Any people here that DIDN'T gain weight with Mirena

I LOVE mine! I have had it for almost three years, and I've lost thirty pounds with it. Any weight that I have gained has been from poor food choices and eating too much!

I don't have a period, don't have to worry about pill absorption/timing, and don't have to worry about pregnancy.

Insertion was not comfortable at all. If they offer you a pre-insertion painkiller, take it. I turned it down because I have a high pain tolerance, but I wished I hadn't. The pain was like a short glimpse at what I imagine childbirth to be! I haven't had kids, so that is probably why it was so uncomfortable. The pain was short lived, and I felt fine that afternoon. I spotted for about three days, and since then I haven't had any problems or side effects.

However, I will have another one installed in two years, and I already have the appointment lined up. The pain is worth the peace of mind!

im on my 2nd one, and i didnt gain weight at all..not only that, but with my first, i didnt get my monthly for about 2 1/2 years, then after that is was light..with this one its been about 3 1/2 and no monthly..and best of all, no pills to remember

I have had both mirena and paragaurd. My paragaurd was in for a year and I had near constant bleeding (I didn't bleed for about 3 weeks combined during that year). My doctor just kept telling me to wait it out but I finally got fed up and had it taken out. I didn't experience any weight gain during the time I had it but my bleeding was heavier and I had the worst cramps of my life (and I had bad cramps to begin with). I have been on Mirena since February and have lost all of my weight while on it. I still have cramps that are worse than before I was on any IUD (and weird upper thigh cramps that the doctor said are normal on IUDs). I also have had longer and more frequent and heavy periods while on Mirena than I did before. I think I am still bleeding 3 out of 4 weeks in a month. But because that is still comparably way better than paragaurd I am waiting it out. I have no other birth control options as I have reactions to estrogen and I have tried all other progesterone alternatives so hopefully it will get better.

Had one. Kept it for 4 years. No side effects. Actually, yes there were, but good ones. I did not have a period, I also had no cramping or spotting, or any other TOM issues. My acne cleared up, and I lost weight. No change in diet or exercise, and in the first 6 months of having it, I lost 30 lbs and kept it off.

I was on it for the full five years and was probably the thinnest I've ever been in my life. I ate right and exercised a few times each week and weighed about 135lbs at 5'7". I did have secondary infertility after taking it our though. I can't say for sure it was the mirena, but I got pregnant with my first child within one month of trying and then when we couldn't get pregnant after the mirena I got tested and it turns out I was possibly in early menopause......at 27!!!!! So, basically do what feel right for you, and if you tart to gain a bunch of weight despite good diet and physical activity it's super simple and painless to get removed. Good luck!

Cant say anything for Morena except my doctor suggested it for my next form of BC. 2.5 years ago I got paragard and I LOVE IT! It does create heavy and more painful cramps but I had the before too and its really not any different and its nothing I cant handle. There were months the 1st year that were VERY heavy but it has gone back to a normal heavy. The doctor said that morena has only 1 type of hormone in it and will get rid of my period which 1. I DO NOT want hormones, and 2. I like to get my period monthly and know its normal and I am normal and not pregnant, etc.... (if that makes sense) lol

I will be removing paragard tomorrow to try and conceive and plan on having paragard after again.

I'm on my second mirena, and I've also lost weight just fine with it. It's my favorite out of every method I've tried.

My point was simply that it was a minimal amount in comparison. Anything that is put into the body to stop a "natural" occurring process of a woman's cycle or pregnancy has the potential to have side effects. For me, it was a safer option to have this per my doctor, due to migraines and other health concerns. While I don't discredit the fact that some women gained weight on the Mirena, I do think it is more plausable that the pill or depo would cause more of this reaction as the increased amounts hormones can throw the body's metabolism off. Additionally, women with PCOS (myself) could have issues with this as well. Of course every woman is different and discussing risk factors with their own doctor is most important.

I have the Mirena and have had it for the last year and a half. I gained no weight on it. My doctor put me on it because it only releases hormones into the uterus, not the blood stream like other birth controls (which can make you gain weight). The first month I had it I was absolutely miserable--constant cramping, surprise spotting, etc. and I even made an appointment to had it removed. That said, after the first 3.5 weeks I LOVE it. Non-existant periods (though some minor PMS symptoms still), I don't worry about pregnancy or forgetting to take my pill, etc. It's been fantastic for me. Stay away from forums--they were terrifying when I first got mine and had such miserable cramping.

The hormones might not be released directly into the blood, but you can't just contain hormones in the uterus. Even the Mirena site states that some hormones will enter the blood stream.

In comparison to birth control pills and other contraceptives and just hormone concentrations in general, the amount that makes it into the bloodstream is negligible, no?

20 mcg of levonorgestrel a day is released initially. This amount is decreased by about 50% over the five years. In comparison, at least 0.18 MG, not MCG are released into the bloodstream daily on your typical low dosage birth control (I'm using thepill, or ortho tri cyclen lo, for reference here).

That means 0.02 mg of levonorgestrel is released into your uterus initially, which is a relatively small amount to be released overall, making the amount that makes it into your bloodstream insignificant.

I wouldn't say anything is negligible. It might be a small amount, but it's still there. It's also impossible to tell how much each woman might have make it into her blood because that would vary.

I'm someone who had a positive experience on it. I've also had a positive experience with Ortho tri cyclen. I wasn't saying she shouldn't, I was just pointing out that the hormones can make it into the blood.

Well, I'm reporting back in. I got it on July 25. I know it hasn't been all that long, but my weight is still going down (about 2lbs lost since the 25th). I had some bleeding/spotting for the first couple of days after getting it put in and I just started my period (pretty sure it is, since it's about that time anyway). So far I'm loving it.