Fetus symptoms and conditions

I got married in July 2008 and I knew that I needed some BC because I am in nursing school. My Mirena was inserted in March 2008, I didn't want to try BC pills and I HATED The NuvaRing. So my I choose Mirena, It hurt like Hell when they inserted it. But other that that I had not had any problems. In June 2009, I had bad cramping and like a mucousy/bloody discharge., after taking Pain relievers for a few days and then I was fine, But now I have gained so much weight (14lbs in a few months) My belly is perfectly round and my breast have increased size, I am always hungry and craving CRAZY things and feel nausea mainlky at night and I have had increased urination,mood swings, headaches, bloating and Constipation so many prego related symptoms, but my strings are still intact so I am still worried that I am prego and I have been doing a lot of research on this topic and there have been many women in the position that I am in...not to mention if i am what harmful things are happening to the fetus.

Holy crap! Thank you all for helping me to justify my pending MIRENA removal on Wednesday, June 17th. I thought I was pregnant again - but I wasn't. Instead, via ultrasound, they found a large cyst on my ovary - the kind that's an UNDEVELOPED FETUS - it can have hair, fingernails, teeth and sweat glands - but never had a heartbeat! I have to live with this til it goes away or they decide to remove it... It's really sad for me to think about a little one that tried to make it but didn't...

After insertion when my son was 8 weeks old (he's now 20 months old-I've had this for a year and a half), headaches, incredible fatigue, weight gain - never lost the baby weight and gained more, low back pain-constant dull achiness, high blood pressure-mine's always been very low, incredible moodiness (I threw a carseat at my guy), huge depression swings-got a new anti-depressant, anxiety attacks, horrid cramping... The only good thing was no periods.

We decided to have them take the Mirena out so I can be "me" again. We decided that having what could have been a baby sticking around inside of me was unacceptable. I just hope I can be fertile again as I'm already 40 and we might want another.
Thanks again for helping me confirm that it's not all in my head!!!

I have had Mirena four about 4 to 6 weeks now. The first thing that I noticed was decreased libido. My man an I have crazy out of this world sex. I am used to having multiple orgasms each time. After I got the mirena put in I barely was even interested in sex.When I did have sex I maybe had one orgasm if that and most of the time I was uncomfortable or in pain.
I started having this gross discharge and itching no matter how often I showered. Also, I have become this watered down version of myself. I don't feel much about anything. All my emotions are pretty much gone. Not to mad, sad, or surprised, about anything. Usually I keep a pretty clean house and I have let things go because I just don't care. It did decrease the heaviness of flow if my period, but all these other side effects are not worth it. I have an appointment today to talk to my doctor about it.

I am going to switch back to the copper IUD. If you want the convenience of an IUD without the hormone effects, the copper one is great. It wont help your periods do anything, it is just like walking around with nothing at all, accept you wont get pregnant. I had the copper one in for 1.5 years before I tried Mirena. I had no complaints, the doc just thought the Mirena would help irregular periods and cysts I had. I am definitely going back to my copper IUD.

I just posted and forgot to add regarding the kidneys/adrenal glands. I asked an OBGYN (not reg doc - won't go back to her again) about this med and she said it was pretty much benign to the body. She stated though that if I did want to become pregnant to be sure to get off first. I was curious then and asked exactly what Lisinopril does to a fetus. She stated - pretty much the kidneys don't develop at all during pregnancy. I then retorted - "that only makes me wonder what this med is doing to MY kidneys now!" She just smugly had nothing to say. You cannot tell me that this is not hurting people. I am going to lose weight now and get off all meds. I only take this and I know with diet/weight loss and exercise it's possible for me. Besides sometimes when I check my BP it's high still and other times, like the day of surgery, it was lower than normal.

I've been trying to cut down on my celexa ( although i take the generic citalopram 40 mg) I found that if i came off it too quickly without decreasing the dose in stages (i had tried cutting down to 20mg) my head would become extremely fuzzy, whenever i turned my head or moved it it would feel all tingly and disoriented. I also found it was very hard to concentrate. now that I'm gradually getting off of it i notice that my dreams are very real and vivid and i can no longer tell my dreams from reality. I wake up confused not knowing where or who i am until reality sets in. I was hoping to get off citalopram completely due to the fact that it is not recommended to use when you are considering becoming pregnant due to the impact on the fetus. however, i found that without it i'm very spacey and find it hard to concentrate. I don't know if thats another side effector if thats my anxiety coming back from not taking it...

