Mirena IUD and Weight Gain

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!