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IUD Menstruel Periods

By Anonymous August 11, 2009 - 11:36am
 
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I have an IUD and I was told by many people that your body continually produces the blood that your body has normally before the IUD was inserted. If that is true, where does all of that blood get stored within the body? What I thought, was that the IUD prevented your body from producing the monthly menstruel cycle and the blood wasn't produced as much, hence the lighter periods. Please clear this up for me? I have heard some horror stories of women who have had scary issues because of built up/back up blood and Im nervous to whether or not they are true.

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Anonymous (reply to Alison Beaver)

I am 37 years old and I have the Mirena. I had it inserted December 2006. I am a smoker so my doctor reccommended taking me off of birth control and using the IUD. I haven't had any problems, but like I said, had always wondered about the blood producing now that I have it. Thank you for helping.

August 11, 2009 - 12:46pm

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