Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Conway, Arkansas
Iud Question mirena Posted: 01-02-06 09:08am
I have had mirena for 18 months now. I
haven't had any problems with it until the
last few weeks. A couple of weeks ago I
started getting nausea, moody, and tired a
lot. I didn't think much about it a
first, just figured it was from stress.
When I went to check for my iud strings I
couldn't find them, tried a few times and
never could find them. I went to a new
doc, cause we had moved. The Dr. Said
the end of the strings were up inside my
cervix. She said it had just "settled"
in. I told her I thought I might be
pregnant, she said no the iud is still in
place. My ob, the one that inserted, told
that the length of the string shouldn't
change. I haven't had a period in almost
a year now. So I don't know when I would
be late. Starting last night I have been
sooo crampy, never really get this crampy.
I do have a appt. With my Dr., but
couldn't get in until jan. 19. I would
really appreciate in advice and
information you could give me. Thanks for
taking the time to read my questions.
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Carifairy
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Posted: 01-02-06 12:13pm
Strings can and often do go up just inside
of the cervical os. Usually the string
change that you need to worry about is
them getting much longer, because that can
mean expulsion. Have you taken an early
pregnancy test yet? Can you have your ob
to give you a transvaginal ultrasound?
That way you can be very sure the iud is
in place :) I have paragard. I did have
mirena, but I had prolonged irregular
bleeding instead of reduction of the flow.
My strings went up into my cervix too. I
had them cut very short because I figured
that would be best. My paragard strings
are longer, and won't be going away. When
my strings left, they did an ultrasound.
