IUD and bleeding...

[rugbywife]

So, I had mine inserted on August 19th.  Had just a touch of spotting afterwards. Now I am bleeding - could be a period, but it would be a bit early, like a week early?  But I have also heard that random bleeding/spotting is normal?

I guess my question is, how long will it take my body to 'regulate' to the IUD (Mirena, in case it matters)?.  I just don't really like never knowing when the hell I am going to bleed (not that I wear white pants every day...). 

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My Magic 8 Ball says erratic bleeding for 6 months, and then nothing after that.

LOL.

[puppylove64]

I've had spotting for 10 months now with Mirena:(

[gibbinator]

I got spotting for a day or two, then nothing for a couple days, then bleeding that very much resembled a period, and nothing since.

[mandapanda18]

Sept 1, 2015 12:32:30 GMT -5 rugbywife said:

So, I had mine inserted on August 19th.  Had just a touch of spotting afterwards. Now I am bleeding - could be a period, but it would be a bit early, like a week early?  But I have also heard that random bleeding/spotting is normal?

I guess my question is, how long will it take my body to 'regulate' to the IUD (Mirena, in case it matters)?.  I just don't really like never knowing when the hell I am going to bleed (not that I wear white pants every day...). 

Mine never did... not what you wanted to hear I am sure. I had it in for 16 months while BF'ing... I spotted constantly. I survived another 6-7 months without Bfing and had that shit ripped out. It took weeks for me to sync back up normally afterwards (like 1 week of spotting after removal, 3 weeks alter two bad "period like" days, and then a real-ish period another 2 weeks after that). I am hoping things are now back to what they should be.

[anna7602]

Sept 1, 2015 13:51:50 GMT -5 @choco said:

I had the Mirena inserted around 8wks pp and the random ass bleeding JUST stopped about two weeks ago. My kid is already 5.5 months old Even now, I had one random afternoon last week where I spotted minimally then it went away again. DH says it's 100% accurate re pregnancy risk b/c we never have sex anymore due to all of the spotting.  (wilted) 

Ditto random spotting, but I just KOKO regarding sex. The spotting is so light.

[osulori]

I had roughly a week of period like bleeding starting a little over a week after I got my Mirena...it was enough to make me think my period had come back, but it stopped after a week and hasn't come back since other than some light spotting here and there.

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Yep, every woman is different, very unpredictable. Some women spot well over 6 months. Some women choose to have it taken out for that reason. I would see how things are in a few more months. 

[rugbywife]

I am OK to KOKO with sex on days it is light. I would like to benefit from oral sex at SOME POINT in the future however...sigh.