made a decision about Mirena

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-23-2005
made a decision about Mirena
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Tue, 12-19-2006 - 4:23pm
Ladies, I posted last week about Mirena and so far have not heard 1 good thing about it. I see my gyno next month and i need another year of my bc so I am thinking either seasonale or Zovia on a continuous regimin since I have endometriosis. thanks to everyone for advice, I have just not heard anything good at all about the device.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-12-2002
Tue, 12-19-2006 - 5:43pm

Some women on here have loved their Mirenas - you just don't see them here very much. Particularly with Christmas only in a few days, many women are too busy to visit this board right now.

Most of the women that come to this board come here because they have problems with their birth control. So the success of the Mirena is skewed towards the negatives, rather than the positives. Plus every woman is different. For instance, although I had many issues with Mirena, I have been very sensitive to synthetic hormones with every birth control method I've tried, so my experiences are something you probably shouldn't take into account too much when considering this as a method.


 


 


iVillage Member
Registered: 10-21-2003
Wed, 12-20-2006 - 2:14pm

Wanted to chime in and say I LOVE my Mirena! Had it since Feb, and after the first few months "adjusting" to it, it has been great! I have not had a period since August (which is a plus for me) and zero negative side effects.

It's like going to a restaurant and having a good expierence vs. a bad one. Good expierence, you might only tell one person. A bad one and you tell everyone you know!!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-26-2005
Wed, 12-20-2006 - 3:33pm
I had the mirena for a little over 3 years and loved it.The first 2-3 months were rough but that's not uncommon-meaning I had longer heavier periods.But after that they got shorter and lighter where at the 1 year mark I was just spotting a week as a period.At about 2 years I was spotting 2-3 days for a period and just before I had it taken out to get my tubes tied I was basicly spotting for about 1 day if I had a period at all.I had a great experience with my mirena and would get it again.
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