s/o periods - I am having a neverending period

[flipflopsandwine]

That happened to me after I had Clay. My first five or so periods were like 2 weeks long. It was ridiculous.

[mollz007]

I just got the paraguard IUD on september 4th and my periods are super heavy now. Freakin bloodbath. The first time I saw all the blood I thought something was wrong... like the IUD had punctured my uterus or something. :-|

[mollz007]

Oct 6, 2012 20:20:44 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Oct 6, 2012 20:17:10 GMT -5 mollz007 said:

I just got the paraguard IUD on september 4th and my periods are super heavy now. Freakin bloodbath. The first time I saw all the blood I thought something was wrong... like the IUD had punctured my uterus or something.

I also have the paragard. I had it before J, and I had a couple of heavy days each month, but it was comparable to what my period was before I started BCPs. Things are totally whack now.

Besides the heavy periods, it hasn't made a difference. The cramping isn't any different than what it was before. I was just surprised becaause I was on Yaz for 3 years before that and it made my periods totally stop- like I wouldnt bleed even when I took the white pills- so I was just surprised.

[auntie]

Have they checked your thyroid?

Thyroid issues can cause Energizer periods that go on and one. And they're common after pregnancy. The period before I got dx'd with hypothyroidism was 35 days long. A little Synthroid and all is right in my world.

[mountaingirl]

I'm sorry your period is trying to kill you. Hopefully your body will get back on track soon.

OMG, your little Joanna just gets more and more adorable!

[jane6672]

Oct 6, 2012 21:01:27 GMT -5 auntie said:

35 days long

:-|

[Deleted]

When I went off BCP I literally had 30-day periods. It was a hormonal imbalance, it was awful.

[papie]

It is totally the paragard, I have been dealing with bloodbaths too.
Good news, my last period, which was after two years of paragard in, was NORMAL. Like 4 days and containable.

[mollz007]

Oct 6, 2012 21:51:47 GMT -5 papie said:

It is totally the paragard, I have been dealing with bloodbaths too.
Good news, my last period, which was after two years of paragard in, was NORMAL. Like 4 days and containable.

More than anything, it scared me. When I saw how much blood there was I thought there was something very wrong. It looked like I had murdered someone.

[macmars45]

Oct 6, 2012 21:51:47 GMT -5 papie said:

It is totally the paragard, I have been dealing with bloodbaths too.
Good news, my last period, which was after two years of paragard in, was NORMAL. Like 4 days and containable.

Normal and 4 day long periods aren't ever in the same sentence in my world. I'd kill for 4 day long periods. I've never had less than 6-7 days and that's been just in the last 3 years. Before that they were 7-10 days.
/jealous