Hello Ladies. I was a mirena SUFFERER for 3 1/2 years. Had all the symptoms including hair loss. Terrible drug. Had it removed in sept 2008. Just a heads up girls, If you dont want kids get another form of bc right away. I am now 5 weeks pregnant again. LOL we did try the vasectomy route for my husband so you can imagine our surprise when we got the news. LOL Mirena was the worst thing to ever happen to me and my family but there is light. After almost two months my hair loss is down and my acne is almost gone. Joint and back pain gone. Mood so much better i feel like a new person. And you can get pregnant again.LOL So chin up girls. Always listen to your body and decide for yourself, but for me getting it removed was the only answer. HOWEVER, one note. After removal the risk of ectopic preg is much higher for the first year. Be careful and if you do turn up prego again make sure you discuss with your ob/gyn and get an ultrasound as soon as possible to be sure of location of the fetus. Good luck ladies.

IVE BEEN ON SYNTHROID FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND ITS BEEN HELL. I WAS STARTED OUT ON A 100MCG MY PERIOD STOPPED I HAD MOOD SWINGS HOT FLASHES AND MY IRREGULAR HEART BEAT IM 31 YEARS OLD I GAINED 42 POUNDS IN 1 YEAR MY FAMILY DOCTOR CHANGE MY SYNTHROID TO 125MCG WERE THEN I WAS RECEIVING TO MUCH NOW IM ON 112 WERE I HAVE BEEN IN REAL BAD LEG AND FEET PAIN AND AWAITING A CURE FOR THIS AWFUL ILLNESS IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL ME B/C IM ALSO TRYING TO HAVE A BABY PLEASE REPLY ASAP

I am a 26 year old female and was prescribed Advair some years ago by my Asthma & Allergy doctor. I took it off and on for several years. Honestly I was scared to take it because of the side effects I thought it might have. About 16 months ago I went off birth control because my husband and I wanted to have a baby. I continued to take Advair 150/50 twice a day. I got pregnant in July and had a miscarriage Sep 1. Then while still taking Advair I got pregnant again shortly after that. After my first OB appointment it was established that the fetus/egg sack had no heartbeat. I had a D & C done in December to clear out the unsuccessful pregnancy. I decided after reading all these comments and thinking about my own side effects of taking Advair that my miscarriage were the cause of taking Advair. I believe Advair may have decreased my body's ability to clot blood properly and that is what has caused my babies not to thrive. I decided in January of 08 to stop taking Advair. I asked my doctor about the Advair and being put on another medicine in Jan and he seemed to think that there was nothing wrong with me taking Advair. I stopped taking it anyways. I decided since mostly all of my mild Asthma symptoms were caused by exercising that I would just use Proventil/Albuterol inhaler before exercise. It worked great and in Jan, Feb, March of 08 I trained for a 5k, and ran it in March under 26 minutes. I have been off Advair ever since Jan and have been fine. I used a peak flow meter to be sure my breathing was normal. I only use the Albuterol occasionally now. Furthermore I am now almost 20 weeks pregnant and doing fine. Besides the miscarriages I also blame Advair on other side effects I experienced when taking it including leg cramps, increase in heart rate, restlessness after taking in evening, night sweat, hoarseness, dry throat, headaches, and whenever I would get a cut or something it would take forever for me to stop bleeding.
now my blood clots quickly no problem. I was taking no other meds besides Advair when I experienced all this. DON'T TAKE ADVAIR...unless you feel the benefits of the drug outweigh all of the horrible side effects. Demand another med. with fewer side effects.

mirena DOES NOT prevent ovulation!! meaning you will still ovulate, but the sperm and egg cannot implant themselves which in turn will cause a miscarriage!! This is the same for all iud's, For some unknown reason docs will not tell you this, but my doctor did and strongly advises not to use iuds!! You will get pregnant! You may think your having a heavy period but really you could be passing a dead fetus! Sorry to be so blunt, please do research before you choose this method of birth control

I was on Seroquel for 3 years for tourettes and I went off it September. I went off it because I wanted no chemicals in m body that would hurt the fetus. Since then I have been dealing with insomnia.It is now January and I am pregnant. I was up all last night and its getting worse. I have pulled 4 overnighters in the past month. I am scared because I know I need to sleep in order to keep this baby. I wish I never went on it!!

