Weight Loss and the IUD??

corkyjo1018
corkyjo1018 Posts: 1
edited September 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm on the Mireena IUD, and I've been exactly 180 for the past month! I've been eating better and smaller amounts and exercising everyday. But yet I'm still exactly 180!! Does the Mireena IUD make it difficult to lose weight?

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  • mazomama
    mazomama Posts: 138 Member
    it has hormones in it so i would think about "looking" into that kind of side effect.

    All i know is that i can only lose wight while being birth control free.....every :happy: body is different of course,
    hope you get a better answer.
  • loria30
    loria30 Posts: 263 Member
    Since I've been doing better with eating and exercising, I haven't had any issues losing weight with it. I'm also on another medication which supposedly makes it harder to lose weight also, but I just work through it.

    as PP said, everyone is different though.
  • lnosgood
    lnosgood Posts: 92
    The weight loss wont be fast... I myself have a 10 yr IUD and my weight has fluctuated a lot since having it put in back in 2002. But the weight will come off eventually. Just keep working at it. :)
  • jsmith2377
    jsmith2377 Posts: 208 Member
    I've always had major issues with certain birth controls. One of the major ones is weight gain and difficulty losing weight while on it. After my son's birth, my doctor recommended that I not use this birth control for the same side effects. Not necessarily that this bc has that side effect specifically but that it is a similar hormone so I would probably experience the same for myself.
  • tiffanygil
    tiffanygil Posts: 478 Member
    I have not found that it did, Ive had one the whole time I've been loosing weight however I found it really hard to get out of the 180s as well and than again at 170....=)
  • sarahs440
    sarahs440 Posts: 405
    I have Mirena as well and havent noticed any problems. I am averaging 2.2 pounds a week. Maybe you arent eating enough? Hang in there though! It wil come off!
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