January 11th
2008
10:55 PM
I put a post on 12/31 with my concerns. Well I decided to play it safe and remove my Mirena. It was one week as of Friday. I didn't hurt too bad, a pinch and some cramping afterward. But I took a Tylenol beforehand. I still feel most of the side effects as before (anxiety, insomnia etc.) the only one is the constant flush feeling. My period was a little heavy the second day but I was due for my period anyway. I am barely spotting now. I'm sure it will take awhile for my body to get back to normal again, since I had the IUD inserted 4 weeks after my son was born (7/2/6). So my body hasn't had a normal menstrual cycle in years (birth control before my son, and I didn't like how that made me feel . I read that the hormone from Mirena doesn't get out of your system for about 20 days. I am looking forward to feeling good again. My body apparently doesn't like anything foreign in it, so no birth control pills for me or any hormone releasing mechanism (even though getting your period normally STINKS) I'll just do the old fashion way. Thanks for sharing your stories, it did help. Take care
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April 17th
2008
7:11 PM
I was told the same thing "A little cramp" .. I never have had kids before and was told this is easier for women who has have kids. I was in tears when the insertion took place. could not walk immediatley... I was about to faint, got to the point they got something for me to vomit in because I was starting to retch about 15 minutes after insertion. The pains were soooooooooo intense. I was told that this is what it is like when a woman has contractions. But I also had some hydrocone which helped a lot. I took IB - profen first ..800mgs I took lasted for maybe 3.5 hr. So then i took some Hydrocodone and that worked great. Got a good nights sleep. BUT i have never had pains so bad. At times I was crying or wanted to fall to my knees. I was afraid I was gonna wake up in my sleep in pain cuz the hydro was only to work 4-6 hrs. but I slept for a good 8 hrs. When I work up, a few pains here and there but nothing like yesterday.. Took 3 IB profens this morning - 7 hrs ago and I just noticed some discharge.. Mucus n blood I guess from the cervix which is normal? Thats what i was told. could happen on and offf for 6 months. i called after hrs to check on it cuz I was freaking out -- what was it... my obgyn told me what is was. She also was surprised that I was just about painfree less than 36 hrs later! So far so good for me. Now origiannly have been told since I went directly from Deprovera to merina, I have a very slim chance of getting my period at all. I have been on deprovera for 10 years. I need to lose weight and did not want my period (which was hell when I did get it before deprovera) so this is why mirena was choosen by me. So I am hoping it works for me!
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