Coil being removed next week...

haha yes, in 5 weeks time this could be you! i wish i could hold out telling my DH till around 8 weeks as im worried about the risk of mc due to conveiving so quickly. i know itl really knock him sideways if we lose it and he will assume the worst that we will never have a baby etc.

Good luck anyway and keep us updated!

Good luck KatoPotato!

Huge congratulations ladies! Really glad I updated now! Fingers crossed for healthy incident-free pregnancies for you both!

As you know I had to be referred to Gyn as my strings were missing, but he managed to pop it out no problem! No pain, just a very queer feeling!

I asked about fertility etc and he said 'try tomorrow, go for it!' Which I've not told DH as he'd faint - I've told him it'll take 'a while'

I also had zero periods after about a month of insertion, so who knows?

well fingers crossed for you too, it seems i ovulated quite late as my light af started on the 8th of dec and i used pregnancy tests almost every day and never got a positive from a clear blue early test until yesterday which is weird. i expected my next af on the 4th of Jan and got negative tests that day. due to never having a period with the coil in and always been on the pill before that i have no clue of my natural cycle length and guess ill never find out now either! lol.

I have everything crossed for you Mummyinpink. There are lots of ladies who have gotten pregnant after the mirena with no issues but I have everything crossed. I'm sure when you tell DH at the weekend it'll be very exciting then too .

I'm not 100% when I ovulated. I have two phone Apps (MyDays and FF) and one said I was ovulating around the 27th Dec and the other the 31st! So I expect the 3rd was a bit too late so i'm just waiting on my period so we can crack on with trying for the first cycle .

The nurse did say there is always a chance of conception after removal but it will just depend on where I was in the cycle. If I am then i'd be very happy but not expecting it.

thanks popsicle and writerwannabe - even though this is my third pregnancy i still feel totally scared and daunted at the prospect of doing it all over again, my second had terrible colic for weeks which nearly sent me over the edge and im so scared of it happening again.

My coil came out on the 27th of november. had a slight bleed 3 days after (red blood for a few hours) then a week after that i had what i think was a 2-3 day period, very very light and wasnt even sure if it was a period but it must have been. so i should be 4wks+3 now if that was my AF.

I had the mirena coil and didnt get period at all a month or so after id had it, im very aware this could end in a mc due to my lining being thin as iv only had one very light AF since removal but we shall see!

I am hesitant about telling my dh as if it does end in mc i know he will blame the coil as he never wanted me to get it in the first place as he was convinced it would affect me having kids in the future. if you had it out the 3rd, do you know when you ovulated? could there be any chance you conceived as soon as it was removed?!

Congratulations Mummyinpink. That is great news. When did you actually get your coil removed? Which type of coil did you have?

I was meant to get mine out early December but then had to cancel appointment . But re-arranged and had it out last Friday (3rd). It was completely painless and I didn't even have a withdrawal bleed which I was expecting.

I had the non-hormonal coil so hoping I see no real change in cycle length. I should be due on around 11th January so once that's out the way we can start the first ttc cycle .

Kato how did your removal go?

Congratulations mummy

Well some good news! I actually got my bfp yesterday on both a morrisons own brand test and a clear blue digital which said i was 1-2 weeks pregnant.

Had a slight mental breakdown yesterday convinced id done the wrong thing but today things seem a bit more sunk in! Havnt told DH yet though, i need a few days to process it before i do and plan to tell him at the weekend and make it special

Good luck and how did the removal go?

I'm posting live from the hospital waiting room!! How did you all get on? X

Violets when u say AF arrived soon after coil was out how long did it last? Im so confused right now, 3 days after it was out i thought my AF had arrived but it only lasted 12 hours, then 7 days later i had another bit of spotting for a day or so and then that just stopped on monday morning and nothing since. What does this mean for my cycle i just have no idea!

I'll throw my positive story in too. Had my mirena out on the 22nd October, AF came 8 days later and then got my BFP last week. So it can happen straight away, and I didn't have any periods whilst it was in.

I got my LETTER!

But it's the 7th Jan :(

Still delighted and excited!

Hi ladies, hope everyones havinga good wknd? Ive just been to tesco and purchased some pregnacare :-) so sad that i cant wait to get home just to take one! Ha

I had my mirena out start of july. One AF immediately. 2 nd one start of aug then we started TTC. BFP in sept :-)

Dunno how normal it is getting pregnant so quickly tho as I also got pregnant with DS first month after stopping the pill... We feel very lucky!

I meant folic acid obv!

I started taking the colic acid as soon as my coil was out, then the conception vits after about a month as my diet isn't particularly great anyway and thought they couldn't hurt. Now still taking the pregnancy ones.

GP never offered me my coil, although she did show me it, and I think I probably could have kept it if I'd wanted

Great idea though to surprise your dh though!

MrsW, I turned 40 in September. ??
As for taking conception vitamins, I started taking them a month before my IUD removal. My GP asked if I'd been taking folic acid and I said I was taking conception supplements and she said good. I don't think it's silly to start preparing your body for a possible pregnancy. It can help your chances.

Is anyone taking pregnacare conception tablets? Really tempted to buy some but worried im just being silly?

Well im gonna say i want it and make a joke about surprising my oh with it! Lets hope she sees the funny side...he will not believe his eyes when he sees that sat in a box!
How old r u little owlie - if u dont mind me asking ofcourse? I think if its meant to happen it will despite any disadvantages we may have. Whats meant to be will be and all that...

MrsW -yup. I was a bit surprised when my doc offered me my coil. I didn't really want it for anything, but did think 'Ooooh maybe' for a moment. My doc then said 'it's probably just me who's interested in things like this'. So I reckon people do ask to keep theirs from time to time.

As for me, I should be OVing Sunday/Monday, so have been dtd in the run up. I'm trying not to get too obsessive TTC tbh. But scared myself silly reading about the reduced fertility once you hit 40. And I'm seeing pushchair and little ones everywhere and berating myself for not having kids sooner (not that you have much choice around personal circumstance).

Anyhow there have been some lovely success stories here and I hope we all get our BFPs very soon.

Stories like this always warmly appreciated! Massive congratulations x

Haven't read the whole thread, but just to give you my story.

I had the Mirena coil taken out around mid July, had first bleed shortly after. Then had proper first AF around the end of August, and again the end of September. We then decided to start TTC on the 3rd October, and on the 26th October, I tested and was pregnant

Good luck to everyone TTC!

I'm still here too!

That simultaneously is lovely and sucks Kato :( think it'll be similar seeing my nephew on Sunday!

I'm still here!

Spent a glorious afternoon at my friends cuddling her two-week old boy who slept like a wee angel on my shoulder...

Ovaries were SCREAMING! - still no letter :(