Has anyone ever had an iud?? I was
thinking about getting one, because I was
ine the depo, and it made me gain weight.
Does it have any side effects
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-04-06 16:14pm
Hello there, I have had an iud for 3
years, I recently had paragard inserted in
december. Paragard iud is copper, no
hormones, and few side effects.
I did have mirena, hormonal iud, but I had
problems with everyday bleeding on it and
wanted to switch.
Paragard can make some womens periods
heavier, mine never changed. Paragard can
cause worse cramps during periods, mine
are crampier, but nothing that advil
cannot handle!
Overall it is a very effective and safe
method of birth control.
planned parenthood is good at giving women
iud's who have never had babies, in case
you have not..A lot of regular gyns are
not comfy with the idea, but pp does it
all the time.
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sherry24
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Posted: 06-04-06 18:02pm
What about the the white iud? I think
they just came out with it. I have
already had my kids.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-04-06 18:50pm
Hi again..
Mirena is the white iud, it is good for 5
years. It has the same hormone as depo,
but in a tiny miniscule amount. It stays
locally in the uterus, but there are
reports of women who swear they had weight
gain etc from that iud.(oily skin).. I
had that iud, but I bled everyday! It
was'nt always heavy, but became
annoying.
If you do well on depo, except for weight
gain, you may do well on the mirena!!! It
is way smaller than depo.It is like taking
3 mini pills a week, but they do not go
into your system.
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sherry24
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Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 188 Location: indiana
Posted: 06-04-06 19:10pm
With the depo shot, I was fine, just
weight gain. Now that its time to get my
shot again, i'm bleeding. I really dont'
want to get the shot again. But I don't
know how long i'll bleed for.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 06-04-06 22:02pm
Noone could really tell you how long you
will bleed... But if you do not get your
shot you are at risk for pregnancy.
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Moo
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Posted: 06-05-06 06:12am
I bled alot on depo but I have a mirena
ius in now and my periods have stopped -
everyone is different so there's no way to
know in advance whether or not you will
have irregular bleeding or not
