It's called the Mirena if you want to google it. The website has some pretty good information.

What exactly do you want to know?

I had one for about 9 months or so.

Well all thenurse told me today was that its a horomonal IUD and that it could possibly stop your periods all together. So far i havent heard of anyone getting pregnant on it. Are there really bad side affects at all?

It hurt me to get it put in, pretty bad but it was over really fast.

Women with an IUD are supposed to have less side effects than with most hormonal birth control because the hormones are less and more localized.

It almost always lessens your period, and in about 20% of women makes your period go away altogether (it did for me)

It's extremely effective, easy to use, convenient, and cost-saving in the long run.

When you have it, you should check the strings (feel up inside your vagina for two fishing line-like strings coming out of it) to make sure they are there. If they aren't, it's a sign that the IUD has shifted or fallen out and the IUD is no longer effective. This is rare, but if it happens you need to get to the doc asap. (Didn't happen to me) You need to check them often in the first couple weeks and once a month after that (like during your period).

The only real downside to it is if you are one of the women who do get side effects from it, it's a pain because you have to wait it out for about 6 months (which is how long they say it will take for the side effects to go away) and then go get it taken out which is a really easy and painless procedure but you have to get the appointment and everything.

thanks that is good to know, i hope i dont get any side affects from it. but me and pills suck, i am on a lo dose pill and those you have to really take like clockwork and i have a hard time doing that and had a pregnancy scare befoer my husband left so we figure IUD is the best way to go. And he will be gone until like march i think so by then i should be all good with all of it.

The most common side effects (though they're not really common) are weight gain, moodiness, acne, irregular periods, etc. Pretty much the side effects some people get from progesterone- only pills, but less common because it's more localized.

I, personally, had all of them. I gained 20 lbs in 7 months!!! Don't let my experience scare you though, most people don't have this. I also had constant, debilitating cramps, but my doc who took it out said she thought it wasn't in correctly.

Perforation (the iud goes through the wall of the uterus) is another risk but really unlikely. You would be able to tell if that happened if you couldn't feel the strings and it could cause major internal complications. But that's really unlikely.

But for most, it's a lifesaver and wonderful. I would suggest having someone go to the doc with you when you get it put in and drive you home, and wear a pad that day because you will probably have some bleeding.

I had the mirena (hormonal IUD) for a few years and absolutely loved it. It was a little uncomfortable (needed to be adjusted in position) and some erratic bleeding for the first few months but my periods stopped, I didn't have to think about it.

As Georgia59 said some women do have side effects but, as with all birth control, you never know until you try but I personally had a wonderful experience with it.

im hoping it all goes smoothly for me. so mirena is the only horomonal IUD available? just wondering.

I have had migraines, hot flashes, lactation, acne, cramping, sweats, excessive hair loss then growth. Google Mirena IUD side effects it will bring you to a forum of people that have this/had this and their problems. I am getting mine out Sept 4

but not everyone experiences those side affects, ive read the info on them , most is a small percentage that gets the side affects, I am getting mine put in on september 18th. hopefully i wont experience any of those bad side affects, theres a website that you can look up most of the birth controls and it has all the reviews or comments from people, but it sorta evens out between the bad and good on everysingle one, but of course theres more bad then good because whose gonna post if theyre doing good with it?

So they got me in earlier , this past friday to put my IUD in it wasnt that bad. It hurt a little but ive had worse pain before, i didnt really bleed to much but also i was on loestrin 28 before getting the IUD. The day i had it put in i had really uncomfortable cramps and just really layed around and had a lazy day all day. But it was soo annoying cuz i had a feeling like i had a tampon in or something, prob cuz i knew something was there but now im used to it and it doesnt bug me anymore. They showed me the strings so i know what im feeling for lol. Before i was thinking like the strigns like on tampons lol. So far so good with the IUD. I havent checked yet for the strings. but i havent even had it in quiet a week yet.

I'm glad it went so well for you!

Just make sure you are checking your strings regularily in this first couple weeks, because now is when you have the greatest chance of the thing coming out or moving around. (And you might not even notice, unless the strings were gone) After a few weeks once a month will suffice.

ya, are theylike really high up or what? i tried to locate them a lil while ago, i think i may have felt em at first but then i couldnt feel them again , or maybe idont know what im doing lol. I felt the strings at the office not in me but she showed me the part they cut off of it and i felt it , theyre really thin. So i cant remember what they feel like exactly.

They should feel like fishing line, pokey and kind've plasticy. And sometimes they kind've bend up around your cervix (your cervix sticks out into your vagina and makes a U shape) and they get tucked up in the folds between your cervix and vaginal wall. If you can reach in and feel your cervix, you should be able to feel where the strings come out through it, or if not, dig around a little way up high.

They should be rather short, they don't stick out or anything. You really do have to reach up really far.

Good luck!

ah ok, i dont think i reached that far up, i wasnt sure if they were high up or really low like close to the vaingal opening, i supposed ill try and find em tomorow. I dont feel like digging up there again lol. Plus kinda hurts now cuz i wasnt relaxed when i was trying to find them.