I had my first child in '06 and lost the weight in a few months.

When I found out I was pregnant again, I was thinking hardly about getting Mirena.

I talked with my OB and she agreed with the idea because I was 20 pregnant with my second child.

My major concern was wieght gain.. "Will I gain weight? (because we all know most BC make us gain). And she informed me, it is rare to gain exessive wieght on this because of the low hormone dose. I trust my OB to the fullest and decided I would choose this for my form of BC. Didn't have to remember to take a pill everyday and probably light to no more period.. sounded like Heaven... I was wrong.

I had the Mirena inserted 7 weeks after the birth of my second daughter. I only bleed for about 10 days after insertion and dealt with horrible cramps for about a day. I could deal with that. The next month my periods stopped but I felt bloated all the time and seemed like I had gained weight. Like most women exspecially after having a baby, I seem to avoid the scale. I noticed the next month the jeans I had just bought a month ago were snug I knew I had gained weight.

I have gained between 10-15 pounds since I have had mirena. Every time I jump on the scale my weight is different. If I loose a couple I will have gained it back sometimes more within the next couple days. I feel like I am 4 months pregnant because of the bloating, gas, moodiness, and swollen mid section. I have heard once you get mirena removed seems like a layer of fat has been taken off mid section.

I am not saying I eat the most healthy diet but I dont eat horrible thats for sure so there, home cooked meals everyday. There should be no reason that I just keep gaining weight. I have tried diet and exersise, cleanses, vitamian... NOTHING has worked.

I have no sex drive what so ever. One minute I have laughing and the next I am yelling at for no apparent reason. My boyfriend tells me I am crazy.

I seem to have become extremely gassy and if I am not constipated, I have diarhea. I read in another forum mirena caused this inparticular person to have IBS. That totally sucks. But what I am expierncing now... seems like a minor case of IBS.

After hearing on the news, a lot of women are gettin pregnant or the iud is attaching to the uterine wall somehow, I have been highly considering removal. In addition to all the other side affects I've expierenced, I do not want another child right now.

Does anybody have advise or positive/negative effects from removal?