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Let me tell you after trying the pill after my first child, I switched after my second child to the copper iud, which was painful for me the first couple of months but after I was used to it; My periods were regular, some cramping now and then. Finally after 5 years I had it removed. I gave birth to my last child and the doctor said the only option for iud was the mirena, I expressed my concerns about hearing bad things about it but he said it is the same as the iud. So I went for it. After having it inserted I went to the doctor for the last check up 2 weeks after insertion, the doctor checked my mirena and he was surprised. He ordered an XRAY right away to find out if the mirena was still in place. I went for the x-ray, they told me I had nothing inside. So I was like GREAT IT FELL OUT. This is what the dr said as well. It must have spilled out. I was a little concerned as i never remember anything coming out, but with the pain I had those first 2 weeks I was glad it was gone. Then I went to a different place, to get birth control.....back to the pill. I tried that for 2 months and i was getting tingling in my legs arms hands, feet and face, so they adv to stay off the pill for a month and we would try something different they gave me condoms and "films". So I told my husband and he said that was fine, he was like we will have one last child. (since they don’t have to carry them *wink wink *) Believe me we tried "like rabbits" for those 2 years and I would just get more depressed each month as I took pregnancy test after test. I seriously had thought that maybe they did a tubal litigation and I did not know anything about it. I mean as far as i have tried I have always been able to get pregnant, I as so depressed this was back in fall 2006. After the baby i had lost 20 pounds I had put on. Now we are in fall 2008 since then I have gained more weight and am at the heaviest i have ever (NEVER) been 265lbs . For those of you who know how much it sucks just to go up even 5 lbs, you know this was devastating to me. I was always at 175, and then 195 after my second baby. Ok so during those 2 years i continued with my face tingling, hands, feet, sometimes feeling dizzy or lightheaded. I thought it was my sugar, but no, this continued for about 6 different episodes during that time. Also i experienced depression, fatigue, loss of sexual interest due to that pain in the abdomen when having sex. Not to mention my period on and off all month long every month. It was never a regular period but a "spotting" EVERY other day. Sometimes i would get it at night and by the morning it would have stopped and sometimes it would switch and get it in the morning and by the evening it was gone. those were the worst 2 years of my life. Finally this year my husband pushed me to go see yet a different doctor and the doctor ordered a D & C procedure. He said due to the irregular periods he would do a cleaning. HERE COMES THE BIG SPIN: when i was in the recovery i heard the nurse talking to the other nurse who was relieving her about my procedure she was like : a D & C ....and a iud removal..... I WAS LIKE WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY???? Oh yeah they removed your iud.
I am so furious, I mean thankful to my new doctor but I swear I would just want to go back to my old doctor to throw the damn thing in his face. I will go in for a check up in one week with my new doctor for a post op and let you know where we will take things from here. As for my husband and family this was a huge surprise as well. And yes again my husband was like we can have another baby. He was so happy, I of course said, BOY YOU ARE CRAZY. First I want to get some of this excess weight down before I have my last child. ;)

October 10, 2008 - 10:33pm

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