Mirena or Death

If you are a guy you really don't want to read this... in fact you should just click that little back button up at the top. Quickly and if you do read this... don't say I didn't warn you!!!

      I usually don't write notes... but i need to vent a little ,and maybe educated some of my friends and family who may consider using the birth control Mirena... In December 2006 I went to the doctor to discuss my birth control options... well that was the day my doctor suggested that I use Mirena...Its a small plastic uterine device that is placed in you and it produces hormones to help you not get pregnant. I was excited because he told me that this birth control would last up to five years and at any time if i decided to become pregnant he could remove it and i would not have any problems with fertility. He also told me that this birth control is almost as effective as male/female sterilization. This peeked my interest because both of my children were conceived while i was on birth control. I jumped on this and said sign me up....what i should have said was, what are the side effects.... The side effects started off like no big deal... mild cramping here and there...weight gain...and i noticed that i didn't have quite the energy but i chalked that up to have a new baby and a toddler...and the years went on i notice more and more side effects... my hormones were crazy i was crying at every little thing... i was nauseous all the time...my hands would swell so much that i couldn't close my hand... these side effects would come and go but for the most part i always felt completely drained...and anyone who knew me before knows that i am a hyper person. I am always moving... doing something... while on mirena i had to force my self to get dressed in the morning ,and some days I just didn't. And while it was supposed to be " almost effective as male/female sterilization" it proved not to be. I had become pregnant on this birth control several times...while never resulting in a full term pregnancy. To me it was still traumatic and a  life was still lost.

        What the doctor didn't tell me was that some women bodies produce certain hormones on there own. Which can cause fertilization problems, but if you are taking hormones such as Mirena you will no longer produce those hormones and you will increase the likely hood of getting pregnant. It will also increase your likely hood of getting ovarian cyst. YAY!!!

          For the last year I just have been praying a lot and i just felt like the Lord was telling me that I needed to get off of this birth control and find a new method. Or no method at all... Earlier this week i had felt a lot of cramping and i could no longer find the strings to my iud. That same night I experienced a lot of heavy heavy bleeding...In the morning i made an appointment and went in...and all my suspicions were confirmed... my iud had migrated!! It moved and was trapped in another part of my body and it needed to be removed. The next day I went back and experienced one of the most painful thing in my life. Even though my insides were numbed it was horrific!! Basically I can now say I know what it feels like to have my insides ripped out!!!

           I am still in a lot of pain and it really hurts to sit up. I have pain in my back and I cant stop getting sick. I keep telling my self that this is a lot better then having it still inside me. And i know it will get better. I also know that other people are going through worse things then me at this time. So I will continue to pray and i know it will get better. :) I am also going to attach a link to a clip of what had to be removed , and how it was done.

           I want to end this saying if anyone ever considered getting mirena from my experience i would say no don't do it!! But that is just me... and the rest of the whacked hormones talking ;) Thank you for listening to me rant and vent!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6zIphqlVzU