Mirena Coil

# 97

Posted: 27/09/2007 10:22

Hi 10.57 here. No, I didn't. I had my second inserted after first one was removed, so I can't help you there.
Sorry.

# 96

Posted: 26/09/2007 20:15

Hi Anon
I had the mirena coil removed and youre right it was painless just a little like a smear test. I'm just wondering did you have yours removed for the purpose of getting pregnant again and if so did it take you long to conceive?

# 95

Posted: 26/09/2007 10:57

Hiya,

If anything it will be easier having it removed during your period. There shouldn't be any pain afterwards but what I found was that my first period afterwards lasted weeks! as my hormone cycle adjusted.

# 94

Posted: 20/09/2007 14:40

Hi
I have the mirena coil in for the past 3 yrs. We have decided to have another baby so i'm having it removed in the morning. I cannot contact my GP and need to know is it ok to have it removed as i am in the middle of my period can anyone help me also will i have some pain after it is removed?

# 93

Posted: 10/08/2007 11:02

I recently got the Mirena inserted in Holles Street and I'm finding it great. I'm only 24 but since I was 12, I have had periods that lasted 21 days out of a 28 cycle. It wasn't just spotting that was I having, it was full blown period. I have been Tampax and Always' best customer for the past 12 years. After years of having D&C's done (the first I had done on my 16th birthday when I was old enough to sign a consent form). With 6 D&C's, 1 laparoscopy, ablation, cerivcal ectropian diagnosis and number of referrals to psych as they thought it was stress related...To be honest, out of the whole experience, to be doubted by the medical teams as to whether I was telling the truth even though you can't exactly fake blood! It's not as if I was complaining of a complaint that wasn't visible...I'm glad to finally have the Mirena.

I haven't had any children yet but to be honest, Mirena so far has been the best option. I have been on every pill, injection and patch. Everything would work for a few months and then stop working. The Mirena is my last hope.

Recently I was diagnosed with a bleeding disorder which should have been detected years back. If it had of been detected, I wouldn't have had the surgeries (which always resulted in massive bleeds) and wouldn't have spent my teenage years jealous of anyone wearing white trousers and skirts.

Now with the back up of St James's hospital and Holles street, I'm being taking seriously with the bleeding and my periods which has resulted in the Mirena being prescribed. Fingers crossed this works!!

# 92

Posted: 30/07/2007 00:54

hi had the mirena inserted 4 years ago after having my second child. i am now experiencing stabbing pains in my side.i have acne around my mouth and chin and bloating of the stomach.ive done a pregnancy test which has came back negative does anyone have any ideas what this could be.

# 91

Posted: 06/07/2007 14:35

Tinkie, I have say when I got my first coil in it was painful when I got my second one in, it was extremely painful but removing the first one (when I was getting the second one in) was painless - about the same as having a smear in terms of discomfort.
It may be that there was a cyst or fibroid which may have become irritated or your uterine lining may have been scraped. Either way, it;'s not notrmal to have pain and heavy bleeding to that extent.
The blood loss may also be contribing to your tiredness.

# 90

Posted: 05/07/2007 23:16

I have just had my coil removed 9 days ago- I am 35 years old and my husband and I are ready to start a family and can not wait. When my Gynecologist removed my coil it really hurt me. Since then I have not stopped bleeding. It is so uncomfortable I have to change my Tampax every hour – waking up in the middle of the night covered in blood is not much fun. I am concerned – I don’t know if this is normal at all. I am constantly tired. Can some one help me? What should I do? All I know is that this can not be normal losing so much blood.

# 89

Posted: 11/06/2007 10:12

Worried, if your period is more than 5 days late, get your hands on a pregnancy testing kit. The sooner you know the sooner you can stop worrying.

# 88

Posted: 10/06/2007 15:49

hey, i know this will sound bad as i'm 16 and think i might be pregnant.
i have been with my boyfriend a long time and we don't use condoms as i have the implanon.
my periods hav stopped and i know that can happen but i'm worried just in case i'm pregnant.

# 87

Posted: 08/05/2007 09:40

Hi Fay, I am now on my second mirena. My friend got her first one in at the same time as I got my second one - about two years ago and has not had a period since altho' she normally suffered with very heavy periods.
I was getting spotting every month - up until this Saturday as a matter of fact, when I started what seems to be a full period! For the first time in seven years.

