Mirena coil implant advice

[Simba12345]

Hi guys! I would really appreciate some advice. I gave birth in January 2024. I know he’s my last baby so I wanted to get on a form of contraception that is long lasting that I do not have to think about. I was going back and forth between the hormonal coil and the copper coil. I had read that the copper coil can cause more cramping and heavier periods which was putting me off as I’ve always had painful periods so didn’t want to make that worse. After speaking to the dr who inserted the coil and her speaking to me about her own personal experience with the mirena coil; I decided to go with that. I have never used any type of hormonal birth control in my life before this.

So I had the mirena hormonal coil inserted in July 2024. Before this, I hadn’t had a period since giving birth in January- I was exclusively breastfeeding. After insertion I got mild cramping for a few days and a slight amount of spotting and that stopped.

2 weeks after getting the coil, I had sex for the first time since getting it inserted. The day after having sex, I started to bleed but it was just a very slight amount of blood and the dr had told me whilst my body is adjusting to the coil, it’s normal to bleed anything up to the amount of a normal period but anything heavier than that would be a concern.

I have basically been bleeding almost every day ever since then. The bleeding has never been heavier than a normal period and I kept googling whether this is normal and a lot of things I read said it can take the body up to 6 months to adjust. Sometimes the spotting/bleeding would stop and make me think it’s over and I could have a day or two with no blood at all, and then it will appear again.

The reason I haven’t gone to the dr about this yet is because the bleeding is very light and I have no pain at all. I haven’t managed to have sex often since July because I’m just constantly bleeding but on the handful of occasions I’ve had sex, it hasn’t been painful.

I’m just worried about whether this is normal. I have been bleeding/spotting none stop since July and it’s now November. And I hadn’t had any sort of bleeding at all since after giving birth up until July.

If anyone could tell me about their own experiences with the mirena coil that would be so helpful.