Birth Control - Albany, OR

K., I have had it for a two years, and have actually lost weight, at first it takes some time to get use to and I felt it moving around for a while, but I decided to give it a year, and now I don't even feel it.

Hi, K.. I have had the Mirena IUD in for just under a year now and have had little to no side effects. I bled a lot for the first 2-3 weeks which made me question whether to keep it in but that subsided and it's been great since then. My daughter just turned one and is started to wean from nursing so we'll see if that will affect my weight gain. But up to this point, I haven't had much weight gain from the IUD (I had way more from the pill!). Good luck! W.

I haven't noticed anything and I've had mine for over a year.

Hello,my iud was to slow down bleeding.I have pcos.My iud came out of place or the dr. placed it wrong? Just remember that everything has side effects.I feel this is safer.I never got pregnant with mine but thought is was a good thing.I didn't have to take pills but with pcos it was doubtfull in the DR's mind I would get prego even with out the iud.I would look at all the options and there side effects then make your mind up.there should be a chart and the dr.'s of office of you choice and side effects,etc.I had no major side effects.Didn't change my pcos and heavy bleeding.I hope you are on a medication for pcos such as Metformin.I am.Pcos and diabetics run hand in hand.So, keep an eye on that.The metformin helps both.Good luck!

I have had it in for about 10 months now have not gained any weight. I do have some bleeding but it is to a min. I had it put in for mu really bad pms and it is working.

When my friend got the mirena she started having seizures. She had 3 seizures, 3 months in a row, right before her cycle would start. she was a 21 year old healthy woman before the mirena. After the 3 months, it seemed her body got used to it, because the seizures stopped. but it was pretty serious. My husband and I tried to convince her and her husband to have it removed but they wanted to stick with it. good luck.

I had the Mirena and have since switched to the copper traditional one. On the Mirena I gain about 25 pounds for the 4 years I had it in, since having it out and the new one in I have lost like almost 8 pounds in 5 months which doesn't seem like a lot but I haven't been doing anything extra to facilate the weight loss it just is going. I also had some side effects that felt like pre-menapause (hot flashes, night sweats that type of thing) and those have since quit also. Good Luck

I actually am about a year overdue getting it out and have had no side effects.