# 86

Posted: 04/05/2007 16:33

Hi, I'm 41 and a mother of one. My periods have become a nightmare these last two years and after investigations I was told that I have a fibroid. I have been offered the Mirena coil or an Endometrial Ablation. I thought the coil was the best choice initially as I could have the ablation if the coil was unsuccessful. The negative comments on this board far outweigh the positive ones and I am now seriously wondering about my decision. My Doctor told me there was a good possibility that my periods could stop all together with the coil, has this happened to anyone? and furthermore I have had some nasty spots on my chest and chin that the Doc says are hormonal, he thinks the Merina will help clear them up too, any thoughts??? look forward to hearing from anyone. Thanks xx

# 85

Posted: 20/04/2007 15:52

Hi - I have recently had coil inserted about 6 weeks ago. have already noticed some weight gain but mostly that I am having a lot of breast pain stabbing pains and tenderness in one breast particularly. any one else experiene this?

# 84

Posted: 23/03/2007 22:10

Also forgot to mention that my firboid problems started when I switched to soya milk instead of cows milk. I thought I was being healthy but it turns out that soya is full of a type of oestrogen that can feed your fibroids. Not necessarily proved but worth researching.

# 83

Posted: 23/03/2007 22:07

Dear Ladies

I'm currently thinking about getting a mirena coil fitted but I wanted to address some of the posts on this site especially those relating to an unknown watery dischare. I'm 29 years old and for unknown reasons started having perods lasting 10 - 13 days. 7 was normal for me. I had an ultrasound scan done and nothing was found. For the next five months I can only say I went through hell. It was only when I started having this watery discharge and severe abdominal paing that my Gyne paid some attention to what I was saying. It turns out I had a hematometra (a large blood clot) in my uterus that would not and could not come out. The watery dischare was the blood having seperating itself inside of me becuase it had been there so long. They did a D & C and took out 300ml of clots which i was told i was the equivalent of being three months preganant. I'd had a scan done and it had missed a five centimeter fibroid. I cannot tell you how many doctors told me that having blood clots the size of golf balls was normal. I've had two operations and now have IBS. I still have heavy periods and my new Gyne want to try the Mirena. Orginially I was told my distended uterus would be too big to fit this. If anyone has some advice I'll gladly take it. Also I seem to have come across a lot of people who say it's worked fine for five years but had problems when they came to replace it. Any advice gladly taken. My own advice is listen to your body and really push or get someone else to push for you to get your scans done again until your 100% satisfied they are making an infromed decisions and not stabbing around it the dark. Good Luck.

# 82

Posted: 23/03/2007 15:11

can one get pregnant with the mirena coil. I am into my 5th year and am starting to expeience abdominal pains. Anyone else in the same boat

# 81

Posted: 14/03/2007 10:05

Ellen, you shouldn't be in that much pain. Especailly not the following day.
To be fair, if my doctor told me that, I would a) refuse to accept it and b) be changing doctors rapidly. Have you had a d&C done and investigated why periods are causing a problem for you? I think the cause has to be the fist logical step for any medical problem.
A 6 week checkup is an absolute must, I am shocked that your Dr never told you this.

# 80

Posted: 13/03/2007 17:08

I had a coil fitted last week. the pain was beyond words, painkillers and bed did nothing to help. I'm still getting pain, especially if I bend over or go for a walk.

I'm 32, no kids and no pregnancies. I am about to marry someone who can't have children and we don't want to try a donor.

My Doctor told me basically this is my only option to control my periods as I'm too young and childless to have anything else done.

I haven't been told about any side effects and I'm dreading having sex and starting to dread going for a walk. So, no doubt the weight will pile on.

Do I really have to give this the full 6 months before going back to the doctor? I haven't yet been asked to go back in 6 weeks for a check up. I just found out about that here.

# 79

Posted: 28/02/2007 08:53

Homer, it has indeed been put through clinical trials - as is every medication or medical device of that nature which is released. It's quite right, the progesterone used is the same as that whic is used in some pills.
For the record, it has been a great success for me, a friend of mine, two colleagues and a cousin. My friend and my cousin were using it to control heavy periods in addition to contraception.
Like anything else tho', it is not always suitable for everyone.

# 78

Posted: 27/02/2007 15:56

Hello
My wife had the mirena coil, to help her, she was not informed of any side effects, & after sometime had an emergency appointment to have it removed. According to the dictionary the main termonology for the ingredient in the mirena coil is levonorgestrel which is biochemistry. A synthetic steroid hormone which has a similar effect to progesterone & is used in some contraceptive pils.
My question is has the mirena coil been put through clinical trials & found that it helps? beccause my research & experience of the ill health that was added to my wife's already ill health is it made matters worse. I have not come across with 1 positve help to anybody who have been successful with this mirena coil.

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Warm Christian Love & Good health.

# 77

Posted: 27/02/2007 13:59

mirena, it forms the same function as the copper iud but of course contains no copper as it is made of flexible plastic surrounded with slow release synthetic progesterone.
It can be used to treat heavy perios but as with everything the cause should be invstigated. It is certainly not normal for the mirena to cause you to vomit up blood.

