never have this put in.i had mine put in after my 9th child,that ...

never have this put in.i had mine put in after my 9th child,that was in feb 2006,since then i have put on about20 kgs,had bad pains in my side,felt sick and had spotting for a week either side of my period.in may 2008 i choose to get it taken out thats when the dr said he cant see the strings.after seeing three different doctors all saying they cant find them i was sent to a gyn who also had a look and tried to get it out but couldn't.sent for an ultrasound that showed it was still there so i was booked in for surgery.when i came out of surgery the gyn told me that the iud arm hadn't came open and it had gone into my fallopian tube.please don't do this to yourself.there were also mood swings and loss of sex drive.