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Mirena question
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Yeah, I know… not the most encouraging sight, that's for sure! Her gloves and the environment were sterile, but it was kind of weird seeing the whole apparatus out and about when it was supposed to be inside and out of sight. She's sending it back as a defective model and hopefully the new one will be in and done with no problems next week. She's done lots of IUD inserts and is usually the doctor that other docs call when THEY have problems with an insert, but not in this case. I like to mess up the status quo… ! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif
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The gloves aren't fully sterile. They come out of the box and are touched by hands. In cell culturing in biotech, in order to prevent contamination, we had to spray our gloves with bleach after puting them on. In drawing blood, I was taught to never touch the site you will be drawing from (with a gloved finger) after sterilizing it because you are contaminating the site and can push that contamination into the vein upon needle insertion.
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I just curled up into a ball again. My first insertion was a breeze. It was my second that was horrible. She was so skittish in the first place and I think she had issues herself. She basically misfired mine. She tried getting it in 3 different times and then once she pushed the plunger thingy she did not have it placed properly or it did not come out or something. All I know is that they had to order me a new IUD and I had to go back. They prescribed me a pill to insert that would dilate me (oh, that was another issue because this pill is used in other countries for abortion purposes) and the cramping from that alone was horrible. I refused to let the original doctor try to place the second one. I was in tears both visits.
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Holy crap, NO WAY would I let it be inserted after she poked and prodded it! 😐
Definitely not aspetic at all! Good luck to you for next week, though..maybe rethink your doctor? Hah. -
Hi, I have been thinking about getting a mirena recently but have read some horror stories online. Then I remembered about this thread so I though I would ask, I'm sorry if these seem a little bit personal.
Basically I have read that during sex it can be extremely painful for you and if your partner is on the larger side the little strings can stab him too. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_eek.gif
Is that true?
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The little strings soften with time, but at first they are a little pokey. My husband would only feel mine in certain positions. If your man is a "cervix bumper" you may have issues.
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Yeah, my strings softened by the 1 month mark. They are curled up now and I have a hard time finding them cuz my fingers are too short! When I do find one, I can't tell if it's shorter or longer cuz it's way up there.
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Thanks chemgoddess1 and sensualscimitar, I feel better about the whole thing now. The reviews I was reading online were terrifying there were hardly any positive ones. But I figure if it wasn't successful for most people they would stop making it.
I hope it doesn't hurt too much having it put in, I am always on painkillers so I hope they will help. The benefits of the pills will no longer apply when we move in together in a few months. But I will have to see what he thinks about potentially being stabbed for a few months.
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If you can take a muscle relaxer beforehand, I would suggest it. I did that and got the cervical block (a shot in the cervix to numb the area) and I think that's why I didn't even feel it when she measured my uterus depth. I only felt the cervical clamp after it was on there for a while and then the cramp from the insertion. Most of the reviews I saw said the girls cramped for 1-3 days. I cramped for a week, but I always got really bad period cramps, so that might be partly why. If you are cramping, I suggest a really good heating pad. The one I have gets really hot and it helped A LOT. It is expensive, but it is the only one I have found they gets this hot. http://www.amazon.com/Thermophore-Arthritis-Heating-Standard-Auto-Switch/dp/B000ZHJS0G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330822242&sr=8-1
I also found relief laying on my side with my legs out straight. I cramped worse on my back (gravity probably) and in the fetal position (probably copressing my already cramping uterus.)
My nurse said to take ibuprofen as it can decrease menstrual bleeding as well. She gave me prescription naproxen, but it made my stomach hurt (all NSAIDS can destroy your stomach.) If you get tummy aches or acid relux from the NSAID, take a pepcid when you take the pain killer. That helps me. I got acid relux so bad once that when I called my doc, they thought I might have been having a heart attack. My chest hurt to breathe. My voice sounded like kermit the frog though…https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif
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I'm already on naproxen and have been for 2 years so I know it doesn't bother my stomach. I also have tramadol that I take every now and then so hopefully that will stop the pain. Though I might wait until the easter holidays so I can stay in bed all day without worrying about missing lectures.
After the initial week of cramping has there been anymore pain?
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When I got my first Mirena every month during what would have been that time I got cramps kind of like I was stopped up (not at all like my period cramps), and I would also get back aches. It would only be a day or so and it took me a while to realize it was related to when I normally would have had my period. That subsided in about 3 months. Every once in a blue moon I will still get the back/hip pain when I should have my period.
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You have made me want my mirena now instead of in a few months. The fact you rarely get pains is amazing, I wish I was told about this when I first started using birth control. (Though I was young, I doubt I could deal with the pain back then)
Thanks so much for the advice https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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I get some mild cramping during my period (I still get a really light one.) Every once in a whle I will get a little random cramping, but nothing major, and it's really temporary.
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Funny blog.. I JUST got this Mirena 3 days ago.. worst pain ever. I have one child by c-section. Labor was induced and i never dilated, which i feel, added to my pain. My cervix is shy!
The day after i got Mirena, I believe that I “passed” something. Gross, I know. Also scary.
I wonder when the initial cramping will end. I also wonder if I have made a terrible mistake getting this semipermanent thing in my body.
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Gina – My doc said it can take up to two weeks to stop cramping. It took me a week, but that seems to be unusual. Most girls I've seen cramped from 1-3 days. Just put a heating pad on your tummy and lay on your side with your legs out straight (a pillow bewttn your legs light help to.) Take some ibuprofen as well. Like I said earlier, the fetal position made the cramping worse and so did lying on my back.
I didn't pass anything initially, but my periods have had some brown clots, which Chem said is just blood that has been chilling and has oxidized. Weird, but no big deal.
Give it a few months for your body to adjust. If you end up really unhappy with it, all they have to do is pull it out.
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