# 76

Posted: 27/02/2007 12:22

I had the mirena coil inserted and decided after so many problems to get it removed. I got frightened when I vomited up blood one night. The doctors are not really telling us what mirena is doing to our bodies.I was told after suffering with very heavy menstrual periods that it would give me a new lease of life. I believed the doctor. When I went to complain he did not want to know. Its time women start to make their voice heard regarding mirena coil.

# 75

Posted: 26/02/2007 21:30

hi all, got marina coil in on 5th feb 07 and have had pain in my lower back ever since like bad period pain.also have been trying to loose a few pounds and have been out walking everyday and nothing seems to be happening. is this because of the coil i wonder as i never had trouble loosing weight before. anyone out ther in the same boat?

# 74

Posted: 10/02/2007 02:30

hello
From concerned spouse
Has anyone experienced throat problems arising after the mirena coil being removed?
My spouse is 7 years in remission from genital cancer.Her latest fear is that a cancer has returned in her throat,an illness in her throat is being investigated by the E.N.T. Unit of Beaumont Hospital she has to attend this coming Monday for an Endoscopy.Because she coughed up blood.
Worried spouse.

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Warm Christian Love & Good health.

# 73

Posted: 08/02/2007 15:28

Pregnancy with the mirena... is it possible or do you get preg. synptoms? Please let me know if anyone has got prgnant or knows of someone wh has. thanks sharon

# 72

Posted: 02/02/2007 19:44

I'm 35 and had the Mirena Coil fitted in Dec 06, the initial pain was beyond words, i cried all the way home it was that bad, after having been told by a surgon previously about my "high pain threshold" it must have been bad ... Since then it hasnt got much better, not every day but five out of seven i know it's there .... I visited the docs yesterday for the coil to be removed however they (two examinations from separate docs)failed to find the strings ... Alarm bells started to ring after they said this and immediately suggested i make an appoingment to have a pelvic scan followed by surgical removal under general anesthetic .... Has any one else been through the same sort of thing ..?? Does it affect your fertility ?? Help !!!

Thanks

# 71

Posted: 30/01/2007 03:11

SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE... I HAD THE MIRENA IUD IN FOR 2 YRS AND REMOVED IT SEPTEMBER 06'. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING EVER SINCE AND NOTHINGS HAPPENING,. I WAS TOLD THAT THE IUD COULD HAVE STRIPPED THE LINING IN MY UTERUS CAUSING ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET PREGNANT? HAS ANYONE EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS?

# 70

Posted: 19/01/2007 11:23

Just to let you know Anon, a hysterectomy is major surgery - the removal of an organ and should be seen as a lst resort.
You need to know WHY the cramps are happening, what is causing them and removing your womb may not give you those answers.
It could be something simple like a fibroid or it could be a cyst or Endo but you needed to have it invstigated.
Tests and a scan should be your doctors fist port of csll.
Also, there's no way your period should last 1 - 3 weeks even without the mirena - that too should be investigated.

# 69

Posted: 18/01/2007 23:03

Hello
My wife & Niece had this procedure done to better their health, the out come was devastating & the procedure reversed.

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Warm Christian Love & Good health.

# 68

Posted: 18/01/2007 11:00

Hi. I had Mirena fitted Feb. 06 and I am still getting
horrendous cramps. My gp says its constipation which I don't think is right as the cramps are worse when I have my period (lasting anything from one to three weeks). My gynocologist is pushing for a hysterectomy but I am nervous about that. Any suggestions?

# 67

Posted: 15/01/2007 10:58

I had the Mirena coil fitted 1 year ago, 4 the last 2 months I have been experiencing pains in my lower stomach on and off,I am worried now that it has moved, It is possible to get pregant on the Mirena and if so what happens to the pregnancy!!!!!!

# 66

Posted: 08/01/2007 19:35

Lynn I am very grateful for your reply as I thought I was becoming a hypochondriac. I had my mirena coil inserted in a family planning clinic and when I went back to have it checked and I told the doctor about the discharge like you the one big interest was had I got an STD. Once that was ruled out no more interest was given to it. Even in Nov when I was put on the mini pill for the month when I asked if the pill would solve the discharge problem as well as the excessive bleeding I was told yes of course. When I was taking the pill the discharge was not as bad. I am now having my first period since taking the pill and the discharge came back before the bleed started and I am now in day eight. Bleeding quite heavy and very bad cramps. BY the way I am quite a bit older than you. I have had two children and I have not yet started the menopause but my periods were becoming very heavy. My GP thought that the Mirena would be a good idea and would give me five years of peace. I am now looking towards having the coil removed and hoping that everything will go back to normal for me.

