Yellowish discharge symptoms and conditions

I had the MIRENA inserted in August 08. I have 2 kids (2.5 yrs and 1 yr) The 1st 3 months I spotted A LOT and now i get very irregular periods about every 3-5 weeks I'll bleed for about 3 days. I also have a constant yellowish discharge which I thought was thrush. But after being tested for that it has come back normal. I too have tonnes of hair loss and my hair just looks dull and lifeless. I did put on some weight at the start, but have since been on Weight watchers and I've lost 15 pounds, but it's been a struggle. I've had some mood swings and been very teary, but I just put that down to some recent family heart ache (my son was diagnosed with Autism in Dec) but I guess the Mirena could be adding to my stress levels and overall wellbeing. After reading all the other posts I have booked to get my Mirena taken about next Thursday. I'm not planning another pregnancy for a few years so I need to either get organized and take the pill or use condoms.... Oh the joys of being female!

I had the Mirena for about 8 months up until 3 days ago. . I have 2 kids, 3 and 2, I am in a monogamous relationship, and at first I thought it was great until I started having BV infections that would just not go away. . they were really weird infections, not any discharge, just super uncomfortable!! and half the time my cultures would not show infection. . but I had all the symptoms. . I also was a Beta Strep carrier during my last pregnancy< i have no idea if this would make me have worse symptoms or not I did have off and on cramping that was not fun to deal and a lot of spotting, but I did not want another pregnancy. about 3 and a half weeks ago, another infection came, at first I thought it was a bladder infection, but then it got worse and the pain was just not bearable. My doctor gave me Clindamycin. . didn't work, then a weeks worth of Levaquin, that didn't work either. . finally, she suggested to take the Mirena out. . and gosh I was glad I did! when she took it out, it had a yellowish discharge on it . . has anyone ever experience this? she said that it was very odd, when an IUD is taken out, it should be clean. . I have been starting to feel better in the past few days, but I feel like this Mirena IUD really screwed me up! I wish I never got it, had done more research on it, etc. . has anyone had any of the same symptoms? I feel like I am going crazy, hopefully now that it is gone, i can get my body back to normal!

Hi. I've had the Mirena birth control for a little over a year now, and nothing but pain, confusion, and utter hell has come from it. I haven't had a period since the day my doctor put it in! I guess that is considered a blessing by most women but it concerns me. I have been diagnosed with not 1, not 2, but 3 Pelvic Inflamatory Infections since it's placement last year. The pain associated with this type of infection is excoriating. It quite literally feels like labor pains. I had contractions, which my doctor told me was just my uterus trying to push out the infection. But these didn't feel like regular contractions. There was no 1, 2 or 3 minute pause between them. It was an almost constant pain, only letting up for 1or 2 seconds and then continuing. I also had large amounts of yellowish discharge, moderate lower back pain, nausea and extreme headaches. I have scheduled a doctors appointment tomorrow to have it removed. GOOD RIDDANCE, I SAY! I have also had notable fluxuations in my mood and appetite. I have developed more acne on my face in the last year than I have ever had in my entire life! These symptoms seem almost constant and never seem to go away for more that a day or two. I too was told by my doctor that the symptoms would be minimal and that i was a perfect candidate for this particular contraceptive. Looking at all of these comments and side effects of other women posted here, I'de say that there are more women who have mirena and are having more than one complication out of it FAR out-weigh the women who have had no side effects. In my personal opinion i think that Mirena should be taken OFF the market and reviewed close and carefully again before putting back on the market to reek more havoc on general female population.

