can a mirena run out early?

neverdespairgirl

I've been on depo for a couple of years now, and no periods or hormones at all, it's great.

onlyroz

How reliable is the mirena coil? Is it comfortable? And does it really stop periods? I'm pregnant at the mo but I'm looking for alternatives for afterwards. I tried implanon for a few years but my periods became irregular and quite heavy. I don't really want any more children after this one, so I want something close to 100% effective...

Carmina_Piranha_3

mirena is different for everyone - some women stop having periods completely, while others still have them. it's effective for avoiding pregnancy. as for is it comfortable, do you mean having it inserted, or afterwards?

insertion hurts me, but i am a coward :rotfl: you can take ibuprofen beforehand, and afterwards. on the day of insertion my husband has to take the day off work because i go to bed with a hot water bottle or lie in the bath, so he looks after the children.

once it's in i never know it's there. you can't feel it inside you. there are 2 strings which come out of your cervix and the leaflet said some men might say they can feel the strings during sex, but my husband never has. they can trim them shorter if needs be. you can feel for the strings every so often if you want to check the coil is still there.

i have a vague idea that you can have a coil in at your 6 week check after baby is born.

Milford_Cubicle

I had my Mirena put in 5 years ago this month and am booked in at the end of October to have it changed.
I've had no bleeding whatsoever since it was first put in. Hopefully having the new one will mean minimal bleeding and the periods will stay stopped for another 5 years!

I'm not even showing signs of bleeding starting again so I could probably leave this Mirena in longer but may as well get it changed, to be on the safest side possible :rotfl:

Yes, you can have one put in at or around your 6 week check. Once you've given birth and returned home, your midwife will discuss contraception with you, if you explain that you'd like a Mirena ASAP (make sure you ask specifically for a Mirena as it's the plastic one with hormone which may stop your periods, not the copper one which kills sperm and prevent implantation) then she'll sort out an appointment for you, as well as getting it ordered in. I had it because my periods stopped with the injection, but I'd started to bleed a little and because of previous surgery, tampons are extremely uncomfortable, so it suits me to have no periods at all.

onlyroz

Carmina_Piranha wrote: »

as for is it comfortable, do you mean having it inserted, or afterwards?

Presumably, if I can handle giving birth then I can handle having a coil put in. :rolleyes: I had my implanon put in at approx 8 weeks after having my son - at the suggestion of my son's GP. She gave me quite a few leaflets about the various options available to me but I don't remember then reading about the Mirena coil.

The main problem with the implanon was irregular bleeding - in the second year I was fortnight-on-fortnight-off, which got very wearing after a while. A method that is just as effective but stops or reduces the bleeding sounds great to me. Any problems using it in conjuction with a mooncup?

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Carmina_Piranha_3

Hi roz I don't know, I've never used a mooncup.

The insertion hurts me but I'm a baby about these things, and I'm a funny shape which makes anything involving a speculum very uncomfortable. I find smear tests incredibly painful, so when I say insertion hurts you can probably ignore me, because I make a fuss about things most women barely notice

You'll need swabs taken before an insertion (perhaps, best to ask). They check for chlamydia and any possible infections. There are common things which might hang around in the vaginal passage without causing problems, but when the cervix is opened up they could move up and cause problems.

So if you want the insertion soon after the baby it might be best to check if they want you to have the swabs taken beforehand - they told me to allow ten days for swab results.

suki1964

onlyroz wrote: »

Presumably, if I can handle giving birth then I can handle having a coil put in. :rolleyes: I had my implanon put in at approx 8 weeks after having my son - at the suggestion of my son's GP. She gave me quite a few leaflets about the various options available to me but I don't remember then reading about the Mirena coil.

The main problem with the implanon was irregular bleeding - in the second year I was fortnight-on-fortnight-off, which got very wearing after a while. A method that is just as effective but stops or reduces the bleeding sounds great to me. Any problems using it in conjuction with a mooncup?

If you can handle a smear and giving birth then yes - the fitting of a mirena is a walk in the park. It hurts but I find panting though it helps and it is only for a minute or two

The ongoing pain as in contractions can last for a few months afterwards, as can light bleeding, But most people tend to find everything has settled by 3 months and by six months you should have stopped bleeding completely - or like myself a small show when wiping.

Removal - all depends. If it has stayed put in the right pace then Ive easily had one removed and replaced without the need of any pain killers. How ever Ive had a few go walkies, one was removed at the hospital day case with no meds but was very traumatic and I needed to stay a few hours as I took pretty poorly with it all and the second they had to put me under for. Neither experience will stop me from having them replaced though as I just couldnt go back to the pure hell that was my periods