IUD Opinions Needed

I highly recommend not getting the Mirena there are so many problems with it. First off I have and am getting rid of it as soon as possible I got it last April and it made me gain more then i did when i was preg, I;ll randomly bleed for a day without warning.I have horrible cramps a few times a month, and it's not just me I know a lot of other people who had the same problems with it also i heard of a few having hair loss from it.I wouldn't wish the Mirena on anyone I think it should be taken off the market for what it dose to people.

You want to know if there will be any side effects? Well let me tell you! YES YES YES! And my advice to you about getting the Mirena IUD is NO NO NO! The Paraguard IUD is the only form of birth control (other than condoms, diaphrams, sponge, and NFP) that has no hormones. The Mirena IUD has hormones, which destroyed my sex drive (I recently got off the pill b/c all of the hormones killed my sex drive). You don't want your sex drive to be killed - it will hurt your marriage tremendously. Currently, my husband and I are taking a NFP (natural family planning) course. P.M. me or google it if you want to know more about it.

I'm not a fan. I had it right after my daughter was born and didn't like it. I felt it, which bothered me, and I also had terrible bloating and cramping each month like I was going to have a period and then... no relief from a period! had it taken out and felt sooooo much better. I like bc pills much better.

I have the Mirena and have had it 11/2 years now - my only child is 7 so did not get it right away like others have - I was on the Nuvaring from the time I had my son until I got the Mirena and I had not problem with having it put in. I always had very heavy periods - went for over a year with no break in my period prior to getting pregnant and Dr.couldn't figure out why. Since I have been on Mirena I had a normal period the first couple months then have only recently had a period and it was so light and only lasted a couple days. I have had nothing in between and only light cramps every couple months. My cramps used to cripple me so this has been so much better. I also had problems with pills - if I normally took my pills at 8 am and then didn't take it until 8:15 or 8:30 one day I would start my period that afternoon and it would stay until my next pill cycle - even if I was only a few days into the current cycle. that was why we did the Nuvaring and that worked great but it was getting too expensive - $50 a month thru express scripts with my insurance. The Mirena was completely covered by my insurance and it has been the best thing for me. I think everyone is different so I would talk to your Dr. & see if there is a good reason for you to change and I would also find out why insurance will not pay. In regard to the weight gain I have had none - I have always been heavy but I have not had any weight gain since having the Mirena put in.

I hated the Mirena with a passion. In fact, after 2.5 miserable years of it, I had it removed and am still dealing with the consequences. I put on quite a bit of weight with the Mirena (there was no other underlying cause that my doctor could find), and I was unable to lose any of it while it was in, no matter how hard I tried. My skin was a complete mess, and my periods were so infrequent and irregular that I never knew when they were going to make an appearance. It is DEFINITELY NOT worth the money!

I've been overall very happy with my Mirena. I got it 2.5 years ago. I did have lots of cramping any long periods my first six months, then they started to dwindle. After a year they were nonexistent. Cramping doesn't exist anymore, except maybe one brief twinge every few months followed by tiny bleeding the next day (but no more than a wipe or two).

I have put on a lot of weight and my sex derive has been lower, but I don't know if I can blame the Mirena for that.

As for hormone moodiness, I thought birth control pills were worse.

Good luck in your decisions!

My experience with the Mirena has been fabulous. No problems, no periods, nothing. I've had it in nearly 4 years now.

However, many women have had problems with it. What about the copper IUD? I don't know much about it, but from what I remember, it was another good option.

Good luck!

Just wanted to say that with the Mirena, it could go either way. I had it for a little bit over a year. Before I had the Mirena, my periods were a normal flow and lasted about 5 days. While I had the Mirena, I had heavy periods that lasted two weeks every month, for the whole 14 months! Most women have success stories with it, but I just wanted to let you know that sometimes what happened to me does happen. I had some other side effects too, like weight gain (even though I was doing everything right and following a nutrionalist and exercising), depression, low libido, acne. It all went away within a month of getting it removed.
Again, this doesn't happen to everyone. Most people love it and would highly recommend it. But I guess it just didn't mix right with my body.

My insurance did cover Mirena. Are you certain yours doesn't? The way the insurance companies look at it is that it's much cheaper for them to pay for the IUD than to pay for a baby.

I still had a period (got it in Aug), but this month I think I skipped it. I cramped a very little, and I noticed a very very very slight pink this weekend and nothing else. It was gradually getting less and less, so I think it may have finally stopped. I would be nervous about the taking out an dnew one in because putting it in was enough for me to say I will not do it again in 5 years. It hurt. Mirena, though, has almost a 0% complication rate, which is why it's the one I chose. I dno't know anything about the one you have, though, so I don't know if I can say that you should switch. Just do some research and see what you think. Good luck!