mirena coil?

[nik1971]

has any women out there had/have a merina coil? i aqm due to have one fitted under general aneasthetic as the neck of my womb is so tiny after an op 7 years ago that its causeing really painfull periods. the consultant tells me it wont make any difference to my weight,which is the last thing i need as im now 19stone and loseing so dont want anything to mess it up! any expereinces/ comments...good,bad ,helpfull with periods?

[~posy-jo~]

my mum had it fitted about 3 months ago. to start with she was spotting for a couple of weeks but now it has settled and her periods r better than they were before altho it is early days yet. hope it goes well for u. best of luck xXx

[Le Chat]

I was prescribed it as I have horrendous PMT. After spending hours scouring the net and looking at various forums, I decided against it. Many of the women on the forums I looked at ended up having bad mood swings, erratic periods and yes, weight gain. So I decided that as it is not something you can have one day and remove the next, then I didn't want to risk any of these side effects.....especially even the hint of weight gain! I have a nice figure which I work very hard to keep that way, so I don't want something out of my control jeopardising this. As I cannot speak from personal experience though, you may disregard my answer if you think fit!

[PatriciaH]

Best thing ive ever had done for my body, didnt feel a thing after the op, before i had it fitted i was in terrible pain and very heavy periods all the time. ive put a few pounds on but i think thats having a sweet tooth and drinking at weekends...still a size 12 though! i would reccomend it to anyone- i had terrible mood swings before it was fitted and i think its made me more easy going cos it takes a bit to get me wound up :) and the best thing is ..........
no more periods :) good luck ps -i had it fitted about four years ago

[blade1834]

My sister had this coil fitted due to very heavy periods
(flooding}. She said it was the best thing she had ever done, her periods became lighter over a few months and now she no longer has a period.

[beryllium]

I put on 2 stone in weight, got acne, ended up with the worse mood swings ever, felt like i had permanent sore boobs, and totally lost all sex drive... so yeah, great contraceptive!!!!
see here for what it has done to hundreds of women....

http://discoveryhealth.co.uk/forum3/forum.asp? FORUM_ID=9

I am soooooooo glad it's gone.... if you have PCOS, consider having ablation instead.....

[southerngirl]

Best thing I ever did. Now have no periods, no mood swings and feel better than I have ever done. Wish I'd had it done in my teens, only it wasn't available then. I didn't put on any weight and feel like a normal person again!

[~Wingnut~]

Hi nik

I had mine fitted just before christmas and I must say I haven't really noticed much difference. I'm going to make an appointment for the Doctors as I seem to be having longer periods and there is still spotting even after all this time. Their definatly lighter tho.
I would say that my mood has changed ever so slightly but not enough for me to be happy about to be honest.
I am over weight anyway but working on slimming down and it seems to be going in the right direction at the moment. It does seem to be harder loosing the weight tho, could be age (28) or the coil? I'm sweating my guts off doing the Charlie Brooks work out, eating sensibly and still the pounds aren't shifting quicker than I had hoped. I have quite a physical job too.

Good luck with what you decide. I am glad I had it done even tho it doesn't sound like it lol

[Sparkles3]

I had one for about a year, it was great in that my periods were next to nothing, but I did bleed every time I had sex, which isn't great. I did feel that I was suffering with bloatedness and nausea and also mood swings that I had never had a problem with before. I haven't put on much weight - and I think there's as much chance that's to do with what I was eating! I then looked on the internet and found some women chatting on the forums about the Mirena coil - mostly in a negative way. I decided to have mine removed - but fell pregnant within 10 days (despite having polycystic ovaries and having had to have Clomid to conceive my first 2 children!) - so don't know if it has made any difference at all (still have the backache, nausea and bloatedness anyway - and far more weight gain!).
I am slightly sceptical about the forums, in that you can find yourself with all sorts of symptoms if they're suggested to you (I think I may have fallen victim to that!). Backache, bloatedness, nausea, weight gain etc have so many different potential causes and aren't necessarily all related to the same issue. Everyone's different - if your consultant thinks it might work for you, it sounds worth a try? Good luck.