[lindsey2000k]

I also post in the regular TTC club and I am starting to think I need to just stay here..lol 98% of them have never had kids or never had a loss, So when I post things over to warn them to be careful of I get almost attacked and since none of them have had loss I think they are in the "It will never happen to me mode".

Anyway I had Mirena IUD put in after my 6 week check up with my daughter. Just another reason I do not see this DR anymore. I really did not want any form of birth control but he talked me into it (now knowing its cause they get lots of $$$ for putting them in us). I was breastfeeding and he promised it would not effect it... my milk supply got really low. I went to LLL meetings and they said yes it will. I left it in cause It hurt so bad getting it in I was scared of the removal. After the months went by I started getting really depressed.... I had nothing to be depressed about. I almost divorced my husband just because I hated him (I hated everyone). My DR said no you can not get depression from the IUD (there own web site in the huge list of side effects says different). Then about every 2-3 days I would be spotting for 2-3 days it became so that I was spotting just about every day for months. So about 8 months of trying to give it time I said screw it I want this thing out.
Ever since I had the IUD removed I get nasty bacteria infections. I also am starting think it may have played a role in my last miscarriage. I did not have true periods since having it put in but I thought it was from having a kid and then breastfeeding for 2.5 years (I got pregnant the month after I stopped breastfeeding). My periods were pretty regular but very light and only lasted about 2 days.
My theory is the mirena thinned my lining out and trained my body to not let it build up. SO when I got pregnant I was unable to produce a good environment for it. Ever since the D&C my periods are heavier and longer again.


I just wanted to see if anyone else had this IUD before? I have been doing lots of searching online and find this same story over and over again.

[Toots216]

I had the non-hormonal Paragard copper IUD for 2 1/2 years and had it removed in March, and we waited one cycle to TTC on my doctors orders. I really don't think it had anything to do with my losses, but I recently found out I have a symptomless bacterial infection that is directly related to miscarriage. Again I have no idea if the IUD had anything to do with the infection, but it will be interesting to see how things play out over the next few months.
GL and I hope you get some answers! I have heard a lot of negative things about the Mirena, but I do have to say that I LOVE LOVE LOVED my copper IUD and would totally get one again.

[*Tracy*]

i had the mirena coil in and decided to ttc again i had it out in the january and got a bfp in the april,may but had a missed m/c i also read alot about it causes m/c also so i dont no

[sadie97007]

I had Mirena in for about 1.5 years about a year after I had my son. I thought for sure we were done, but then somewhere down the line, I started changing my mind about it. I had it removed this past March. It took me about 6 months to get pregnant only to find out the baby did not have a heartbeat in late Oct followed by a D&C in early Nov. I have thought about the Mirena possibly contributing to my loss. In reality, it probably didn't because it took 6 months for me to get pregnant, so I had all that time to get back to "normal" and also, in my case, I didn't lose a perfectly healthy baby. My baby never developed a heartbeat and was greatly underdeveloped. I will never really know though.

Anyway, I do have to say that when I am ready to go back on birth control, I will not opt for another IUD. I felt that while the Mirena was in my body, my mood swings were very intense, and I felt angry a lot of the time. I did mention this to my doc, but I don't think she agreed with me that the Mirena could have anything to do with it, but I think differently.

[ashj_1218]

My RE specialist actually mentioned that he is looking at my lining specifically because I did have an IUD. I have had four losses after having a perfectly healthy (unexpected and easy) pregnancy and birth of my son. I got the Paraguard a little after my 6-week check up and had it removed 5 months later because it was painful and my hubby could feel it (if you know what I mean). We had decided we were ready for another anyway.

I got pregnant 6 weeks after having it removed and had a loss at 9 weeks with a D/C at 12 weeks. Both the IUD and the D/C are in question now, as to why I can get pregnant and not implant properly, since these later losses have been very early. I am not convinced it was or was not the IUD. But I don't think I can rule something out that implants in the lower uterus and irritates the lining into not being healthy for implantation/fertilization. (The Paraguard and Mirena work slightly different, but the same general issues involving the lining of the uterus).

I am curious to see what the RE has to say at our follow up next Tuesday. I can not begin to say how mad I will be if the IUD played a role in this. Considering how glowingly my doc promoted it and how the literature only mentions the possibility of uterine perforation, not of miscarriages from any other issue surrounding the Paraguard (I have not read the Mirena insert, obviously). I suppose there is always that risk, but I feel like I should NOT have to search online horror stories to find that out. It should be included in the pamphlet if there have been any number of woman suffering from the same affliction after having an IUD.

[KCMomma]

I find this thread very interesting. I never thought about the Mirena contributing to my loss. I had the Mirena put in 8 weeks PP after DD. So that was the end of Aug 2009. Had it removed the end of July 2010 then m/c Nov 2010. I would love to know what the specialists have to say aobut this becuase my doc glowed about it too. I will be absolutely furious if this caused my lining to be too thin. Please keep us posted.

[martilynne]

I have never had an IUD but I won't ever get one because of that reason. There may be no direct link but it sure seems like I read about a lot of ladies that have successful pregnancies that go on to have miscarriages after having IUDs removed

[luvmykids623]

Originally Posted by martilynne

I have never had an IUD but I won't ever get one because of that reason. There may be no direct link but it sure seems like I read about a lot of ladies that have successful pregnancies that go on to have miscarriages after having IUDs removed