IUD / Mirena?

[badger]

They say Mirena's good for 3 years (I guess they impregnate it with progesterone and can only last so long). I've heard of doctors leaving copper IUDs in longer than 5 years, but I guess they don't want the liability of pregnancies.

If I wasn't so psycho on the pill, I would get Mirena in a heartbeat - to not have the monthly visits by aunt flow would be so liberating!

Jes, I would imagine Mirena may help you with your fibroids as the progesterone will thin the uterine wall, hence the lack of bleeding after about 6 months.

Isn't peri-menopause fun? I started using progesterone (wild yam) cream for my night sweats; they went away!

[Brandi]

They say Mirena's good for 3 years (I guess they impregnate it with progesterone and can only last so long). I've heard of doctors leaving copper IUDs in longer than 5 years, but I guess they don't want the liability of pregnancies.

If I wasn't so psycho on the pill, I would get Mirena in a heartbeat - to not have the monthly visits by aunt flow would be so liberating!

Jes, I would imagine Mirena may help you with your fibroids as the progesterone will thin the uterine wall, hence the lack of bleeding after about 6 months.

Isn't peri-menopause fun? I started using progesterone (wild yam) cream for my night sweats; they went away!

Ummm I believe the mirena is 5 years. i have had mine almost that long and have card that says it come out april of next year.

[greycoral]

I had the Mirena IUD and I absolutely hated it. The insertion was incredibly painful, and I felt really awful for weeks. They warned me about the side effects, but I really couldn't handle it. I went in to have it removed, and they told me that my body was rejecting it and it has almost come completely out anyhow.

No IUD's for me. I hate taking the pill, but I don't have a choice right now. The husband and I did condoms for a while, but it's just a hassle, we had much less sex! So, i will continue the pill until i'm ready to have a baby, and then after that, he's getting snipped.

[Brandi]

I had the Mirena IUD and I absolutely hated it. The insertion was incredibly painful, and I felt really awful for weeks. They warned me about the side effects, but I really couldn't handle it. I went in to have it removed, and they told me that my body was rejecting it and it has almost come completely out anyhow.

No IUD's for me. I hate taking the pill, but I don't have a choice right now. The husband and I did condoms for a while, but it's just a hassle, we had much less sex! So, i will continue the pill until i'm ready to have a baby, and then after that, he's getting snipped.

That is the first I have heard of such issues. I am sorry it was bad for you.

[greycoral]

yeah, i was pretty bummed that it didn't work out :\

[sgtiger]

...he's getting snipped.

Best thing ever! Dh got his done by a doc who specializes in vasectomies (1,000+/year) and had a very easy time with the recovery.

[DDH]

I know this is an old post, but I wanted to refresh it and ask if anyone new has had the mirena inserted or and had any problems with it.

My obgyn wants to give me the Mirena to help regulate or get rid of my periods. I'm 45 and overweight and she doesnt' want me on birth control pills because of the problems they can cause. She tells me that the progesterone doesn't have the side effects that estrogen does.
So I'm curious, are there bad side effects that I am not finding with progesterone hormones? I don't need birth control because my dh had a vasectomy, but I am having problems with my periods.

Since I had my thyroid out last August my periods have been wacko. I have 8 to 10 day periods and two weeks go by and I'm having another. I don't have bad cramps or problems other than the frequency and amount of time. They aren't light periods either.
The docs say I am not menapausal as long as I'm having periods. I have asked if it is peri-menapause and they tell me no to that too.

I just know something has to be done about these long heavy periods and if this thing will help then I'm all for it.
My regular doctor had put me on birth control to try to regulate things and the OB doesn't want me on them.
I have fought acne for 13 years since my husband had the vasectomy and I went off of birth contorl. The lasst 6 months that I went back on the birth control before the OB took me off of them, my face and back cleared up so nice and I haven't had the acne problems.
Now I'm worried that is going to come back. We aren't talking a few little zits, I'm talking cystic type, big acne on my face and back.

Anyway, I just wanted to refresh this post and see if anyone new has gotten the mirena or those that have it have you began to have any side effects.
I'm sure I can handle the insertion cramps, and the month or so of adjustment as long as I know I'm not going to have a bunch of other side effects to deal with.
I've been through so much this last year with my health and I really am sick of doctors and going to appts, and getting one doctor telling me one thing and another one telling me something else.
I would tend to trust someones experience much more than the doctors lately.