have been nursing immediately after the CT scan.  Here is a link to some information on kellymom about this as well: https://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/radioisotopes.html. I hope you haven't had to waste any milk yet! :-)
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  • janice74janice74 member
    oh no!  That happened to a friend of mine.  The IUD perforated her uterus and was floating around in her abdomen. Good luck!
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  • theaustins05theaustins05
    imagejanice74:
    oh no!  That happened to a friend of mine.  The IUD perforated her uterus and was floating around in her abdomen. Good luck!
    Did it affect her ability to become pregnant in the future?
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  • theaustins05theaustins05
    imageevenstar2110:
    You don't have to pump and dump! I had a CT scan with iodine contrast 3 weeks ago, and was told by ER staff & the CT staff that I had to pump and dump for 24-48 hours.  I really don't trust anyone other than lactation staff to recommend pumping and dumping, as a lot of medical professionals just don't know enough about what effects breastmilk.  I called the lactation department at the hospital the next day, who confirmed that I could have been nursing immediately after the CT scan.  Here is a link to some information on kellymom about this as well: https://www.kellymom.com/health/meds/radioisotopes.html. I hope you haven't had to waste any milk yet! :-)
    Thank you. I will check this out. I scheduled it for next Friday so I could build a supply for the time I would be pumping and dumping.
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  • janice74janice74 member

    imagetheaustins05:
    imagejanice74:
    oh no!  That happened to a friend of mine.  The IUD perforated her uterus and was floating around in her abdomen. Good luck!
    Did it affect her ability to become pregnant in the future?

    Her OB said it wouldn't affect her ability to get pregnant.  She doesn't know how many months it was floating around like that.  She went to the doctor, because she was getting her period all the time...probably from the IUD being in a weird place.  She's going to start trying for #2 soon.

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  • theaustins05theaustins05
    imagejanice74:

    imagetheaustins05:
    imagejanice74:
    oh no!  That happened to a friend of mine.  The IUD perforated her uterus and was floating around in her abdomen. Good luck!
    Did it affect her ability to become pregnant in the future?

    Her OB said it wouldn't affect her ability to get pregnant.  She doesn't know how many months it was floating around like that.  She went to the doctor, because she was getting her period all the time...probably from the IUD being in a weird place.  She's going to start trying for #2 soon.

    Let me know how that goes. I sure hope her doc is right! And also I pray mine just fell out in the toilet or (and I really think this is the case) it removed itself when the doc took the speculum out.
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