I've never had an IUD, but I will tell you my friend just had her IUD taken out in April and in June they were pregnant with #1 (and she has used an IUD as birth control for years), so apparently it can happen pretty quickly after. However, that all depends on your body and how quickly your cycles regulate after! I stopped the birth control pill 9 months before trying for #1 just so I could make sure my cycles got back to normal and I could start temping/charting before we started trying.
Not sure about the pain, but hey, if you've gone through labor, you can do anything, right?!
I was on an IUD and had it removed in November. We started trying immediately (aren't KU yet but it's only been a few months). Some ladies take months for their cycle to get back to normal, some ladies are KU within a month or two so it's hard to say how it will be for you.
The removal is decidedly better than the insert. It was like having your basic pap smear - so super annoying and uncomfortable, but not really painful.
Best of luck you to!
Edited because I don't know my months. Thanks for nothing elementary school.
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Me & DH: 32 Married 2013 Kiddo #1: Sept 2015 BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."
I've never had an IUD, but I will tell you my friend just had her IUD taken out in April and in June they were pregnant with #1 (and she has used an IUD as birth control for years), so apparently it can happen pretty quickly after. However, that all depends on your body and how quickly your cycles regulate after! I stopped the birth control pill 9 months before trying for #1 just so I could make sure my cycles got back to normal and I could start temping/charting before we started trying.
Not sure about the pain, but hey, if you've gone through labor, you can do anything, right?!
I'm hoping to have it out sooner so if it does take longer to get back to normal then we can start trying in the same timing.
I was on an IUD and had it removed in November. We started trying immediately (aren't KU yet but it's only been a few months). Some ladies take months for their cycle to get back to normal, some ladies are KU within a month or two so it's hard to say how it will be for you.
The removal is decidedly better than the insert. It was like having your basic pap smear - so super annoying and uncomfortable, but not really painful.
Best of luck you to!
Edited because I don't know my months. Thanks for nothing elementary school.
Glad to hear there isn't a lot of pain taking the thing out! Because it really did suck going in.
I'm really hoping to get it out sooner to give my body sometime to get back on track. Then we can still try around the same time frame. I'd love a spring baby.
Thank you! I'm excited we are trying so soon. We debated for a while and then decided close to three years apart (DS will be 2 Sept 2017) is a perfect time frame.
I'm on my third IUD. There was definitely a pinch/cramp when they removed mine, but it wasn't as bad as when they put them in. I always take like 800mg of Motrin ahead of time though. When we were TTC with LO I had mine removed on 12/18, had my period, and had a BFP on 1/15. I definitely thought it would take longer than that, but it sure didn't
Coming out doesn't hurt anywhere near as bad as when it goes in. As fas as trying to conceive, If you have mirena (hormonal) it might take a little longer than if you had paragard (non-hormonal.) Either way shouldn't take more than a couple months. Hell, I got pregnant with my IUD still in. good luck!!!
Thanks ladies! Glad it's not going to hurt as much coming out as going in! Will be making my appointment within the next two weeks to get it taken out. Hoping for being pregnant by August!
FWIW I got KU during cycle 3 after having mine removed. Due Sept. 30 (same day as our first was due!) Best of luck to you!
Congrats!! So exciting for you! I'm not sure if we will still try. My sister got engaged and the wedding is Jan 2018. Some family members aren't pleased I want to be pregnant for her wedding because I'm her maid of honour. I told them to shove it basically as my sister doesn't mind at all. But we will see.
Re: Congrats to All Expecting! Questions about Trying for baby after having an IUD
Not sure about the pain, but hey, if you've gone through labor, you can do anything, right?!
The removal is decidedly better than the insert. It was like having your basic pap smear - so super annoying and uncomfortable, but not really painful.
Best of luck you to!
Edited because I don't know my months. Thanks for nothing elementary school.
Married 2013
Kiddo #1: Sept 2015
BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."
Haha yes I suppose that's true.
Thank you for the advice!
I'm really hoping to get it out sooner to give my body sometime to get back on track. Then we can still try around the same time frame. I'd love a spring baby.
Thank you! I'm excited we are trying so soon. We debated for a while and then decided close to three years apart (DS will be 2 Sept 2017) is a perfect time frame.
Thank you for answering my post!
good luck!!!
Best of luck to you!
Married 2013
Kiddo #1: Sept 2015
BFP: 1/19, EDD: 9/30
"I'm having fruit salad for dinner. Well, it's mostly just grapes, actually. Ok all grapes. Fermented grapes. Fine, I'm having wine for dinner."