Milk supply symptoms and conditions

Well I'm not sure if it's a side effect or not yet, still trying to research it. I had the mirena put in on Friday the 23rd and on Monday when i went work and went to go do my morning pumping session i got hardly NOTHING, i went from just the Thursday before getting 18 ozs to Monday barely getting 10 ozs. It says that it's not suppose to interfere with nursing but i have no other explanation for it. I already take supplements to increase milk supply so theres nothing else i can really do besides have it taken out and hope that, that was it. anyone else have this side effect? please let me know!

Had the Mirena taken out yesterday, after just 1 week...Had the worst migraines ever and a big drop in milk supply
Mirena sucks! I can't believe it is recommended for breastfeeding mothers.

Hello,
Had the Mirena inserted last week, 6 weeks following the birth of my second baby. I chose Mirena because I wanted a long term solution and had bad side effects from oral contraceptives (vomiting everyday + headaches)
Insertion was very painful, stabbing pain in my hip then difficulty walking for about 12 hours. the next day I realized my milk supply had gone down a lot, and I also developed a nasty headache that will not go away since then. Called the doc, getting it removed tomorrow...glad my insurance covered it but very annoyed I went through this. I have had to take Tylenol non stop for the headaches and fennugreek to try and get my milk supply up...hope the side effects disappear quickly. As far as contraceptive method, going back to condoms, unsure what to do next.

Mirena was put in on June 19th, and since day 3 or so I've been fighting depression, irrational anger and anxiety, no interest in sex whatsoever. I don't like myself. The cramping has let up considerably, but is still noticeable. I have a 2.5 y/o and a 2 month old. I normally have the patience of a saint, but with each passing day I find myself having less and less with my oldest. Little things that would usually not bother me, now make me want to punch through a wall and scream. This is NOT ME at all. I called my doctor yesterday and explained all this to him, and he offered to call in a script for happy pills, which I declined. He thinks it is a combination of PPD and the IUD, but I felt absolutely fine before I got the IUD. I got the earliest possible appt, July 6th, to have it removed.
On a positive note, I am exclusively breastfeeding my son. I was concerned about my milk supply being affected, but so far we're having no problems.

I DID IT MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!! I took mines out today it was hanging halfway out for 2 weeks, called the doc a few days ago and doc said its ok thats its halfway out i shud still be fine! i got a 6 yr old girl and a 9mo old girl.....don't want anymore kids right now. I FELT A TINY TWINGE OF A CRAMP BUT AM SO HAPPY.

I GOT MIRENA OCT 08 (8 MONTHS AGO)
how about hubby is going to buy me a pregnancy test tonight! i dont think i am but still....THEY SAY 2 OUT OF 1000 WOMEN GET PREGGERS ON MIRENA I PRAY I AM PART OF THE 998!!!
i hope to get on another birth control Monday I GO TO PLANNED parenthood because i no longer have insurance!

all my SIDE EFFECTS are just like you all, i told my hubby about this and he was like wow. Depression, headaches, bloating gained 30lbs, decreased milk supply, hair loss, facial hair(hubby be sooo grossed out) i pluck the few that do come out on my chin. BROWN SLUDGY discharge that is dumb! just recently my period stopped but i want THE OLD LALIE BACK!!!! LOW ENERGY, NO SEX DRIVE, SNAPPY, OR MOODY, VERY TIRED! DID I SAY HAIR LOSS? ACNE ON FACE ARMS AND BACK! JOINTS HURTING, WRIST TENDINITIS! VOMITED ONCE IN JAN, FEB, AND MARCH! THOUGHT I WAS PREGGERS AGAIN! BUT WASN. DIZZY THOUGHT I HAD VERTIGO! I GOT PREGNANCY BRAIN BAD EVERY 5 HOURS I LOSE MY CELL PHONE! LOL JUST ABSENTMINDEDNESS.....

AND I AM A VERY Healthy young 29 yr old veteran...i was in the navy man! i never felt all of this crap till MIRENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhh! THATS HOW I FEEL!

Wow, I'm a bit fr***ked out after reading all these posts. I must be one of the lucky ones, as well. I had my Mirena put on 1 year ago after my first child. It did not hurt and I have had very few of these complications listed. However, I have suspected that my weight gain and inability to lose was a side effect of Mirena. This is what brought me to this site. I've gain 15 pounds and no matter how much I exercise or stage myself...it stays! I also notice now that I read....that I have had a lot of hair loss. I now have a few questions:

I lost my milk supply after going on Mirena and my Dr. assured me this wasn't the cause. Anyone else experience this?

