Thread: The Coil... is it evil or is it just me!!!

I just wanted to share, and wonder about other peoples experience with the coil.

I had a Mirena coil fitted a month ago and since then every day I had pain of some sort, some days bleeding, some days not much pain but a feeling that something wasnt right...

And I was really quite snappy with everybody, which really is not like me at all as Im normally always in a good mood (very annoying to some I know!!)....

Anyway, last Saturday I had lots and lots of pain like a really bad period which went on for a couple of days, until I went to the doctor who had a look and the coil was nearly out.....

To be honest I was quite happy about that as it just had been a horrible month... The best thing about it is that my mood has totally lifted and I feel like me again...

I dont know if something in my body has changed since having my second child as I went on the pill for a couple of months (I had previously been on the pill for years) and it also darkened my mood, but this had never happened before... I wonder if it is possible that my hormonne balance has changed since having Oscar (he is 8 months now)...

Has anybody else had anything similar????


Claire


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I would say it wasn't inserted properly or has been displaced. If it was "nearly out", then the doctor should have removed it and you should have had a new one inserted, or none at all as you so wish.

I had the IUD coil for a couple of years and I ended up in absolute agony. But it turns out this was because I have endometriosis and the IUD coil aggravates it. Ironically, the main treatment for the symptoms of endo (heavy bleeding, extreme pain, long periods, etc) is to have the IUS/Marina coil. I had them swapped over at christmas and it has been life changing - hardly any pain, next to no period to speak. In fact it has been a god send.

With the Marina, you can get some discomfort at the beginning - partly because it's a rough process for your body to go through the insertion. But within a month or so things should have settled down. But from the sort of pain you are describing I would say that it was either not sitting right, or at some point became displaced and this was causing the pain. I would go back and get it taken out a new one inserted and see how you go, otherwise it might cause internal damage.

As for the moods, etc. I never really had any PMS or anything like that in my life, but when I got the IUD, mostly because of the pain I was in, I became very weepy around the time of my period. But it's all been fine on the Marina - there is only the equivilant of about one contraceptive pill a week in the hormones on it. So it might just be your individual reaction, or as you say, related to hormone changes around the birth of your son.

Hope it all ends ok! xx

hey lovely.. thanks for your response.. I did forgot to say, the doc took it out... I was so very happy...

I think its going to be back to the drawing board for contraception... I dont know what Im going to try next???.....


Claire


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PHEW!! I was actually really worried. I presumed the doctor would have taken it out, but I wasn't sure from your post.

I would say not to discount the coil in the future - it definitely sounds like it got displaced, or wasn't in right from the begging. Other than that there are loads of other choices now, a lot of it just comes down to how much (or little) hormone you want knocking around.

Definitely go to a sexual health clinic and pick up some literature and then ask around and see how other people have got on with different options

Good luck with it!!

xx

Hey lovely,
sounds like a really un-pleasant experience you had there.

I had the copper, non-hormonal version of the coil, and I really hated it.
It was installed by the most stressed woman ever, & boy did it hurt.
My cycle didn't settle at all, & I had it in for many months.

Annoyingly I got that version because I find anything hormone packed, like Mirena or the pill, makes me angry, emotional & destroys my "urge for love" .

Contraception can be a right old minefield, can't it?

We've just settled for good old condoms & crossed fingers...
I don't feelas secure, & I worry about having kid #4, but I prefer that to how I felt (massively depressed & angry) with hormone laden contraceptives.

xxxx

Anything with artificial hormones in it has the potential to affect your moods negatively ... you just can't tell what it will do to you until you start putting the chemicals into your body. Non-hormonal methods are best

The levels of hormones in contraception vary from type to type from what I’ve been told.
Certain brands of the pill make me very emotional and depressed apparently this is because of the hormone Progestin a synthetic version of the female hormone progesterone.
Apparently there is high levels of that in the coil and the injection. I’ve been warned off them as it’d make me loopy and I’d be stuck with the hormones in my system for a good while. SO that is the hormone to avoid. I'm now on a pill that has low levels of it and I have no signs of the crazies =]

x

Originally Posted by Fleur du Mal

you just can't tell what it will do to you until you start putting the chemicals into your body. Non-hormonal methods are best

Absolutely. My experience with hormonal contraception has always been awful. I've tried different types of pills and coils and I find that they just don't agree with me. The last coil I tried has left me with ridiculously heavy periods, which I didn't get before, even though I had it removed 4 yrs ago. Quite a lot of the time finding the best method of contraception requires trial and error, but personally I've tried enough to know to stay away from the hormones.

Originally Posted by Dahlia Duroe

The levels of hormones in contraception vary from type to type from what I’ve been told.
Certain brands of the pill make me very emotional and depressed apparently this is because of the hormone Progestin a synthetic version of the female hormone progesterone.
Apparently there is high levels of that in the coil and the injection. I’ve been warned off them as it’d make me loopy and I’d be stuck with the hormones in my system for a good while. SO that is the hormone to avoid. I'm now on a pill that has low levels of it and I have no signs of the crazies =]

The types and levels of hormones affect different women in different ways. For example, I'm not allowed on anything with oestrogen (so combined pill) because the oestrogen raises my blood pressure dangerously high, not to mention crazy erratic mood swings. But then progestogen makes me horrendously depressed, gives me weight gain, and kills off my libido and all sense of motivation. And that WAS stuck in my system for a long time due to the injection >_< As I said, there is no set rule as all women are affected differently by different hormones, and the only way to find out what will and will not affect you is to try different methods - which has a 'Russian roulette' aspect and the risk that you'll be stuck with something that is no good for you for a long time.

So yeah, barrier methods all the way!

It definately sounds like the Merina wasn't fitted properly. Everyone I know who has it says once it has settled down it's great - though maybe the hormones were too much.

If you're in a stable relationship and have regular periods however, I highly recommend the Persona. It's natural family planning and monitors your OWN hormones, so is very reliable providing you use it properly. It takes some getting used to (and some willpower !) but it's really great and makes you get to know your own cycle, which if you decide to try for a baby (which we are now) you're already prepared. Best decision we've made so far, might work well for you.