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Do You Have Side Effects Caused By Mirena IUD

By September 26, 2008 - 4:45am
 
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If you have side effects caused by mirena please let me know,I have
I started a help site for women with mirena side effects.

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Hi ,I dont know if it was explained properly but the IUD perforates the Uterus,I have had a few stories of it happening on my site,with pictures of it in the wrong place,and have read many more.
I know you cant believe everything you read but when the pictures are there from the removal operation I believe it and the horror stories from the women its happened to.

October 12, 2008 - 11:57pm

Dear net,
I am glad to hear that you started your own site as well, but wanted to caution readers not to believe everything you read! An IUD placed in the uterus can not possibly get "entangled in [a woman's] intestines"! It's basic anatomy..the vagina, cervix, uterus, fallopian tube and ovaries do not open to the intestines.

I'm all for empowering women to find credible information, and to share stories and experiences...but there are so many women who do not understand how their bodies work, that I really do not want to share misinformation!

Here is a diagram of the female anatomy (just a medical drawing):
http://www.doereport.com/generateexhibit.php?A=&ExhibitKeywordsRaw=&ID=1...

October 12, 2008 - 6:18am
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Anonymous (reply to Alison Beaver)

Just wanted to let you know that when I got my mirena my Dr told me that one of the "serious" complications was that it could perferate the uterus and go where ever it wanted in the abdominal cavity (ex the intestines).
Sources: My Dr and my career as an RN

June 28, 2011 - 10:43pm
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Anonymous (reply to Alison Beaver)

Alison, An IUD can get "entangled in a woman's intestines"...if it perforates her uterus! Seen it several times at work in the ER. Happens occasionally. Unless *your* uterus is made of ultra stretchy synthetic silicone...

October 22, 2009 - 2:33pm
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I have photos on my site from operation to remove mirena from intestines... sent to me by the girl that it happened to.

www.mirena-side-effects.com

October 4, 2009 - 10:17pm
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Anonymous (reply to Alison Beaver)

Hi, ran across this post randomly, but I have to point out that as a medical student on my OB/gyn rotation I assisted in two seperate laproscopic surgeries in which we discovered an IUD that had found its way from the uterues, through a fallopian tube, and out into the abdominal cavity where it had implanted itself in the intestinal mesentery. It is indeed possible and happens with some frequency.

The fallopian tube is not completely sealed to the ovary in a normal person, it is just sort of draped over it. This also explains why some women can have abdominal pregnancies (a medical emergency) when the fertilized egg accidently gets out of the fallopian tube and implants somewhere in the abdomen.

March 22, 2009 - 12:35pm
(reply to Anonymous)

Thankyou for your input.

June 5, 2010 - 11:23pm
(reply to Alison Beaver)

Hi Alison,below is the link to the blog about the girl who had to have her IUD removed from her intestines,Warning, Medical Pictures are Graphic.
I also have other pics on my site from the operations to remove the IUD that is in a bladder and a video of removal of IUD in abdomen.
Yes the IUD perforates the uterus.

http://cinland.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sisters-iud-story.html

October 13, 2008 - 12:50am

Hi,
I am having trouble losing weight as well,I put on 2 stone and before mirena I NEVER had a problem with my weight.
Re, The Lost IUD,I have read lot of stories where the same sort of thing has happened to other women the doctors think if they cant find the strings or cant see it in the uterus its fallen out,I think if it cant be found an xray should be done,just like the poor girl on my site where it was finally found entangled in here intestines.And there ar other stories as well.
Im so sorry that this happened to you and I think Mirena should be banned,its ruining too many lives.
All the best,Net

http://www.mirena-side-effects.com

July 27, 2009 - 12:30am
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Anonymous

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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