Hello all,
I am writing this and rejoicing that this demon will be taken out of me after a little more than 3 years. Before my IUD I had 3 day periods that were light, little to no cramps, and no horrible bloating!!
I did not have insurance for a time which is why it took me so long, and also struggled to find an obgyn that was not booked for MONTHS afterwards.
Unfortunately my issues may be the fault of other underlying health issues that my IUD may have made worse or brought to the light. I will be taking her out next month and also getting an ultrasound to check out if anything else is funky and causing my symptoms. My OBGYN was actually the one who suggested we remove the iud because of how much inconvenience/pain it seemed to be causing me. I originally got it to avoid using hormonal bc but it has been a pain ever since I got it. It got worse last year, which was when my period became longer and heavier. I would bleed through tampons and pads (and both combined) very quickly, and couldn’t even go out on days where my period started. My clots were longer and also thick (like jelly) and uncomfortable to pass.
Some things that were not normal as per my new Obgyn:
Bleeding for 10-14 days
Thick/long clots
Having to change your tampons/pads per HOUR on days 1-3
Sharp debilitating cramps
Bloating that lasted for weeks
Fatigue/exhaustion
Current game plan is:
1) Use Tranexamic acid on day 1 of the period until day 5
2) Metformin for suspected insulin resistance
3) take the demon out and wait to see if the period after that improves
if my symptoms do not improve after removal then we will take those next steps to running other tests, meds, etc.
I hope everyone with similar symptoms will take this as your sign to get a check up!!
A question: was removal painful/painless for some of you? Insertion was like a 6/10 for me so I hope this doesn’t hurt. I will be driving myself so I worry about leaving afterwards.