Also, I'm concerned about the effect this will have on my next pregnancy. What has been your experiences once you've started trying again? I was told I would have no problems and should go off 1 month before TTC, but now I'm pretty worried!!

My doctor prescribed Reglan to help increase my breast milk supply. After a few days I started getting a stiff jaw. After several hours it got so intense that I felt I needed to go to the doctors. I called my husband at work and asked if he could come home and take me to the doctors. He worked about 25 minutes away. By the time he got home I was screaming in pain - something I had never done in my life before. He took me straight to Urgent Care. I advised them that I thought I was having a reaction to the Reglan I had taken. By this time by jaw was spasming so bad that it felt like my jaw and teeth were going to shatter in my mouth. The doctor said Reglan would not do this and gave me a shot and said to go home and contact my Dentist. While I was waiting for the paperwork I started having problems breathing and swallowing. At this point Urgent Care discharged me and told me to go to ER. Once I was at ER and finally got seen I advised the doctor of my symptoms and that I thought it had to do with the Reglan. He actually listened to me and agreed that it was the Reglan and said he would administer a shot of Benadryl to counteract the effects of it. It took them over a hour from that point to get me the shot. It was the longest and most painful hour of my life. I was literally sat on a bed in a hallway at the ER screaming in pain. Within minutes of the Benadryl being administered I was feeling 100% better. I highly recommend seeking medical attention at the very first sign of any muscle spasms or involuntary movement while you are on this drug. Thank to you everyone else for sharing their experiences with us.

I had mirena put in a month ago. My daughter is 3 months old and I thought I had been struck with a certain bout of baby blues. I feel/felt depressed, anxious, scatter-brained, irritable, have at least a headache a day. I've been bleeding for 3 weeks now...thought this was supposed to bring SHORTER, LIGHTER periods!!!
Something I haven't seen anyone else mention and am curious about: I was breastfeeding and suddenly lost my milk. I successfully breast fed my son, but this time, with my daughter, my milk just seemed to run out. I called the doctor and she told me that it certainly wasn't due to mirena. Anyone else experienced this?
Also, I'm having light red rectal bleeding. Not a lot...just there when i wipe. Just started today, which is what spurred me to start looking for answers. Anyone else??

Had a baby eight weeks ago, started Yasmin three days ago. Today I've been queasy, can't think straight, and I feel drugged. I'm going to stop taking it today. My doctor didn't even tell me it would interfere with breastfeeding by lowering my milk supply. That hasn't happened, thank goodness, but if I continued taking it it would. I feel like I could pass out. Not cool! I can't take any birth control, they all seem so scary! Oh well, guess I'll have lots of babies;)

Wow, I find it so upsetting that ALL of the potential side effects are not listed by the Mirena makers, or explained by the inserting doctor. The doctor who inserted mine said there would be some symptoms similar to the pill but way less since the hormone was localized. My symptoms have been way stronger than when I was on the pill.

I got my IUD in August 2006. I have 3 children and at the time my oldest was almost 3 and my twins were almost 1. I had a pregnancy scare, a test that was positive and then a few days later my period (most likely early miscarriage), and we decided it was time to get a semi permanent birth control. I know I want at least one more baby, but was still breastfeeding the twins and my milk supply had serious issues with any pill. I get pregnant easily, and had been pregnant a total of 4 times, with one 1st trimester miscarriage, the very early miscarriage, and the 3 kiddos, and we were not ready for another baby. Even now, with my side effects I am hesitant to have it removed as I am still not ready for another baby.

The insertion was no big deal. Very slight cramps at insertion, and mild for a couple of days afterwards. At first I felt great physically, a little weird mentally, like really aware there was something inside me. I got used to that. The first month I had a normal sex drive, the next month less and after that nothing at all.

And then the worst part, within a few months I became very very very irritable, like constant PMS, only I never really had bad PMS before, and this was really really bad. And then when I was actually at that part of my cycle I was even worse. It nearly destroyed my marriage, and I was horrible to my kids. I had no patience, was very easily annoyed. I would miss my hubby all day, and then when he would finally get home I would be so mean, blame everything on him, and just feel hate towards him. I flew off the handle at minor things and screamed at my whole family everyday. I do have a temper, but this was irrational, I couldn't control it. There were times when I would sob because I knew I was being so irrational and mean, and I would feel like ripping the IUD out of me right then and there. But then that would make me cry even more because I knew we couldn't handle another baby at that time, and I know I would get pregnant if it was out. Hubby and I have tried condoms, timing, and I get pregnant. The pill makes me moody too and I don't want those side effects or the constant having to remember a pill with 3 little ones to take care of.

