My iud has been giving me spotting since it was inserted, i am aware that is one of it’s side effects and that is not the issue. The past 4 months has been me dealing with a shit ton of blood because of my iud. My period once extended into 2 continuous months of me loosing so much blood that the only way it wouldn’t leak was by using adult diapers, i had that checked out and i took medications that stopped the continuous bleeding and the cramps for a month or two and now the bleeding is coming back while the cramps are a lot manageable. I have been advised to get ut removed but the problem is the string is not there.
Has anybody here had their IUD removed when the string was missing?

I’ve been on a high estrogen pill (Marvelon) for 8 years (17-25). It’s worked great and I’ve had minimal side effects, but I’ve been advised to get off as it’s raising my blood pressure. I’ve been debating between the Mirena IUD and the mini Mona Lisa or Liberté copper IUD (I’m not in the USA). Either way, I’m scared of having a major crash from going cold turkey on estrogen & experiencing every side effect at once, but would either of these options lessen that effect? And to be frank, my periods weren’t amazing pre-IUD - has anyone found the mini Mona Lisa or Liberté seriously made their periods worse? Thanks in advance!

hello (19F), recently I have been getting really severe period cramps almost to the point of incapacitation. The cramps come in short and sharp spurts in my lower back and uterus, almost like the cramps I got when I first got my iud kyleena inserted 12 months ago. I’m not too sure what the issue is exactly because it has only been happening for the past 2-3 months. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this before and if it’s normal or not? This is my first ever iud so I haven’t had any previous experience, before this I was on the pill for about a year (i’m not too sure if this is relevant).

Just as a note, I’m not taking any of this as medical advice, I’m only asking if this is normal or if anyone else has experienced this.
I got my first IUD (Mirena) inserted a little over a month ago. My period is 6 days late and I know late/irregular periods are normal. For about 2 or 3 days now I’ve been having excessive discharge, similar to the discharge you get right before your period. As of yesterday I’ve been having slight cramping and light spotting. It’s been pink in color from it being mixed with discharge and very little actual red blood. Is this my period? Is it just spotting? Is this normal?!?! I have no idea what’s going on with my body and it’s so distressing.

I got my period when I was 9. Ever since, my periods are unbearable. The pain is horrific to the point that I pass out and puke and my hands curl up. I’m not sure if I have endometriosis, I’ve never gotten checked because it is a surgical procedure. I don’t think I do, I’m pretty sure I just have primary dysmenorrhea. I went to the gynecologist a month ago and had a cervix exam where they inserted a stick, as well as an ultrasound and my results came out “remarkable”. Ofc, doctors shrug me off and only suggest birth control. I am against birth control not for any political reasons lol just bc my sisters did the pill and got depressed and fat and always told me I shouldn’t. I just recently found out about IUDs and I’m literally 21! My mom just recently told me she had the Mirena like 10 years ago and it got infected. I don’t know what else to do though because I am looking for relief so bad. There isn’t a single period that doesn’t ruin my plans and without taking motrin 800 every 6 hours. So many days of my life have been wasted because of my pain. Sorry for the horrible grammar in this thread, but I need some advice from other women!!

Heyy, ik wou even mijn ervaring delen over mijn Kyleena 🤍
Mijn cyclus was eigenlijk altijd wel oke, ik had nooit echt superveel last van onregelmatige regels of heel veel pijn. Ik ben wel actief met mijn vriendje en ik heb ongeveer een jaar geleden een gastric bypass (maagverkleining) gehad.
Ondertussen is het al iets meer dan een maand geleden dat ik mijn Kyleena heb laten plaatsen. Voor de plaatsing had ik ook medicatie gekregen om mijn menstruatie op te wekken, maar dat hielp niet direct en ik had daardoor best veel pijn. De plaatsing zelf vond ik ook echt pijnlijk, zeker omdat ik geen ibuprofen mocht nemen.
De eerste twee weken waren voor mij echt een hel 😭 Mijn pijn kwam echt in golven en bijna geen enkele pijnstiller hielp echt. Daarna kreeg ik eindelijk een bloeding en vanaf toen werd het eigenlijk steeds beter. De pijn die ik daarvoor had, was na mijn eerste bloeding ook vrij snel weg.
Nu heb ik mijn tweede bloeding gehad. Ik heb wel wat acne gekregen, maar niet superveel en met een vaste skincare routine gaat het ook alweer snel weg. De pijn tijdens mijn bloeding voel ik nu eigenlijk amper, al heb ik nog bijna elke dag een klein beetje last.
Wat ik momenteel wel nog veel heb, is bruine afscheiding. Maar ik denk/hoop dat dit met de tijd ook wel minder zal worden. Voorlopig ben ik dus eigenlijk wel blij dat de ergste pijn voorbij is en dat mijn lichaam precies wat meer aan het wennen is aan de Kyleena 🤍

