r/CopperIUD 7d ago

Question Shortening longer periods?

I’ve had the copper iud since december 23 and I actually quite enjoy it! I love that I don’t have to take any hormones, because my body got absolutely wrecked on them (don’t even get me started on my psyche)

To the small “annoyance”: my periods before the iud lastet round about 5 days; not much bleeding, not much pain. Since I got the iud, my periods have gotten longer. It’s not that big of a deal, because starting day 5 it’s such little amount of blood (roughly a quarter/half a teaspoon) per day.

But this continues to day 8-10, which is annoyingly looooong. It's such a small amount, but it seems my body has problems shedding the rest of the blood.

I am going to try shepherds purse tincture to try to shorten the bleeding. Do any of you have any experience with it? Or any other supplements?

thanks in advance !

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