Re: Mirena IUD Side Effects

My son Liam was tragically stillborn in Aug. '03. Aside from feeling 'emotionally raped' having my precious baby taken from me, I was dealing more or less as well as could be expected.

I had the Mirena IUD inserted at my six week check up in Sept. '03. Within one week of insertion my mood just crashed. Within two weeks it was considerably worse. I started breaking out not just on my face, but my neck, chest and back, which has never happened before...even in my teens. I suddenly would feel like I was literally seconds from throwing up...often in mid-sentence. I started noticing random hairs sprouting up in places they shouldn't and never had before. I bled for four months straight with maybe a day here and there without. And perhaps most frustrating of all, after working so hard to lose alot of my pregnancy weight those first six weeks...the weight rapidly came back again, with no increase in calorie intake or reduction in activity level. Now I'm chubby and either yelling or crying at my DH and kids, or just wiped and exhausted beyond words ALL the time. When I approached my CNM (cert. nurse midwife) about these problems she made me feel like I was using Mirena as a scapegoat for my emotions and hormones after my loss. She swore there was NO WAY Mirena could cause these kinds of side effects. Although she had a nasty habit of dismissing all my concerns while I was pregnant as my 'paranoia', too, and now my baby is dead. So two days ago I switched to an entirely different Dr. in an entirely different practice...an actual OBGYN this time...who came HIGHLY recommended by several of my girlfriends. I now have an appointment to have Mirena removed in a few weeks. Also I wanted to add that my sister got her Mirena inserted after the birth of her third child in May '03 and has had the EXACT same experience. She is also making an appt. to have hers removed shortly. It's good to know we aren't the only two women in the world who hate this thing and want it out.