Hi there I personally have not got pregnant while using this IUD but know that it is possible. With regards to you not being able to feel the strings I know that they can sometimes become wrapped around the cervix, if you can reach you could brush your fingers around the outside to see if you can feel them there. If you can't you should contact your doctor who will check that they have not withdrawn into the uterus. If this happens it could cause infection and could be why you are feeling hot/cold just now.

Good luck. x

yesterday and iud is still in place. He has no explanation yet as to why i am having these symptoms. Sent me for a whole bunch of blood work and set me up for an ultrasound. we will see what happens. I am quite anxious

i have the mirena and a few times i've been convinced i was pregnant and taken a test. it's never happened yet to me. i think it is VERY rare to get pregnant with it

Honestly, with the mirena it is probably more likely that you have some sort of infection or something. I had the mirena and am kid-free, like most women who have had it. (I hated it, but that's a different story) The mirena IUD is more effective preventing pregnancy than a man getting his tubes tied, if I remember correctly. This info is from the planned parenthood website.

"Effectiveness

The IUD is one of the most effective reversible methods of birth control. Of 100 women who use ParaGard or Mirena, one or fewer will become pregnant during the first year of typical* use.

Tell your clinician immediately if you have

* severe abdominal cramping, pain, or tenderness in the abdomen
* pain or bleeding during sex
* unexplained fever and/or chills
* flu-like symptoms - muscle aches, fatigue
* unusual vaginal discharge
* a missed, late, or unusually light period
* unexplained vaginal bleeding

Pregnancy — Most pregnancies happen to IUD users when their IUDs slip out without their knowing it. The chance that a pregnancy will happen while an IUD is in place is very low. If it does happen, have the IUD removed, if at all possible, as soon as you know you're pregnant. Women who choose to complete a pregnancy with an IUD in place must have close medical supervision throughout their pregnancy."


Once again, the chance you are pregnant is very low and your symptoms don't necessarily point straight to pregnancy. It is extremely unlikely you are pregnant, and slightly less unlikely that you have an infection. Any unprotected sex lately? Bladder infection? These could all cause a more internal infection that might be bad.

Good job seeing your doc. I hope it all comes out well.

Hi. My name is Samantha and I have two children my oldest is two and my youngest is 6 months. I have been on the iud since feb 27th. Lately I have been so sick every morning sometimes even throwing up. I have also been so tired. I have not gotten my period yet last month I got it at the end of the month I don't remember the day lol. I have taken a pg test and it came out neg. I think I took it too early though. Anyone have any advice on what is going on lol I would appreciate it thanks

Samantha

Well your period is probably just going away- this happens to many people on the mirena. It happened to me. Most people like it.

About feeling sick, though, that could be a side effect or it could be unrelated. If you just started feeling tired and sick, is there perhaps another reason? Another illness? Or it could be a side effect of the mirena. But not pregnancy.

If you can still feel your strings, there is no need to worry about pregnancy. You are probably just losing your period. When I was on mirena I took a pregnancy test every month until I was convinced that I wouldn't get my period anymore. But like I posted above, the chances are about 0% that you are pregnant.

I'm not using Mirena but I have the nonhormonal paragard IUD. I know somebody who got pregnant w/ mirena. Nothing is really 100% effective. But let me remind you that getting pregnant while the mirena is in place is very rare.

Hi my name is crystal i have had my iud for four years. I have never had any problems until about a month ago. I started having breast pain, back pain and missed my period. I chalked it up to stress but decided to call the dr when it got worse and i also started to get very queezy. I went today thinking i was having an ectopic pregnancy and it turns out im one of the very rare cases whos iud is still in place and he said the baby is 8 weeks and groing well not in the tubes but invetro. I am still in disbelief and scared. So yes i guess this is possible im the first my dr. has ever seen and we removed the iud today so well see what happens. Hope this helps. Anyone else?

Good luck, I hope you and the baby are ok

So everything that I have read, and all the information that my doctors have told me, is that you should have had a baby before.

Getting a Mirena put in seems to be the best birth control method for me, except that I have never had a baby before. Why do they suggest a woman have had a baby before? Have any of you with a Mirena been like me and not have a child?

Any info helps, as to why, your experiences, anything! thanks!

Well all of that information is old and outdated from the 70's. It was relevant back then because the technology was new and still really being tested. Nowadays it is a lot safer and many trial clinics and modern research has shown that it is perfectly safe to insert an IUD in a woman who has not given birth.

