Mirena - Did your side effects settle?

[Willow]

Yeah, I can. I was hesitant to get it put in but he promised me if I didn't like it I could call and he'd fit me in no matter how busy he was (he's booked out till Feb, which is why my appt is so far off).

[Trillian]

Well I guess it's up to you - maybe set a date and if things still aren't improved by then, get in and get it out before feb, but if you reckon you can stick it out then keep the feb appointment. I know when I made the decision to have mine out it was so hard to wait the 6 weeks till I could get it out as I had to have a D&C to remove mine.

[Willow]

I had to have a D&C to remove mine.

[Trillian]

Only because when I saw my gyno to have it out, he went to get it and couldn't find it! I had never been able to feel the strings on mine and I just though he cut them short, plus my fingers aren't exactly long but after a scan it turns out that the entire thing was inside my uterus, pressing up against the uterine wall and there was a small amount of tissue built up around it. So that's why the D&C, to remove it and the tissue.

[Willow]

Holy crap Trill, lucky you didn't leave it any longer!

I might give this a few more weeks and if the bleeding doesn't stop, I'm calling him.

Although I should wait and see when he's going away over xmas...

[Willow]

Just wanted to update this thread and say that side effects settled right on the 6 week mark so I was pretty text book. Haven't had an issue since and wouldn't even know it was there. So far, I'm a fan. It's working really well for us.

[Olive]

6 weeks or 6 months willow??

im over mine and its only been 6 weeks though im sure it well get better!!