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Re: Anyone have an IUD? (long, demonstrative of the effect PCOS is having on my mental health)
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun, 11 Nov 2001 10:47:41 -0600 (CST)
HI Sunbeam,
Thanks for all the great info on the mirena IUD. This is something I
might consider after hubby and I are finished with TTC. My old OBGYN
has been in practice for 35 years and I think her information about
IUD's is very old fashioned and that was why I was told I could not have
one =(.I have a new Doctor now and He has only been out of school 15
years and I think his info is much more up to date so I will talk to him
when I am ready!The only thing that scared me is that it has
progesterone in it. I had time released progesterone before in the form
of Norplants. Although I had no side effects that I knew of at the time
I had them (I wore them for 4 years) in retrospect I think I was moodier
and had worse PMS and depression with them in ( I think I had manic
depression with them in). once I had them removed I felt much better a
few months later.I am just scared of this happening again for 4-5 years.
Thanks again for the great info. Dona
>At Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Sunbeam wrote:
>Hi Jodi,
>I have a Mirena IUD - have had it for just over a year now. It is a "T"
>shaped device fitted into your cervix/uterus much the same as the old
>copper coils, but they are now much more improved and make AF much less
>painful (Or so I'm told). The stem of the "T" is a tube containing
>progesterone which is released in tiny amounts on a daily basis over a
>period of 5 years (5 years you don't have to worry about taking the pill
>everyday is pretty good for those of us who need birth control and are
>memory-challenged).
>
>I have the Mirena for heavy, irregular (Unusually long) painful AF, it
>it supposedly reduces AF to light almost non-existant flow - but I
>haven't seen that result as yet, however alot of the other girls with
>them that I know via the internet have experienced this. I live in
>Australia and it is $70 here and $10 if you are subsidised by a PBS
>card, (Mine cost nothing as I got it through a grant for a trial). I am
>unsure of the costs o/s, however it does last for 5 years so I guess
>you'd have to weigh that up with costs of BCP's/meds yourself to work
>out if it is cheap for you. The birth control rate is better than the
>pill, the only risk is ectopic pregnancy and I think that is only just
>after you have it put in (Don't quote me I'm not sure).
>
>The other myth is "that you have to have had a baby vaginally before you
>can have an IUD" - I do have a baby but he was born 10weeks premmie by
>emergency c-section, I did not dilate at all before he was born. I had
>the Mirena put in under anasethetic though during a
>laparoscopy/hysteroscopy, and it only hurt for about a week afterwards
>not unlike regular period pain.
>
>The other issue you mentioned is that "foreign object in your body"
>thing: This freaked me out for about a week or so after insertion
>(especially as I had read all the bad things that happenend in the 60's
>and 70's with IUD's - and am sure this caused a bit of anxiety)., but
>you honestly can't feel it inside you and after a month or so you forget
>it is even there, even during *rough* sex. Also my doctor said that
>anxiety around the fact that you have a foreign object in your body is
>quite a normal thing amongst women who have IUD's, and usually passes.
>
>I experienced only anxiety and a few urinary tract infections, a bit of
>nausea and dizziness in the first few weeks after I had it out in as
>side-effects, but it has decreased unwanted facial hair visibly and I
>only shave my legs every 2 days now, before it was like twice a day! It
>has made no difference to acne or weight though (bummer),I'm not IR so I
>have no idea how it wouold effect you in that department, everyone is
>different anyway...I initially got the Mirena because I have had bad
>reactions to BCP's and other hormonal meds (mostly couldn't keep them
>down) - and I have had none of that nausea/dizziness etc now with the
>Mirena (excepting the first month or so when I guess my body was getting
>used to it, after not being on anything for 2 years).
>
>Dona is right in stating that it theoretically keeps the uterine lining
>from building up - (Although my radiologist/GP said ther was no
>sure-fire way of knowing as the stem of the IUD is right in the position
>of the lining so it's very hard to measure...But bear in mind
>*theoretically* speaking and what is *normal* is not always normal for
>those of us with PCOS - Is anything *normal* with PCOS??? LOL
>
>I hope this has helped you, but remember IUD's are not for everyone - I
>would do a search and get some more info on it before you make your
>decision. If you have any questions pls feel free to message me here or
>on my private email below. Good luck Jodi!
>
>--
>Sunbeam
>
>Email: anonymous@obgyn.net
>
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