The only thing you have an increased "risk" for is ejecting the IUD because your uterus is smaller. This is not harmful, however it will make the IUD ineffective. IUD displacement is easily checked for ever day by just feeling inside your vagina and checking your cervix.

I had mirena and no kids. My doc wasn't concerned at all (either of them, I had two)

No problems, either. Turns out it wasn't for me, but it didn't dislodge or puncture or any of that scary stuff.

jensandsmark, I had Mirena fitted almost a year ago now and I've never had kids. They told me that it was easier to insert if you'd given birth before as the cervix is more relaxed but I didn't have any problems at all. Just felt like period pains while they fitted it and a lighter-period and pregnancy free year!

ok im 20 years old and have two kids i resently have been feelin sick and throwing up and stomach hurting and i have had my iud since jan 07im always sleepy and i really dont want another kid im scared and really want all this to be in my head plus after a year of having my i u d i missed my period for the first time please someone help im super scared

My wife became pregnant with using Miena, we used Mirena for over 1 year the first time then later had it removed to have another child, after the birth of our second child she had it put in place again, now she has had it in place for over a year and a half but she has been feeling sick and very tired so she went and had a pregnancy test taken and it came back positive.

Hi All,

I went to the Dr. on Monday thinking I had an ovarian cyst burst because of very low abdominial pain and bleeding. I almost passed out when they told me i was pregnant. I have 3 children and I have hit that 40th birthday so I was not thinking of having anymore children. They then told me they that it was an ecoptic or tubular pregancy and very dangerous. So after many hours or tests and ultrasounds and running around between Dr. offices it was confirmed. Tubular pregnancy between 4 to 6 wks along. The Dr gave me methotrexate, a cancer chemo therapy drug, to try to make my body miscarry and hopefully not require surgery. Day 4 blood work is looking right so hopefully day 7 will on Monday.

Thought I would share my story. The Dr. office told me I am only the 5th woman in the US to get pregnant with a mirena.

wow, i didn't really think i would find all these confirmations of getting pregnant using mirena. i don't know if i am pregnant but looking back to my first pregnacy, i felt like crap right away at about the three week mark, headaches, tired, felt like i was getting sick with the flu but no cold. cramping and tighting in the pelvic area. and well long and behold ive been having some of the same things going on now for the last few weeks. really just realized it today and thought wow crap. ive had the mirena birth control in place for over a year but just became sexually active recently, with a new boyfriend. this is crazy i thought this thing was suppost to be full proof. well i did buy a test to take tomorrow morning, im kinda scared to take it. im a single mom i thought i was protecting myself using birth control but would have taken other steps if i new it was really common to be that rare percentage. i think they need to change that statement. anyone have false pregnacy signs with this birth.control?

TECHNICALLY rare means UNCOMMON...

But... .2% failure rate is NOT 100%.. That means that 1 in 500,000 women will become pregnant... Approx...

NOTHING is 100%

I became pregnant on an IUD, NOT mirena, I had an abortion, then had another IUD inserted. I have no regrets, and make no apologies.

Hi my name is Ashley and I have had the mirena since April 08 and have had no problems until about 2 weeks ago when I started bleeding heavy and then it just stopped. I bleed heavy for about 2 days and now i have spotted EVERY SINGLE MORNING since then. My husband says he can feel the strings during sex so I felt for them and sure enough they are really out there. I had already had them trimmed and u could barely feel them after that. I have been nauseas recently but never thought the 2 had anything to do with each other because the mirena was so effective. I called the doctor and they said irregular bleeding can be a sign of pregnancy with mirena. My doctor is out of town (OF COURSE ) and when I was pregnant with my first son we got a false negative with a doctors pregancy test. I went to a different doctor who was so confident with mirena he did a pregancy test with my urine and before i could get my pants off for the exam he said it was negative. Then during my exam he told me he could not find my strings. After sweating from the pain of him poking at my cervix he told me he found the strings and that there is NO WAY that me or my partner felt my strings because they are too far up. My doctor is out of town for another week and I am still bleeding every morning. I had no morning sickness with my first son so the naseua is not what is worrrying me it is the blood. Will someone please give me advice on what to do. I dont want another baby(probably why i got the iud lol) but I want a healthy baby if I was pregnant. SO SOMEONE HELP ME! WHAT DO I DO!?!?