IUD, how many partners feel strings?
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| Mon, 03-19-2007 - 12:13pm |
I know this has been addressed in a poll on this board, but I want to know if there are studies that show how often a partner feels the IUD strings.
I am considering the Mirena, which would have been great to get when ds was 6 weeks but now he is 11 months and dh thinks it sounds like a better idea. Sheesh! Anyway, I have a friend who had a Mirena and had to have it removed because her dh felt the strings. Also, dh’s ex wife had a copper IUD and he could feel the strings with that one.
Are the strings different in Mirena vs copper? It just seems strange that the only two women I know of IRL who had the IUD had the same problem, and they are totally different builds. One is about a size 0/1 and one is at least a size 20.
Oh, and my first preference is Implanon but nobody in my area inserts them yet.
Thanks for any input.
Holly

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Well I had the Mirena put in at my 6 week check up after my son was born. My DH can't feel the strings at all but my OB told me that if he could the strings could be trimmed much shorter. Also after time they soften up quite a bit and become harder to feel. It takes about a yearish to get really soft I'm told.
Just have your doctor trim the strings fairly short. I had to go back for a check up 1 month after it was in to be sure everything was ok and she asked me then if I wanted them trimmed.
-Mel
Hi again Holly,
Jill
lol I've asked alot too because I was really worried about that. He just started to tell me after sex, NO I don't feel anything different...I stopped asking.
-Mel
Hi Holly,
I've had the Mirena IUD for about a year and a few months and there was only one time my husband said he felt the strings way back after I first had it inserted. He hasn't said he's felt it since.
Good luck!
Holly
I've had the Paragard since September '06. DH says he can't feel the strings.
Sallie
Holly
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