Mirena poll

[oswin]

I know a bunch of people here have gotten Mirenas and I'm curious how long on average people spot. I got mine four weeks ago and I'm still bleeding every day, and  it's nothing like my postpartum bleeding was so I don't think it's that. If you've had multiple Mirenas with different symptoms, answer for the first one.

[Velar Fricative]

I had Mirena inserted while I was still knocked out from my D&E in May, so 3.5 months so far. I bled for two weeks after but that was normal D&E stuff. Since then, I've been bleeding for a few days once a month and it's driving me nuts - I thought I wasn't supposed to get periods on this thing!

[NinaSimone]

I'm on my second Mirena, both inserted at 6wpp. Both times I spotted the day it was placed and then not at all afterwards.

[somersault72]

I said 1-2 months, but it wasn't continuous. I get random spotting now. I'm talking every 3 months or so and it lasts 2-3 days.

[oswin]

Aug 27, 2015 15:09:09 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I had Mirena inserted while I was still knocked out from my D&E in May, so 3.5 months so far. I bled for two weeks after but that was normal D&E stuff. Since then, I've been bleeding for a few days once a month and it's driving me nuts - I thought I wasn't supposed to get periods on this thing!

I had heard that periods are supposed to be lighter and that *some* people don't get periods, so I'm not necessarily expecting to not bleed at all. But it's driving me a little nuts that I'm still bleeding after four weeks and I'm just hoping it's almost over. At least it's easy to deal with with a divacup though.

[boscobee]

Ugh. Probably not the answer you want but I clicked 2-6 months, I think around 3ish months. It drove me nuts! It always came out of nowhere as a big gush staining my underwear, sometimes I even wore a tampon because it was too much for a liner. It finally stopped, and now occasionally I spot for a couple days, usually just noticeable when I wipe, nothing on my undies. I've had mine in since 6 weeks PP.

[isabel]

I got mine at the end of June and bled pretty much non-stop (not a huge volume) until a few weeks ago. I seem to be bleeding again now, but it's intermittent. Thank God I use a diva cup and just empty it once a day because otherwise I would be really annoyed by all of this. This no period thing better happen for me.

[VillainV]

Maybe a teensy bit of pink the day it was inserted, then nothing until a few days after it was removed (I had it for a year to the day). I didn't get my first PP period until it was removed.

[irish]

I've had mine in 4 weeks now and I've had spotting nearly every day though it has gotten better. A liner was fine didn't need anything more. I started my period today which is right on schedule and it's definitely different to the spotting (diff colour). But the pain has been tolerable so ill take that! (Got it inserted for painful periods as well as contraception).

[winemaker06]

6 weeks. It sucks. My doctor told me to give it just a little more time. Then it stopped and I had a wonderful year with nothing. Worth it.

[Willis Jackson]

It lasted FOREVER (like 4mo). I still get a normal period too. It's annoying.

[gibbinator]

I had mine inserted 8 weeks pp, bled a bit that day, spotted for a week, and nothing since. I'm breastfeeding still so I don't know whether or not my periods will come back or not.

[anna7602]

I got it about a week before my period was due. No spotting at all that first week, my period arrived on time and was the usual heavy, crazy pp flow for about 5 days, which my OB warned would happen. Then I kept spotting for about a month after that. No bleeding at all for a few weeks, then I felt crampy and PMSy and had what I thought was a super light period for 2 days. I thought that was it. Now, 10 days later, I am bleeding again and it's tampon-worthy. No idea what's going on.

[smm5623]

I did great after insertion but once I stopped breastfeeding I'm getting normal-ish periods that seem to last forever (7 days of moderate bleeding then another 5ish of spotting). It happens every 2-3 months. So unpredictable.

[greencrayon]

SS- 9 months before I had a kid, 8 weeks after.