Anyone have Mirena?

dekarlo08
dekarlo08 Posts: 102
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I got Mirena a few months ago and I haven't had a normal cycle since. How can I tell if i'm retaining water?

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  • loria30
    loria30 Posts: 263 Member
    I don't know, because I'm very irregular also....I do think it led to my slight weight gain on this week's weigh in (0.2 lbs) since I started spotting later yesterday. Usually I can tell though, this time I couldn't. (I'm at less than 6 months on it though).
  • JodiS75
    JodiS75 Posts: 284
    I had a Mirena for 6 years (and I loved it!). I never had a regular cycle. In fact, I had no period at all most of the time. I don't know the answer to your question, though...sorry!
  • elvb
    elvb Posts: 423 Member
    I want to get on Mirena. I am getting the Depo shot right now. I've been getting it since I started this "journey"...literally almost to the day. I was very surprised I was able to lose as much as I did with only a week here and there of gains or no changes. I have irregular cycles, if that's what you want to call them since it's so sporadic when it comes. I drink a ton of water in hopes that whatever the shot is doing to me, it doesn't make me retain water too.
  • annie_p
    annie_p Posts: 319 Member
    I've been on Mirena a little over a year, and your cycles probably won't be normal while you're on it. I don't even get one anymore. I'll maybe get one day of (TMI) a brownish discharge, and that's it.

    As for the retaining water, I know it would've been my TOM a week or so ago(don't remember exactly) because I was SUPER bloated, and I knew it wasn't from sodium intake.

    My advice would just be to drink tons of water...all the time.
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