Birth control

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  • chellebublz
    chellebublz Posts: 568 Member
    I have Mirena, have had it for nearly 5 years. I am planning to have it out in november when it's due out. Before that I had tri sprintec and got PG on it. I never would have switched off Ortho tricylen LO but i couldnt afford it anymore. Thinking of getting the Mirena out and trying Ortho tricylen again. I think the mirena may be cause for my low sex drive over the last five years and some of my weight gain. I have to take credit for poor food choices but I haven't ate horrible the last 5 years either...and it seems harder to take it off tho or maybe it was because before pregnancy i never struggled with weight issues....who knows....

    It is DEFT the cause of the low sex drive. I have been experiencing it like mad crazy. I got pregnant with my son while me and my fiance's relationship was still new and were in the "honeymoon stage" i guess you can call it the entire pregnancy including a few weeks after he was born. Then I got the Mirena and I havne't been in the mood once. Not to mention I gained 20 pounds and didn't change my eating habits at all, I didnt even gain 20 pounds during my pregnancy =/ When the doc let me choose between Mirena and Paragard I knew I should have went with the no hormones one, but the idea of no period sounded amazing to me. But I still get a very light one every couple months so that didn't happen for me.

    Seriously considering getting it out, but I'm so scared I will gain back the weight I've lost if I go on something new...... I've even considered permanent birth control since I'm pretty sure I'm done having babies. But I've read about weight gain as a side effect with that too. GRRRR
  • concavity
    concavity Posts: 143 Member
    I tried 3 different BC pills. The first Yaz I automatically got off because of all the scary warnings, Orthotrycyclin lo which caused me to get ot my highest weight ever (+20lbs). Now seasonique I have 5+ from normal but it might just be because I haven't exercised as much as when I was taking the other 2
  • littlelily613
    littlelily613 Posts: 769 Member
    A lot of people say you gain on birth control, but I really haven't noticed. I did gain a lot of weight recently, but only because I fell back into old habits. I also lost 80 pounds in about half a year while on birth control.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    BC affects everyone differently unfortunately
    I've gone through 4 different pills that have not agreed with me, they didn't make me gain weight but some made me throw up if i didn't take them EXACTLY at the same time every day.
    I'm on Demulen now (it's been about 6 years on this one) and its the only one that hasn't made me sick.
    I've been on BC for 13 years now and I've been 150lbs and I've been 185lbs, so I can't blame the BC
  • Kslutsky83
    Kslutsky83 Posts: 10 Member
    I have not had any issues with my Pills, but the last time I was on the shot I put on 45 Lbs, But I think it had more to do with what I was eating and how much I was eating.. I just started my Pills again 2 weeks ago and I have had no issues with weight... It did however make me want to EAT EAT EAT and I had to make sure that I did not EAT EAT EAT and if I did it was semi healthy stuff!
  • cnewlin86
    cnewlin86 Posts: 87
    I have Mirena, have had it for nearly 5 years. I am planning to have it out in november when it's due out. Before that I had tri sprintec and got PG on it. I never would have switched off Ortho tricylen LO but i couldnt afford it anymore. Thinking of getting the Mirena out and trying Ortho tricylen again. I think the mirena may be cause for my low sex drive over the last five years and some of my weight gain. I have to take credit for poor food choices but I haven't ate horrible the last 5 years either...and it seems harder to take it off tho or maybe it was because before pregnancy i never struggled with weight issues....who knows....

    It is DEFT the cause of the low sex drive. I have been experiencing it like mad crazy. I got pregnant with my son while me and my fiance's relationship was still new and were in the "honeymoon stage" i guess you can call it the entire pregnancy including a few weeks after he was born. Then I got the Mirena and I havne't been in the mood once. Not to mention I gained 20 pounds and didn't change my eating habits at all, I didnt even gain 20 pounds during my pregnancy =/ When the doc let me choose between Mirena and Paragard I knew I should have went with the no hormones one, but the idea of no period sounded amazing to me. But I still get a very light one every couple months so that didn't happen for me.

    Seriously considering getting it out, but I'm so scared I will gain back the weight I've lost if I go on something new...... I've even considered permanent birth control since I'm pretty sure I'm done having babies. But I've read about weight gain as a side effect with that too. GRRRR

    I understand exactly how you feel! It was the same way for us! I feel like I had a better sex drive when I was pregnant than I do now. I'm just really tired of not wanting to have sex. It's gotten old! I feel menopasual and I'm only 26! But I'm not ready to have another kid yet either. I'm just about to finish school, I want to get a full time job and a few other things before we start. But it almost seems worth it to get it out and switch back to a birth control pill just to see if things in the bedroom improve! As far as my weight goes it may be a contributing factor along with my food choices and lack of exercise from time to time. I have never gotten back to my weight before pregnancy but I can't blame that on the mirena. I haven't actively tried to until the last two months and so far I've lost 10lbs and several inches. If I dont keep up the working out and eating right it comes back on...So I know my metabolism isn't the same either. This time however, I don't plan to quit on myself. I really want to lose some weight and keep it off!

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