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| Thu, 03-29-2007 - 3:25pm |
I recently had a Mirena IUD inserted about 6 weeks ago. I was on Ovcon 35 bc pills. I have been spotting and slight cramping ever since. I have been experiencing burning sensation around my vulva after having sex. I do not have any discharge or smell. I have gone to my GYN and she could not find anything wrong other than I looked severely irritated. I have herpes but she ruled that out because as soon as I felt the pain I doubled up on my Zovirax with no improvment. She gave two creams to apply daily for week. Zovirax 5% ointmetn and Alcortin. After two weeks, I evetually got better. I had sex again last night and the burning and pain is back. Could any of this be related to the IUD? I have not had any problems prior to the IUD. I have not had a Herpes breakout in 5 years due to being on a daily preventative dosage of Zovirax.

Hi singlemom_texas, welcome!
Jill
I was on birth control pills for about 5 years with no problems, and then decided to try the Mirena IUD because of long term birth control with out the responsibility of taking the pill everyday. I had some spotting for about 2 weeks and the cramping died down after about 5 weeks. Then about 2 months after, I started experiencing the same burning and irritated sensation that you have, after I had sex with my boyfriend. My first thought was a problem with the IUD. It went on for about 3 months, and then I found out by accident that my boyfriend had been cheating on me with this one woman from time to time. After I ended it, I immediately went to see my GYN to see if he had given me anything and get a check up. I confessed everything to my GYN. I had not contracted any STD’s but she told me that it was very probable that the bacteria from the other woman was reacting with mine and causing the burning sensation. She said that the bacteria can still remain there even if he washes himself afterward, of course it would be worse if he didn’t; it just depends on the frequency he had sex with her. I was still on the pill when I was with him and didn’t start feeling the burning sensation till I had the IUD inserted, but found out that it was roughly the same time when he started cheating on me. It had nothing to do with the IUD, just the timing. My GYN also stated that the bacteria sometimes takes time to build in ones system before it becomes a problem, so he may have been cheating on me for some time before. She said that irritation on the vulva has nothing to do with an IUD since it is inserted into the uterus. Only cramping and spotting issues.
I now have a new partner with the same IUD and there is no burning or problems.
I don’t mean to incline that your partner is a cheater, but the symptoms are almost exact to what I experienced. It is better to be safe than sorry. I would have never believed that he would do that to me, it was a hard time, but I got through it and I am stronger.
I guess you need to ask yourself if you experienced any burning sensation in the past with your last previous partner.
Hope things work out.
Jenn