I had a non stop period for at least a month, maybe 2, but that went away and I now have very very minor spotting for a day. The moodiness has gotten better, I would say it was the worst from about 2 months in to about 6 or 8 months to the point where I was a horrible horrible bitch. I know it is still there a bit. It really makes me sad to think that i am not as nice and happy as I used to be. These are the most special year of my kids lives and their mommy is irritable. I know my fuse is shorter and I yell and over react a lot, but it is not as bad as it was at first, and i keep thinking in a few months to a year we will be ready for another baby, I can get this thing removed, have a baby and hubby can get fixed.

Since about October (after having the IUD for 15 months) i have had nausea. It was enough at first that I thought I must be pregnant, and actually took a few pregnancy tests at seperate times. Because I don't have my normal monthy period, it is hard to tell what part of my cycle I am in. The nausea is still there, and after a couple of months I decided it must be a side effect too.

And I have not been able to lose the rest of my pregnancy weight. After child number one, I lost 1/2 the weight, then when she was a toddler and stopped nursing the rest of the weight just dropped off. My body retains weight when i am nursing due to a slow metabolism After the twins I lost half of the weight, and expected to lose the rest when they quit nursing, but got the IUD and I have gained weight. I know I have a slow metabolism due to not eating regularity (3 kids in 2 years), but i do think that the IUD has contributed to the weight issue. I have also always had a very small wast and middle, and now my belly is much larger.

I also feel that i may have some ovarian cysts, or get them when I am ovulating, and I have a lot of pain right around where my ovaries are when i am due to ovulate. I have always felt when I ovulate but this is much more painful.

I have also been tired, and have little energy, but whether this is due to the IUD or the 3 little ones I don't know.

My oldest is 4 now and my twins are 2 1/2, so we will probably be ready to try for another baby sometime in the next year. I have to feel 110% ready because we have an increased chance of having twins again, and my twins now would have to be old enough that I could handle twins again, so I guess I am choosing to suffer the side effects. They did get better for me, or maybe we as a family just got used the them. I ask myself so often, like a poster at the top of this page "Is the Mirena worth it?" All I know is I do not want a baby right now, and it has prevented me from getting pregnant for 1 1/2 years, which is the longest point in my married life that I have gone without getting pregnant, but at the same time hubby and I never have sex anymore since I have no sex drive I never want to and because I am such a bitch he never wants to, so again the Mirena has prevented me from getting pregnant in that way! haha really not funny but gotta laugh to not cry. I will not be getting mi IUD out for a while now, so i guess it is worth is sadly enough. I wish we had more options.
Marcie

I was breast feeding my 1 month old but I wasn't making enough milk for her and was supplementing. My doctor prescribed Reglan to help increase my milk supply and I have never been allergic or had any sort of reactions to any drugs before in my life, so I was fine with trying the drug. I had been taking it four times a day for 1 and a half days before I became incredibly depress and withdrawn from my baby. I felt like I didn't know how to hold her or comfort her. I just prayed that she would stay asleep. I begged my husband not to go to work the afternoon of the second day, but I knew he had to leave. Later that evening it got so bad. I felt like my skin was going to crawl off my body. My hands were shaking and I couldn't sit still. I didn't want to go near my baby. I knew something was wrong and I had to call my aunt to come over and take care of the baby for the rest of the night until my husband got home from work. I stopped taking the Reglan immediately and I was fine by the next morning. I was completely back to myself. I wouldn't advise anyone to take this drug. It's not worth it. It was the worst feeling I've ever had in my life.

Thank you to everyone who has been so sincere and honest in sharing their experiences while using Yasmin. I am the proud mama of three beautiful children and I began using Yasmin on the advice of our obstetrician last month. We had been relying on a diaphragm, but recently I was more nervous about the timing of an additional pregnancy. I told our doctor that I felt the birth control pill had been negative for me in the past and suspected it was linked to a depressive episode nine years ago. He was very dismissive of this and told me that "the pill" has changed considerably. I was shocked at how quickly I felt side effects. I have been exhausted and have started experiencing severe heart burn (I even thought I was having a heart attack) almost everytime I eat. I was also still nursing my 17 month old son and my milk supply has completely gone away. For nursing moms...please be aware of this potential problem. My doctor did not inform me of this before I started Yasmin and I feel a bit regretful that my nursing relationship with my son ended on those terms. QUESTION...for those who have stopped taking Yasmin...what alternative methods of birth control are you exploring? My husband and I are not 100% that we are finished having children, but definitely want some control over that decision! My doctor is also advocating the Mirena IUD, but I am fearful that it will have the same effect.