Mirena IUD and Weight Gain

After years of birth control, my gyno decided to put a Mirena IUD in. I ended up gaining around 30 pounds (mind you, I was also in my first semester of college so part of it was freshman15). I had it in for 11 months and I ended up with a yeast infection once a month. By the 9th month, I ended up passing out and rushed to the emergency room and it turned out that bacteria somehow got onto the Mirena, which caused the yeast infections and when I started to pass out, it turned out that the bacteria ended up spreading through my entire body. When I completed research once I was discharged, I found that I was not the only one who suffered from that. I've been IUD-free for eight months, I switched to the NuvaRing; my weight is still high but I feel a lot more healthy compared to before. Would I recommend it? Not even to the person I hate the most.

I had my first Mirena after the birth of my last child, and loved it. I didn't notice any weight gain, but I was still losing baby weight so I doubt I was checking the scale. I had that one removed May 1st and my second one inserted the same day.
Just prior to that, I had lost 5 lbs with Isagenix, and was in the habit of tracking my calories with My Fitness Pal. The insertion was VERY painful, and I noticed my face broke out horribly for a few weeks after, but I understand it's hormone related (it is birth control, after all).
What is driving me nuts is the 5-7 pounds that I have put back on, without a change in my eating habits. I'm tracking closely, and am eating better than ever, and I can't drop anything! Typically I'd be able to lose weight if I was careful with my calorie intake, but it doesn't seem to make a bit of difference over the last 2 months. Which is annoying, since it's summertime.
I'd bet money it's related to the Mirena, but obviously everyone's body will react differently to this, and differently to any form of birth control. I just hope I'm able to regain control over it.

i have had the IUD for 4 years haven't had any side effects either, well i don't think so at least! i gained 30 lbs since having my son but i wasn't exercising or watching what i eat and gained it in about a year, i was stressing alot so i think that is what that was about! Im taking mines out next summer (trying for baby number 2). Everyone's body is different so some people might react more then others!! I think when i take it out im going to pay more attention to my wieght and see what happens and see if i want it back in after i have my 2nd child!!

I have had my mirena iud for 8 months now. I hasn't made me gain any weight whatsoever.

I never gained any weight on Mirena, and have had no trouble losing weight (I joined MFP about a year after getting the IUD implanted). The hormone dose it slowly emits is so low, I don't think it is likely to cause significant gain weight. Eating more calories than you burn is the only thing that makes you gain weight.

****It only takes about 250 extra calories a day over your TDEE to gain 20 pounds in one year.

Hi when I went for my Mirena I asked the doctor does it cause weight gain? His reply was dear biscuits come in tins not Mirena coils. I think people just blame other things and not what they put in there mouth.

I absolutely noted a gain in weight from Mirena. Its been one year and 20 lbs later. I workout. I eat clean. I cant seem to shake the weight. Its hormonal I assume. There must be shift in PH of your body after having it inserted. I will be looking into this.

I currently have mirena I have been in and out of doctors for over a year now for headaches severe stomach pains and being tired and sick filling all the time. They haven't found anything wrong with me and I have had so many tests done. I have gain over 80 pounds since getting mirena put in I keep my calories under 1300 drink tons of water have done p90x , insanity, have an elliptical and it just won't come off. My husband finally convinced me to go to my gynecologist and talk to her about it so I have an appointment next week. I pray that I can have this thing removed easily. I have talked to someone about having mirena and her is somewhat of a horror story. Not everyone is the same some people won't ever have any problems with it and the ones that do sometimes have serious complications with it.

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I had mirena put in 4 years ago. I was not and have not ever had a pregnancy but I was terrible at remembering to take any type of pills so after a discussion with my OB this was the best choice of birth control for me. I was very active and a very healthy eater prior to mirena. During that 4 years I managed to put on about 15lbs a year, for a grand total of 60lbs! I was 145lbs when I got mirena I am now 206lbs! I continued to eat healthy and when I got a desk job I lowered my calorie intake to account for the loss of activity. Still gained weight. This past year I have been working out a lot as well as watching everything I eat and the weight wouldn't come off, not even water weight. Not exaggerating when I say this, but I was working out 6 hours total over the course of a week, increased from an hour total during a week and no change. During my 4 years with mirena I experience severe cramps and period symptoms, I was always tired and my entire body was sore. My doctors tested for joint problems and thyroid problems but nothing was wrong. I decided enough was enough and that I was going to have it taken out to just test the theory that mirena was causing it. Within a few days I dropped major water weight, my energy was up, I stopped experiencing cramps and actually my period symptoms are less extreme without mirena. So i have to believe that mirena was just not right for my body. I am sensitive to even vitamins and supplements like melatonin so I am pretty sure any type of BC was messing up my system. It will probably take me until the end of the year to lose the 60lbs but I am down 5lbs so far in a matter of two weeks.....you can't say that is a fluke......I work out 6 hours a week and I wasn't losing ANYTHING for MONTHS and now all of a sudden my mirena is gone and my weight is finally dropping....

I lost nearly 60 pounds with Mirena present the whole time

I'm 3 years into my 2nd mirena, 8 years total. I gained weight with it, but I don't believe it was at all related to the Mirena. It was all bad habits and poor lifestyle choices.

Now that I am cognizant about my dietary choices and activity levels, I have had no problems losing over 50 lbs in less than 6 months.

EXACTLY!!! It's more to do with all the lifestyle changes that come when most women have it put in

I'm 28 years old and I have two children ages 4 and 3. After my son was born I had Mirena installed thinking that it would be a surefire of way of not getting pregnant. If you are looking for a solid birth control this is it!

HOWEVER.... in the 2 years that I had it in I put on a whopping 32lbs. I tried my VERY hardest to lose the weight and got really active. I started walking my dog, I bought a hobby farm that requires constant physical activity to maintain and I even bought a horse and started horse back riding again. I changed my diet dramatically and joined weight watchers for 6 months... nothing helped.

I started reading blogs and noticing that a lot of women were having the same issues as me and they all had mirena. I made the earliest appointment I could with my physician and got it out on June 27th. Since then I have lost 20lbs (15 with MFP and 5 on my own)! I lost it in about 11 weeks. This is the biggest loss I have had EVER and I truly believe that taking out the mirena was the only way I was ever going to be healthy again.

I don't think that Mirena caused me to gain weight. Probably it was poor lifestyle choices; however, I do believe that it did not allow me to lose the weight. If I had a "mishap" day it was impossible to lose that weight after (for me anyways) so it would stick. It became a problem every Christmas/Thanksgiving/Birthday/summer vacation when I gained a few extra pounds and had no control over losing it.

For some women Mirena does make a difference in a their ability to lose weight.

So nice to hear that I am not crazy! I too have had all kinds of tests run to see why I am so extremley tired all of the time and have gained about 35-40 pounds since having mirena put in 4 years ago. I weigh about 10 pounds more now than I did when I went to the hospital to have my son and that was after gaining 50 pounds during my pregnancy. I have terrible cramps, am tired and just too fat to do anything and have fun. I am also hot all of the time. I haven't heard of anyone else having this side effect but it is just no fun at all. Can't wait for my appointment to get this thing out for good!