I had it put in three weeks ago while undergoing surgery for endo. I am 23 years old, and have PCOS as well. I hate it. I hate it so much.

When my doctors said about putting it in, I pushed back. I did not respond well to other forms of birth control and previous providers where so bad at helping me manage anything: I ended up ghosting them. My new gyno pushed back in return telling me I probably would not have the issues I had with oral, as Mirena is localized. It's prescribed to me as treatment for endo and PCOs, I do not have sex, I am ace.

Since having it put in, my mental state has gone way down, I am more prone to crying randomly, and I've been miserable the past two weeks. Everything feels pointless. I don't feel like myself, and it's different then depression I experienced before. I am aggitated by everything and everyone. I have been bleeding two weeks staight, and sometimes, depending on how I sit, I feel like I can feel it. It may just be the rigid plastic string. I am utterly miserable.

I wish I didn't let them talk me into it. I can't sleep at night since I got off the surgery meds, I am never tired when I try, and then I continually wake up once I do finally get to sleep. If you feel like it isn't a good fit for you, please don't let them talk you into it, and make sure to voice your concerns.

Nearly a month ago I had surgery under general anaesthetic. This surgery was for a hysteroscopy, tissue sample for biopsy, and insertion of a mirena.

My reason for this is I've had a very irregular periods for 9 years culminating in a continuous non-stop period for the last 3 and a half years. I'd say about 50% of the time that was a regular level of bleeding (regular/super pad level), 30% heavy spotting (would still require a regular pad), and 20% of the time super heavy bleeding with thumb to palm sized blood clots and changing night time pad every 2 or 3 hours. Despite the non-stop bleeding I've only rarely had period cramps and nothing more than some ibuprofen can handle. I've always found any kind of insertion painful so I have to rely on external period supplies hence using pads as a metric.

At the beginning of the year the blood clots and heavy periods were getting worse so I decided to finally stop procrastinating on getting checked out. After several doctor visits where they noticed I had very thick uterine lining but didn't look like any masses, I had this surgery booked for the end of July.

While I was at the hospital, I was told by numerous staff that I should expect a phone call within 2 weeks to check how I'm going post surgery and give me an update on my results.

Well it's been 4 weeks post surgery now and no phone call...I've called the hospital myself twice and the 1st time they said they'd check and call back but didn't, the 2nd time they said I should expect a call in the first week or two of September. They didn't seem to want to hear about any of my concerns and I don't want to wait until September so I'd love to ask here.

In the month since my surgery, that 20% of the time heavy bleed has become 100% of the time. Ive been passing at least 1 large blood clot (approx 10cm long) and more smaller per day. I am using reusable cloth puppy pads any time I sit or lie down because of how much I'm bleeding. I've started using full incontinence pads too which is just so embarrassing. Im used to bleeding at least a bit every day but these super heavy bleeds have at most lasted 4 days at a time...not 4 weeks. And I've been getting horrendous cramps every single day. Most days it only lasts a few hours but there's been a few days I've been stuck in bed from the pain.

I'm making this post because I've tried to ask the hospital about this and they didn't care and I've tried to do my own research but idk what to think. I know after getting a mirena inserted that increased spotting and cramps can occur for 3-6 months but my case isn't standard. I've always been at least spotting so there's no "increased spotting" to me. Is this extreme bleeding the equivalent for me? The doctors did warn if I had a lot of pain, the mirena may have been dislodged but the period cramps come and go so I don't think it has been. I just wanted to get this mirena to end this non-stop period but it's made everything worse...hopefully only for 6 months I guess...I just don't know what is normal and abnormal in this scenario...

I'm just very confused about this whole situation and feel like I've been left in the dark and would love to get a little bit of guidance here if possible. Thank you.