thank you for your post. i had the paraguard iud for about eight months, and i bled all the time, and it was horrible. my doc recommended the mirena, and after a while i finally tried it. i haven't had it but about a week. my breasts are very tender, my back hurts, and i am so tired. i thought surely i'm not pregnant. but at least i have heard the good and the bad. i'm glad that there is somebody who has had the same symptoms, but is now happy with it. i am only 24, but my periods have been so messed up since i had my first kid, and i am glad that my periods have stopped. at least for now. i just hope things only get better from here...

WOW! I can't believe it. I finally found something after searching for months about side effects of this thing. I had my first child in jan. 03 and bf her for 10 months I was on the low dose pill but got off after 2 months bc of low milk prod. Well, surprise after taking temps and doing natural family planning I became pg again in oct. 03. In may of 2004 my little boy was born. This time I didn't want another surprise for a looooong time! So we decided the mirena would be good for us having two little ones. My sister in law who's a nurse practitioner even suggested it-but of course she was not very familiar with it at the time. So in july 04 I had it put in. I was so excited. I had some cramping for a month or two and bt bleeding. Well, then we moved about 500 miles from my home town and I had to start working after always staying home. SO when I became very "moody" to put it lightly and would cry or scream for no reason we thought it was just ppd. WRONG!! (as i see now) a dr. even tried to put me on anti dep but i wouldn't. Well, also after my first child i lost the weight with a little effort so quickly even while bf (i had to stop when i got pg) and was down to 180 (weighed 236 when I gave birth). I have yo yoed (if that's a word!! LOL) since my 2nd was born and am staying around 200 no matter what I try (son is now twice the age his sis was when I was 20 lbs lighter on no bc) Well, my Depression got so bad we decided to move back home and I just knew I would be happier. We came here in july and then last month I began to have these sharp pains around my ovaries and f. tubes. We dont' have insurance yet but I called the health dept. Took a pg test too and it was neg. So this thursday I plan to have it taken out hopefully. But my husband is so scared. I told him it would make our marriage and lives so much happier and stronger. Any advice on this would be helpful.
I am so grateful to hear your stories.

Thanks!

I just want to tell the women out there that it is not the best thing to use, especially if you have not had children. I ended up in the hospital last night with the most horrid stomach pain. I waited for ever for them to come in, well when they did, come to find out it was not kidney stones or even my appendix, it was that damn mirena, and it came me cervicitis! I could not sit up I had to sit on my tailbone, i couldn't lay down, i could not get comfortable if i tried. BUT the good news is that they took it out and instantaniously sit up and it not hurt. The Dr. told me that the IUD was pushing on my swollen and very irritated cervix causing all the pain that I was having and yes there is still pain but nothing like it was when I had the stupid thing in! I t really doesn't hurt that bad when it come out but it is also very relieving. The worst part about it was that I only had it in for, well about 2 weeks.THE WORST 2 WEEKS OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!