Mirena

[Becc1]

Okay...you got me a bit worried, or should I say PETRIFIED! Did you have a 6 week followup where they looked to see if the IUD was still positioned properly?

I had a follow up, can't remember if it was at 6 weeks or not but definately had one because I was having a hard time, not really a heavy period but some very uncomfortable cramping.

 

[torismom]

Has anyone on this thread had their Mirena for the full 5 years? I am at 4 years 7 months. I started having peroids again last month. That was the first time since I had the mirena put in.. Was just wondering if this was normal.. I got to the dr in feb. I hope to schedule an apt. at that time to have another put in. I am over the period thing already..

 

[Iott Family]

Has anyone on this thread had their Mirena for the full 5 years? I am at 4 years 7 months. I started having peroids again last month. That was the first time since I had the mirena put in.. Was just wondering if this was normal.. I got to the dr in feb. I hope to schedule an apt. at that time to have another put in. I am over the period thing already..

I am quickly approaching the 5 year mark here. I had mine inserted the second week of April 2006. I have actually not had a period in over 4 months which is odd because I was still spotting every 4-7 weeks to coincide with my 15 yr old DD's cycle. So I am having the opposite reaction.

 

[tzolkin]

Has anyone on this thread had their Mirena for the full 5 years? I am at 4 years 7 months. I started having peroids again last month. That was the first time since I had the mirena put in.. Was just wondering if this was normal.. I got to the dr in feb. I hope to schedule an apt. at that time to have another put in. I am over the period thing already..

I've had mine for 4 years 1 month.

No periods, but I did have spotting (for less than one day) in Nov and Dec when DD12 had her period (didn't happen this month).


I'm actually planning to get mine taken out. I'm seeing an endocrinologist and having a lot of hormone testing done, but most of my issues can be Mirena side effects and I've only had them since I've had the Mirena. DH had a vasectomy in November, so even if the problems are not from the Mirena I won't need another one.

I am a bit worried about the periods though. I really haven't had any regularly in 7 1/2 years (two pregnancies/breastfeeding and the mirena). I know it's totally ridiculous, but I just have no idea what to expect my periods to be like anymore. (I used to have vomiting, cramping, and very heavy flow every month when I was younger.) I'll probably find myself trying to plan Disney trips around my cycle, which I haven't given any thought to in ages.