I just found out that I am 2 months pregnant and have been taking warfin the whole time. I am trying to find out the side effects of warfin on a embryo or fetus?

I really do not have any side effects from Warafarin. I have experienced hair loss with Depo Provara, which is why I developed DVT and have to take warafarin in the first place. My problem is I might be pregnant. Any one know what affects this can have on a zygote, embryo, or fetus?

After reading all the horrs stories about Lupron I too was very afraid but I discussed it with a family member in the medical field and so I made a decision to try it. I took one 3-month shot of Luprin for firboids. I have several of them, one was the size of a 5month fetus. The hot flashes came fast and furious. Many nights I have slept without clothes. After the shot I continued to have lots of sex. I have seen some blury vison from time to time. I dont know if I should attribute this to the Lupron. But since it is not allergy season as yet it can well be that. I had the shot October of 2004. Did not have another one and still did not have a period. However my blood count have gone up. I have had some headache when I wake in the morning but was able to sleep it off. I All in all I am doing fine, even though from time to time I still have very mild flashes. I sympathize with people out there who have had sever symptoms and still continue to have them.

I started taking Lisinopril at the end of August 2004. I have had this pain in my lower right abdomen off and on for about the 7 months since I started taking this medicine. I have a kidney disease, so I dismissed it as the pains of that I have had since I was 19. I read that it can severely injure a fetus, so what troubles me, if it can cause injury including death to an unborn child, what is it doing to my reproductive organs? And is this pain in my abdomen a sign of damage being done?

I was originally on Norvasc, but had experienced severe swelling in my ankles, so I was switched to Lisinopril and is when my nightmare began. My most recent symptoms include a headache right behind my right eye. It comes and goes, and is like a quick stabbing pain. I was told it was more than likely my allergies, which I am on allegra D for. In reading all these other side effects everyone experiences, I am really scared if I should be taking this. If all these problems are from this medication, what will coming off of it do? I have not experienced the cough as bad as others seemed to have gotten, but I have not been able to get rid of a cold I had gotten in late November, or at least so I thought. It seemed to linger on. I have also been severely fatigued as of late, and no matter how much sleep I receive, I always wake up drained, and lifeless. I do consume higher doses of calcium, and vitamin c, which from what I read, seems to prevent some of the other effects. I feel I have enough illness in my life, that I should not have to deal with other symptoms, or live with the aches and pains, in order to keep my blood pressure down. There has to be another alternative. I am also taking Toprol XL, which I have not experienced any bad symptoms, except for fatigue. I agree with a previous post that dr's are only out to reap the benefits of prescribing these pills that they do not spend any time considering the after effects. I have to be on this medication for the rest of my life, and I do not feel I should have to deal with all these after effects I was never warned about. Only swelling.

researching the possibility of yutopar causing my child's severe hearing disability. i was on this medication in 1983. also interested in behavioral issues as a result. i can find no studies on the long term effects on the fetus.

I take Clonazepam for sleep. Basically it is an anti-anxiety pill for me, because it calms me down if I'm panicky. I have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep, and 2mg a night at bedtime relaxes me enough so that I can sleep well. I called a hotline once about Clonazepam and pregnancy and they said the risks were very minimal and only in the 3rd trimester. They had no cases were taking Clona affected the fetus at all. It all depends on how much you are taking, is the real question. One word of caution, this drug is an anti-seizure drug as well, and you would be well advised to come off this drug EXTREMELY SLOWLY as it is moderately addictive, and will cause shaking, trembling, and severe muscle spasms when you try to come off it. I noticed even long after I had stopped the drug I was still experiencing great difficulty with this. Eventually I simply had to go back on it, since other "sleeping" drugs did not work as effectively. NO other side effects have been noticed by myself. Good Luck to you all.