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Hi..I am 22yrs old, I have a 29month old daughter. I had the Mirena placed a few months after her birth. The first one I had placed came out of place and I had to have it removed. I had another put in because I tried the shot and it made me an emotional wreck and gain too much weight. So my GYN decided it was best to put another one in. I had that done July 2007. I have been bleeding almost non stop ever since. A few days of non bleeding here and there but that's all. I finally got an appointment and went to a new GYN he checked for it and said that he couldn't find it. He sent me for an ultrasound. Well the ultrasound showed that it was still in place but not doing it's job. I had eggs on both ovaries and the strings are gone. Therefore my doctor recommended that I try something else. The only problem is he can't get it out without surgery. So I am scheduled for surgery on May 2nd. I just can't believe that I am gonna have to be put to sleep to have it removed. I have never been put to sleep in my life and I am scared to death. I also don't feel that I should be responsible for the surgery and doctor bills. What do you all think? Please reply back or email me at ******

Hi all.
I am really dis-heartened right now. I cannot seem to get this thing taken out yet. My husband and I are self-employedso we have to take out our own health insurance. Our ins. company said that side-effects are a "disorder of the reproductive system" and there is a six-month waiting period to have anything done and we have just gotten it. So I went to an after hours clinic that I called waited until today thinking I could get it removed. WRONG!!! :( Today they said they could not remove it. More over, naturally the doc there said that there was no way all these side effects were from the mirena. I was so upset.
To anyone who has had this taken out, how many of your symptoms have gone away? How long has it taken?
Please e-mail me at ****** or private message me and let me know your experiences with post-removal and side-effects that cleared up. I am ready to take action on this mirena as women need to be informed of the possible side-effects of this drug. I have been suffering for 1 year and 10 months.
Thanks for reading!

Hi, I'm at home resting after having the Mirena (I don't want to call it my Mirena because I don't ever want to see it again) surgically removed yesterday. After 2 kids, one with special needs, and being on the pill on and off for 20 years, I decided to get a Mirena inserted. My husband was not in support but said it was my body. He even told me he'd get a vasectomy but I went ahead. It was very painful to have it inserted, I almost fainted a number of times. What I didn't know at the time is at insertion the OB had perforated my uterus! When I went back a month later to look for the string, it couldn't be found. After confirming that I wasn't pregnant, I had an X-Ray. The X-Ray should the IUD in a weird place. I went back to the OB and I don't believe she was truthful with me. She said that the Mirena was in a high place in the uterus and had partially perforated the uterus but I still had birth control and not to worry. She said to come back in a few months. Needless to say, I did not and would not go back to her again. I went to a new wonderful OB, she took one look at the X-Ray and said, no way is this in your uterus and you do not have birth control right now. YIKES! Well, I am resting now and will miss three days of work because of this nightmare! The other thing that is so bizarre is that I go off the pill so I would not have any hormones added to my body. I was never told the Mirena had hormones. Glad to have this over with. Aloha, K

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I just started taking Yasmin two days ago. I have never been on bc before. My doctor recommened Yasmin for my PMS. Well, last night I woke up with severe lower digestive problems and hot flashes. I was unable to fall back asleep. Today, my heart is racing. Is this normal? Is my body just adjusting to the hormones? I am not sure if I should continue it or not. If this is a 'normal' I guess I will stick it out. If not, I would rather get off of it now.

Hey there,
I am 18 and took birth control from age 14---17. As a distance runner I had very little body fat and my periods (when I actually had them) were so bad I would pass out. Birth control is what a doctor recommened. I went on ortho tri and as a result I went from 105---139. At 5'7 it didn't look bad on me or anything, but my running suffered. To this day my doctor says the birth control didn't do it...low and behold I stopped taking it and I am 126 (and still loseing). I eat right and I am still running all the time. Here is the thing, the depression with getting off the pill isn't limited to just Yasmin. When I stopped mine I was massively depressed for a good month. It's just your body adjusting to the new levels of hormones. Just as when you first start pumping them into you. I have been off of the pill almost a year now and my periods are back to being aweful. My doctor recommend Yasmin so I found this site. I am just now going back to my proper weight and it took almost a year. I just don't know if I want to gamble my body away again and try this new birth control. I heard women lose weight on it but it sounds just like any other birth control to me.

I already have a post on here about how horrible my experience was with Yasmin. "Panic Attacks!!!", Feeling like I was going to pass out, weird feeling.
Well now I'm off the pill and am scared to go on another one. Does anyone have a good pill that they like with little side effects? My doctor recommened Ortho Tricylen Lo. Let me know if anyone knows about that BC.

Thanks...