about the mirena (birth control)

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Permalink Reply by Sheila W. on October 12, 2008 at 5:00am

My sister had this done a few months ago. She said the insertion was painful, but she has never had children and that may make a difference on why it was painful for her. She did say that she had slight cramping for about 12 hours afterward and that was it.

She told me that she no longer has periods and she loves her Mirena. She said she would go back after 5 years and have another one inserted.

Hope that helps!

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Permalink Reply by Stacey on October 13, 2008 at 8:49am

I had just had my second child when I got the mirena, it was slightly uncomfortable but the discomfort did not last long. I had the mirena in for almost five yrs. My husband and I decided it would be best for me to have it removed before the 5 yrs. were up because of some very mild issues I was having. We were not planning on having children considering he has 4 daughters from a previous marriage and I have two daughters from a previous marriage. Even though we were taking precations, I am now 5 months preganant with a little boy. I had it removed April 2008, May 2008 we conceived. What a blessing.

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Permalink Reply by Jaydens MaMa on October 16, 2008 at 2:54pm

Well if you already went through child birth..having the mirena is pretty much a piece of cake. It just like getting a pap smear. It takes like 1 minute to insert so its not that bad. They also did it when I was on my period, which I thought was gross but they said it's better that way, So..I've been on it for a little over a year, and I probably skip my period twice and that's it. Lately been having cramps out of nowhere but nothing too intense, and my period still last a week but just lighter periods. The doctor told me that if I decide to remove it, your chances of getting pregnant should not be affected..So I dunno... well see about that. Not planning to have a baby any time soon. :) Hope this info helped!!

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