Mirena Birth Control

I'm sorry, I just didn't wanna get too personal on the boards so as not to gross people out. You can message me if you like, but yes horror stories

I'm on my 3rd Mirena. I LOVE mine. I've never had any problems after the initial insertion bleeding & cramping. I do not have any periods. I occasionally will spot, but very rarely & nothing big. When I had it removed I was able to get pregnant right away. My first one was in a little over a year, the second one was in over 7 years (yes, over the 5 year limit), the current one has been in a couple of months. I would never use anything else.

*grumbles at seeming to be the only one who has issues with it*

I have it and love it, as well. I should mention, I've never had problems with any birth control that I've used. I must have an agreeable system. : )

Using it and absolutely love it. I am on my second one, and I will definitely get it again when it is time to remove my current one.

I had it & hated it. Without getting too TMI, it was super effective birth control because there was no way my husband was going anywhere near my fine china. I had it taken out after 8 months.

I have it and love it.

Nice not to have a period and it obviously doesn't hurt my weight loss.. and not having to worry about birth control is a huge plus.

This ... mine will be 5 years in August and I have already made my appointment to get it removed and a new one inserted!

I am on my 2nd one. My only issue was the string on my 1st one was cut too short so we had issues removing it. I'm not sure if that was the reason why my 1st 2 months with the 2nd one were more painful.

I had no issues with weigh gain on it, and am enjoying not having to purchase hygiene products. Which is my primary reason for being on mirena at this point.

I would NOT recommend this to young women, or those that haven't decided not having children, as there can be complications. (I had to have a procedure to get the 1st one out that could have damaged my reproductive ability.)

The weight loss thing is actually my biggest concern. I've seen a lot of stories online about women who gained crazy weight after being on it.

I also have it and love it and I have not experienced any weight gain from it at all :-)

I have it since 4 years now, never had any problems. I was concerned about all the 'horror stories' too. But I had so many other things not working for me that I finally decided to get it. I was absolute worth it. As for weight loss: I lost 35lb while having it, so I don't see any problem at all. The hormone dose that it releases is way lower then the average 'pill' (said my doc ) and my personal experience is that every issue hormone related went away after using it. So from me you get a 10 out of 10 :flowerforyou:

Best invention EVER!!!!! On 3rd year of second one. No periods at all.

This is the issue I have. All other areas: love the Mirena. But, I have noticed since getting it (first one, been in for 3.5 years) is that I have a REALLY hard time losing weight now.

BUT, I really, really, really hated having a period, I can't take oral birth control because I'm at-risk for heart disease, and I'm allergic to latex. The Mirena is simply the best method for me and my husband personally so I will be a customer for life and just learn to deal with the weight-concerned side effects...

I have paraguard because I don't want to put all kinds of artificial hormones in my body. Also, ichthyologists are finding that the amount of hormones we are peeing into our water systems is devastating certain species of fish. So, I went with the non-hormonal IUD.

It has it's ups and downs. I like not having to think about my contraception all the time, but it can be annoying. The side effects are different for Mirena vs Paraguard, but Paraguard also lasts twice as long.

I have it currently. First time with it.

I had a LOT of spotting in the begging but after a few months there's almost nothing.

I've had no issues with gaining weight- have been losing weight pretty well with it in.