Has anyone had success with a mirena coil?

[Efarms37]

[Impatient]

Yes...it's been liberating and absolutely marvellous.

[jalo69]

Oh yes. Give it a whirl been brilliant. Have to be patient whilst it settles but if it works you wont want to let go..BFF!! LOL Xx

[Efarms37 in reply to jalo69]

Thanks I have already tried two but they didn't work after 3 months so I gave up..... After speaking to lots of my friends that have them they have confirmed the mirena can take up to 9 months to work? Thanks guys you have both given me the vonfidence to give another one a shot xxxxx

[mrsgoogle]

I'm 3 wks post mirena fitting. Maaaaahhhhhhhooooosive improvement ! I was told to give it 9 months to settle. I had a whole week totally bleed free (longest in years !!) then a 'period' last week. Bleed was not heavy , pain about the same as usual and now I seem to be stopping again. I tried the mirena in absolute desperation after 11 yrs of suffering (really didn't want one !) so far, (everything crossed !) I am better than before.I read way too many horror stories and nearly cancelled but am so glad I didn't. Go for it and good luck ! Let us know how you get on. It'd be great to hear more positives xxxx

[Clairelouise]

Me too - love it!!

[meme2]

Four months in and only bleeding lightly but every day still. Unfortunately it hasn't stopped the pain. Has the coil helped anyone with actual pain because I don't understand if I'm not getting big period bleeds, why I am still in so much pain. Can anyone help?

[Efarms37]

Yes that is also the big thing for me I dont have problems with heavy periods only terrible pain around ovulation and a week before period due. Has it helped with the pain?

[Impatient]

in my case when my periods stopped so too did my ovulation pain and the bulk of period cramps pain, but still get the odd sharp twinge and tweek as i call them. They can be quite sudden, and catch me off guard a bit, and annoying at times, but nothing at all to compare with the pains of before. more like a stitch after exercise. Even then it's not too often.

certainly a vast improvement, and simply not having to worry about when i would come on, how long for and how heavy was such a relief.

[worth71]

i had very heavy periods, i couldn't leave the bathroom let alone the house sometimes, it helped massively with this, but it took about 4 months to do that, it then caused my periods to be very irregular and some quite weird discharge (sorry if TMI) by around 9 months after it going in it did seem to settle and i would have a period anything from 2-4 weeks but it was manageable, and plus i kept bleeding, lightly, everyday up until around 15 months of it being in......from a pain point of view it did nothing, in fact the first 6 weeks or so the pain got much worse, i stuck it out for 18 months altogether, it was removed last week during my lap and i had an ablation done as i didnt see any point to it being in if it wasn't helping with the pain, and hopefully the ablation will help with the bleeding, i also had a lot of hair shedding within the first few months of it being it in, and have little thin patches on top which is my main reason i wanted it out, i didnt like the side effects.

everyone is different, i hear a real mixed range of stories, for some women it works miracles, and i think it should be tried at the very least, and give it plenty of time to settle, a few weeks is not long enough, minimum of 6 months, preferably more, i went through so many different stages with mine but for me i was promised 'no periods therefore no pain' and it simply did not do this, i feel i gave it long enough to settle though xx

[Efarms37]

Hmmm that's interesting thanks I had no periods naturally for 2 years and still had loads of pain. My pain does not seem to be connected with the bleeding in fact it can be constant sometimes