24 yrs old, 3 kids
MY SYMPTOMS: Stabbing pains in butt & sides, BAD cramps, WORSE crotch drop, spotting, light frequent periods, normal but slightly longer periods, constant dull headache that won't go away, mood swings (extremely irritable toward my kids), hot flashes (I don't really know what those are but I'm assuming that's what it is), tiredness, ACNE, little discharge, yellowish discharge w/ odor, when I hadn't spotted for a while we got brave & my husband noted a "sour" taste that was never there before, "sweet scent" & normal discharge absent, some lack of libido, pain w/ deep penetration & me on top positions (WHY?), lower back pain (recently worse), uneasy emotional feeling, pressure & bloating in abdomen, slight weight gain, pain & cramping after sex, feeling that something is "stuck" in my uterus (that might just be in my head. :) ), food cravings, increased appetite & thirst.
MY STORY or most of it:
I AM SO EXCITED to have found this website! Of course I feel so bad for all the women who have had such nightmares to live with, but I thank you for sharing! Now I know it's not "just me". I had mirena placed in Dec '07 (bout 2 mos after having my 3rd baby. Placement didn't really hurt, it felt like a pap smear. Well after having a baby naturally I thought how bad could it be? Right away I started having these sharp stabbing pains (u're supposed to have cramps for a few days) but I thought it was weird because the pains were like in my butt. It hurt more when I sat down. I continued to have pretty bad cramps, enough for me to take something which I never like to do. I was scared about the cramps not letting up so I called the nurse & she said that it was normal. ALSO I couldn't feel the strings, had my husband check (his fingers are longer & w/out long nails) & he couldn't feel them either.. When I went back to have the strings trimmed my ob said that they are just even w/ my uterus."they'll probably just have to go into your uterus a little bit when they remove it," she said. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I have been scared about that this whole time. So it's been about a yr & 1/2 now since insertion & my husband has never felt the strings. I breastfed my son for 11 mos & he SUDDENLY weaned himself. During those first 11 I never had a period or even spotting (after the initial bleeding was over). A few months before I stopped nursing I started getting acne pretty bad, enough to order PRO-Activ. But this acne is not how it was as a teen, It's not in the T-zone, but on the sides of my face (cheeks) and mostly on my forehead.I didn't understand why the proactiv wasn't working because it worked miracles for me as a teen, but now I know. So after CRYING because of my baby's rejecting my sore, engorged boobs for a few days I started bleeding. I couldn't understand WHY I was sooooo upset over my baby stopping nursing. I've heard that it is natural to feel like that because of the close bond that is there and I think that is true. But now I am thinking that the mirena made it much worse because when I stopped nursing my first baby when she was about the same age, I didn't even care. I wanted to stop. So it is hard to remember if I had a real period or not that first month (I soon started writing down my bleeding days so that I could keep track.) But I know that after that I would have a LIGHT period for about 7-8 days which is long for me, then in a few days I would spot for 2 - 3 days, then maybe a week later I would have another light period for about 6 days. It's hard to remember exactly, but I have it written down somewhere and it was about like that for 3 mos. Then in December I had 2 light, long periods with one normal (finally!) and spotting in between. I remember trying to shop the day before Christmas Eve with THE WORST cramps & "crotch drop" I have ever had, only to SPOT the next day. In January I had a normal period (a bit shorter but with spotting for 2 days after) then a week later spotting for 4 days, followed by a light period. I've had mild achy -like cramping pretty much constantly since I stopped nursing. I think I just kind of got used to it. I find this cramping weird because with my pre-mirena periods I didn't really have cramps, just "crotch drop" for the first 2 days. The thing that drew me to look up side effects w/ mirena was the weight gain. I am pretty pissed off because I was down to 125 lbs from nursing (pre-preg weight 130 lbs) and I haven't weighed myself (I don't have a scale for some reason) but I CAN TELL that I have put on a few lbs, maybe 5 - 10 in the past few mos. PLUS there is the bloating and this uncomfortable pressure in my abdomen. I seem to only be fatter in my belly, which has always been pretty flat about a yr after each baby's birth.I would like to gain some in my boobs. I'm barely an A cup - after breastfeeding and saggy! But that hasn't happened. So I was wondering how long does this spotting, cramping, weight gain go on? For the whole 5 yrs? I went to the official mirena site which gives a few study numbers (Whatever the heck those mean). The site is supposed to allow u to log in & chat w/ new mirena users like yourself but I tried that & it didn't work. So then I found a site with like 400 posts from women whose lives were so messed up from merena, but its newest post was from 3 mos ago and most were from 4 or more yrs ago. I wish I had found that site before I got mirena. I didn't really research before getting it. I just trusted my ob & saw the poster on the wall, and read the little misleading pamphlet. Then I googled "Mirena bad side effects" and found this site. After reading these posts I know I am going to have my mirena removed. I'd do it myself but can't find the strings. I wonder what exactly they will have to do to get it out? I said I would give it 6 mos (after stopping breastfeeding) for my body to adjust or whatever and the end of Feb will be 6 mos. I don't want to live w/ these symptoms for 3 more yrs and I am afraid that worse things will happen, Anyway what is the point of having birth control if u don't really need it because u're always bleeding? My symptoms are not severely bad but they are there and are not worth it. I want to feel like me again.

I would like to know if anyone knows if this medication promotes hair growth. I would like to add that I have noticed that it gives you a yellowish discharge like the pharmacy info sheet says it could possibly do. I hate that. I've gotten used to the idea of not having a period and never having any type of discharge afterwards. I can say that it has not helped with my hot flashes. By the way can anyone tell me if this medicine enlarges your breast I think that it has given me half a cup in size.