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Posted at 4:21 AM on Jul 04, 2009 by mooreofcorrie, #42768
Now you guys have me all paranoid. Are any of you first time mothers because some of these things your are experiencing are also post childbirth side effects. Hair loss, when you are pregnant you stop loosing hair, those couple of hairs you loose every time you comb your hair, well they stop happening but you keep growing more hair hence the fantastic thick pregnant lady hair. Once you have the baby the hair that didn't fall out while you were pregnant finally falls out. Also if you are breastfeeding it can cause you to loose your sex drive, its your bodies way of preventing another pregnancy because pregnancy can make your milk supply dry up and then your baby has nothing to eat! My only symptom that sucks that I KNOW is from Mirena is acne and and that's because of the kind of BC it is, which is just something I have to deal with because its the kind I need that wont mess with my milk supply and my son comes first! I am having no mood swings or depression which is something, if someone's going to get it its going to be me, I was diagnosed depressed and bi-polar and an anxiety disorder all through my teenage years and I'm fine now, maybe a little anxious but that comes with having children! I do also have back pain but I always get back pain when I have my period and well, I've been on my period for almost 3 weeks now so.. A lot of you just sound like tired over worked Moms. PS: tiny 35 year old.. your 35, your metabolism slows down with age and with every child you have, you can't eat all you want anymore, I lost that ability with my first child before Mirena, you just have to exchange the oatmeal cream pies for carrot sticks, its what I do.
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Reply 4 months ago on Jul 04, 2009 by bowersgtos, #21173

I had the Mirena inserter 6 weeks after having my 3rd baby. I instantly felt the side effects. I know my body and I experience insomnia, acne, I went from a great sex drive to absolutely none in a matter of days! It is the Mirena. Oh and I was waking up in the middle of the night with heart palpitations and anxiety. I too have a history of anxiety, but this all began after the Mirena was placed. I've only had it 2 weeks and I have an appointment to get it out.

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Reply 3 months ago on Jul 27, 2009 by kimelle, #21845

I had some side effects, but not all, and not to any extremes. Mine included some hair loss, similar to losing hair post pregnancy. My hair is short anyway so it wasn't noticeable, or by the handful, but more than a normal person would lose daily. I had bleeding gums similar to what I had during both my pregnancies, mainly when flossing or if I was at the dentist. My dentist's concern was that it could be symptomatic of a larger problem, which it wasn't. I also had tiredness and lost libido. The best thing was not having my period for almost 4 years. Loved that. And was able to breast feed my son for a year and half while on birth control. I had my Mirena for 3 years and had it removed about a month ago. All is well, back to normal. Don't be paranoid. Watch for side effects and if you experience any of the more extreme ones I've read about here, have it removed. The removal took 3 minutes and didn't hurt. My period returned last week. Boo.

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