# 65

Posted: 08/01/2007 14:03

I'm wondering if any of you have found the same symptoms as me.
I am on my second mirena, no children and have had no problems with the first mirena.
I'm nowhere near menopause or anything like that and have had this second mirena for two years.
Period was scanty - as in a couple hours of spotting but the past couple of months I notice that if I have intercourse when my period is due (and my period is always very regular), it seems to bring on a full 4 - 5 day monthly period.
Has anyone else had this? Tests have ruled out cervical cancer or related problems.
The period is not painful or uncomfortable and so doesn't bother me but it has my husband very worried.
My gynae has said it's 'unusual but not abnormal' and has offered me referral for an ultrasound. I wanted to see if anyone else experienced the same thing.

# 64

Posted: 08/01/2007 10:39

Have been interested to read people's experiences of the Mirena coil. I've had fibroids for a number of years and some years ago had this coil fitted but, as seems the case with a lot of you, it came out and had to be removed. I am now on the waiting list to have an endometrial resection (removal of the lining of the womb) and it's been suggested that they fit another Mirena at the same time - I said it had come out before but the doctors said it can be fitted more accurately if they do it during the op. Having read all the problems people have had, I'm wondering whether to say I don't want the Mirena, and just hope the operation alone helps. Has anyone any experience of this combination of procedures?

# 63

Posted: 06/01/2007 19:01

Mac, I too have the gushing discharge but I had it about 7 months BEFORE I got the Mirena Coil. I'm 29 years old (no kids) and I've got one fibroid within the womb wall and it distorts the shape of my womb. It's 5.5 cm and was giving me really heavy and long periods that caused more than a few public emotional breakdowns (we need more public toilets in this country). The Mirena helped a lot with the heavy bleeding (up til this, my 5th month with it, but I'm hoping the heaviness was just a freak occurrence and that I'll be back to my new normal next month). Now my main remaining problem is this clear or yellow water that pours out of me all day, every day. It started like yours did - just in the morning. And it's definitely not urine. The four different gynae doctors I've discussed this with have never heard of it. One consultant did try to cauterize some of the glands on my cervix. Didn't work. Since I never seem to get the same consultant, I got tired of hearing "discharge is normal" so I took in a day's worth of pantyliners in a ziploc bag with the times of discharge on it. Gross, yes, but it finally made the Dr. agree that the degree of discharge was excessive. He scheduled me for a transvaginal ultrasound which I'll hopefully get this month. I've found very few mentions of this gushing discharge on other websites. I did find the following possible causes which were put forth by a web/internet website Dr. in response to a 40 year old woman's question about her copious watery discharge. The web doc gave 3 possible reasons 1) Sexually Transmitted Disease (I've been checked multiple times and the results have always been negative. Dr. even gave me a couple rounds of antibiotics just in case but they haven't helped). 2) The urine answer but you would have had to have had the tube connecting your bladder and womb since birth - highly unlikely, and 3) a very rare disease that usually only occurs in post-menopausal women - fallopian tube cancer. None of these apply to me so there's got to be another reason for our problem. It's been awhile since you posted your comment. I do hope you get to read this. It can be quite lonesome thinking you're the only one going through this.

# 62

Posted: 01/12/2006 11:30

i had the marina coil removed 4 months now my peroids are 22 days bled for 5 days then 22 days then 14 days then 38 days now 14 days im bleeding again we want to try for baby can any one advice me on this i dont no what to do doctor said its normal i dont think it is

# 61

Posted: 10/11/2006 17:18

I had Mirena Coil fitted June 2005 -no real problems there- but immediately found that for a few days before a period was due to start I would get a heavy discharge that would suddenly gush out of my vagina on rising in the morning. This discharge has now become more frequent, not just in the morning, and can be very frightening - at one stage I thought I was becoming incontinent but for the fact that I know it is not urine. Would also suffer from bad period pains. For last couple of months the period has lasted 18 days and 35 days respectively. Went back to clinic and put on mini pill for 1 month and told that my problems would all go away. Anyone else have htese problems?

# 60

Posted: 02/11/2006 13:29

Hello I had the mirena coil fitted on 30/10/06. I know its only a couple of days but I have only, what I can describe as severe ovulation pain in the right side of my lower abdomen. The area of the pain is hot and the pain is terrible. I have tried several painkillers one included was diyhydrocodeine! but to no avail. I have also tried Ibuprofen but to no avail. HELP can anyone advise??? Many thanks.

# 59

Posted: 28/08/2006 18:36

i have had the coil fitted just over a year and i bleed quite alot sometimes it just dark brown and cloty also get bad tummy pains when i bend over to my shoes on etc

# 58

Posted: 17/08/2006 14:03

No D, I don't think it has anything to do with age. My niece age 19 got it in and had no probs with it.
If there is a possibility that it is Endo, defintely have it investigated.
It's an odd one but I used it for 5 years (am on am implant now) and used to get chin acne. Tetracyclines cleared it up for me.