IUD removed ravished, and dropping weight???

koylefam

So I had the mirena , removed it about 2 weeks ago, dropped 5lbs in 4 days.... HUGE increase in appetite..... but am still dropping weight... could the mirena have been stalling my weighloss... ANYONE HAD THE SAME SITUATION???

cmriverside

maybe you're pregnant.

aggiesems

my mom had the same IUD, it was causing her to hold onto a huge amount of weight.

koylefam

Oh and Not Pregnant... :-)

SMILE713

HI I HAD THAT FOR 4 MONTHS AND MY BODY REJECTED IT. I HAD GAINED 20 LBS AND ITS BEEN REALLY HARD TO LOOSE IT. I DID GAIN ALOT OF WEIGHT WITH THAT.

ktieman

I asked my doctor about this 3 years ago, because I was putting on weight; she said it was impossible. Yet I agree with my weight has increased with it.

ktieman

Thank you for posting, I thought I was crazy.

thefishers4

I have the mirena in and am thinking of getting it out due to not needing it anymore as husband got fixed. Hopefully this will get me out of the funk. I have realized too that I am moody so I wondering if it side effects. I am going to talk to my doctor to get this out soon.

jennysmission

I had a aweful time with the MIrena also, couldnt lose weight cramps for 3-4 weeks out of the month and very weird periods.

I think its possible everyone is diff!! The DRS on the other hand will probley tell you NO!

thefishers4

Also all my weight gain started when I got this put in and all my body symptoms too. Going to get this taken out next week.

SheaHF

I had the SAME thing happen to me! I had Mirena for a year, right after my pregnancy, and did NOT loose ANY weight post-pregnancy FOR A YEAR!!!! I was so frustrating and I couldn't figure out why. Anyway, I just so happened to go in and get the Mirena removed (seriously not even considering that it was causing my weight retainment) and BAM!--weight just dropped off. In about 2 weeks I lost about 10 pounds! It was crazy!!!! I tried to look up other chats online when this happened to me, and it seems to be not-so-uncommon. The hormones in the birth control just affect people's bodies and weights differently. Needless to say, I don't plan on jumping on Mirena again after my next baby. lol. And unfortunately, the weight dropping effects wore off, and now it's up to me to lose the rest, lol!

rockerbabyy

im wondering if that will happen when i get mine out next june...

spammyanna

I am on my second mirena, and I love it. It didn't cause my weight gain, and I've never had any problems with it.

ChantalGG

My weight loss has stalled for 2 months. I went off the pill this month and have dropped 3lbs in 2 1/2 weeks. Those hormones dont help us.

Guerita83

I am on my second mirena, and I love it. It didn't cause my weight gain, and I've never had any problems with it.

Same here !! Love the mirena!! 2nd round.. No side effects, weight has been put on only due to my no excercise and bad eating habits, but I have been changing my life to a healthier one and seem to be loosing weight regardless

bmqbonnie

Doctors swear up and down that there is absolutely no correlation between birth control and weight but anecdotally there seems to be a lot of disagreement. From me, too. I plateaued for a really long time but now that I've stopped taking the pill it's coming off again.

I mean, it makes sense. BC stops you from cycling, which means there's one less thing for energy (calories) to be expended on . It doesn't make a huge difference but it only makes sense your BMR would be higher without it than with it

koylefam

So glad it's not just me..... This is actually my 3rd Mirena. I have been happy with all of them, until ths one. My periods were long and WACKO... and it actually fell out. I have struggled to lose baby weight with my past 3 kids. But just attributed it to not enough determination. Well my mirena feel out ona sunday and by Thursday I was down 5 pounds... I NEVER gained weight on it.. But losing was HARDER then normal.. I figure I will give it a few weeks, and see where I end up... SO GLAD I AM NOT THE ONY ONE!!! I thought I was going NUTS!!

BondBomb

Doctors swear up and down that there is absolutely no correlation between birth control and weight but anecdotally there seems to be a lot of disagreement. From me, too. I plateaued for a really long time but now that I've stopped taking the pill it's coming off again.

I mean, it makes sense. BC stops you from cycling, which means there's one less thing for energy (calories) to be expended on . It doesn't make a huge difference but it only makes sense your BMR would be higher without it than with it

Ive been thinking about coming off for a few months myself to see if it helps. But the cramps and acne...blah!

miss_sarcastic

I was reading through these replies and felt the need to vent lol.

I started my first period when I was 9yrs old (scary lol).

When I was 12, I had a bout of 3 months of near straight bleeding. Doc put me on orthotricyclin...weird to be on "the pill" at 12, but it fixed the problem. It also made me gain over 45 pounds in 3-4 MONTHS. My doctor swore it wasn't because of the pill...

uh, beg to differ. I was just as active (if not more due to being in a basketball league), and it's like the activity didn't even matter.

Ever since then, I've sworn to never take any birth control that affects hormones. I'm still fighting off that weight! (and it's working!)

Anyway, vent over... lol

megz4987

I got Mirena put in a month after my daughter was born (so 6 months ago) and I've lost 63lb since.
Everyone is different and it effects everyone differently. I do have the cramps for 3 weeks out of the month and strange periods that are very very light one month to heavy the next. So... I don't know, hah.

GreatSetOfBrains

I too started young. On pill by age twelve because I was irregular. Migraine city! For years I had the pills, the patch, the Nuba ring, the shot, everything made me have horrible migraines, still very irregular, and depending on the BC wt gain too. Got Mirena last Dec Have not had a period since and no cramping, wt not dropping and increasing, BUT I'm in school and I'm not as active as I should be. I also have hypothyroidism so. . . I have to say my Mirena was the best thing I ever did. Not having a kid first, and no pain meds for placement is something I hated but. .

UphillBattleAxe

I do believe everyone reacts differently to the Mirena, the upside for me was NO periods or pain and no chance of getting pregnant again. The downsides were I gained weight roughly 7lbs for me in 6 weeks and felt "puffy" the whole time. I also developed acne over the first 6 weeks that lasted the whole time I had Mirena....just what you need when you're turning 40!!

Had Mirena removed last year since then my skin has cleared and I managed to shift that 7lbs without diet or exercise that just would not budge and am now well on the road to losing more with MFP.

However, I do have friends with Mirena who have not experienced the negatives I did :-)

CarolynB38

Doctors swear up and down that there is absolutely no correlation between birth control and weight but anecdotally there seems to be a lot of disagreement. From me, too. I plateaued for a really long time but now that I've stopped taking the pill it's coming off again.

I mean, it makes sense. BC stops you from cycling, which means there's one less thing for energy (calories) to be expended on . It doesn't make a huge difference but it only makes sense your BMR would be higher without it than with it

I had a great doctor who told me that she went to a conference about birth control and was told that weight gain with the combined pill was negligible, only 7 - 10lb for most people. She said she wanted to hit the doctor that said this (a male doctor of course) because 7 -10lb is quite a big deal to most women and some people find they gain more than that! I guess it's all in the wording. If weight gain is said to be negligible (7 -10 is NOT negligible in my book!) then it gets interpreted as "birth control doesn't cause weight gain". Everyone is different, some don't gain but some gain quite a bit.

bregalad5

Interesting. I go to the doctor (ughhhhhhh hate the yearly check-ups) tomorrow, and I'm going to bring this up. I have the Mirena and things have been completely out of whack for me since I got it.

Edit: omg I can't spell to save my life today.