Is anyone TTC after Mirena Coil removal?

@EJay84 ahhh these are great signs! Ive got everything crossed for you.

Thank you! Who knows when it’ll be or what it’ll look like... but I’m hoping it can be the 28th!

I think I’ll cave and want to start testing earlier too but might be super disappointed if I see a BFN so I’ll hold out if I can. The CB early signs tests say you can use them 6 days out from a missed period.. which would be about 8/9DPO if you go by AF being due 14 days after ov..? X

@LaceyMermaid how are you feeling today? Any better on the spotting front..?

@EJay84 how about you? Any signs of implantation or anything? I’m not sure how you’re doing this, 1DPO here and I can’t imagine lasting until day 10/11! I’m still not really back at work so I think that’s adding to it - not enough distraction.

We’re due to get married on 28th Aug so I have my wedding dressing fitting today at 2pm! Excited but also feels weird because we don’t even know if it’ll go ahead yet... hope you’re all having a good Tuesday! X

Thanks @Amy259 I’ll see what happens over the next few days. I’m still spotting (probably more that spotting but not actually AF!) I can definitely appreciate being at the end of your tether!

@LaceyMermaid I think the recommended is up to 1600mg a day but I only day 800, just because that’s the tablets I bought. I take one (so 400mg) in the morning along with the other vits I take, then another one with dinner.

If you’re getting signs of AF and unsure, then maybe wait a couple of days in case it comes on it’s own? I had zero spotting but over 2 weeks of PMS symptoms and feeling really rotten, was at the end of my tether!

@Amy259 when do you take the Agnus castus and how much? I’m reading loads of conflicting advice!

Hi @AKC88 ☺️, your removal sounds similar to mine. I had mine out 11th June, had a withdrawal bleed for a couple of days, then what felt like the longest wait for my period to arrive. It came 5 weeks later on 16th July, lasted about 8 days, now today I’m ovulating (I hope!) as LH peak was yesterday. Now for the wait....

I was the same, totally going along the lines of just seeing what happened then my long wait for my first proper period made me realise how impatient I was to just get started 😂

Hi,

I had my mirena removed 9th July, had a bleed straight away the next day that lasted 4/5 days. Haven't had any OPK's yet so I'm thinking that was just a removal bleed and I haven't had a period yet.

From everything I read before having it removed I expected my cycle to return to normal really quickly but hopefully once a proper period comes in things should kickstart.

We aeren't actually intending to start to properly try until October but now the coil is out I'm impatient!!

@Amy259 Ok thank you! I’ll get some and take it if this AF doesn’t get going. I used to be like clockwork and very regular before the coil 🙄 but I guess it’s given me 15 years of no periods so can’t complain too much!

@LaceyMermaid so from the hours I’ve spent reading up on it, it seems that if you have regular cycles it can sometimes mess them up. But that tends to only happen if you have a short luteal phase, because one of the benefits is that it can lengthen them (which increases your chance of sticky implantation). So say someone had a regular 24 day cycle, it would probably lengthen it a little. But if you’re irregular/coming off BC it usually regulates them. I took it for that reason, but since discovered a whole host of uses for it - helps with progesterone, increases EGWM so can reduce risk of miscarriage, stronger ovulation, triggers ov in some women who can’t, reduced bloating/mood swings/PMS signs... the list goes on!

I think the biggest “neg” is that it’s pretty much untested in pregnancy so it can’t be classed as safe, but the general rule of thumb is you stop when you get a positive test (or your day of ov if you’re really worried) x

@Amy259 that’s really interesting I was a bit put off it because I read somewhere about someone that said it messed up their cycle! But I might get some and try it. I think my AF is trying to come, still spotting. If I bought some and started risking it tomorrow would that help so you think? Or shall I wait and see if it develops first? 🧐

@TraceyAnne21 congratulations! Lovely to hear some positive news!

@LaceyMermaid have you heard of Agnus Castus? I read and read and read about it for about a week before I finally bought it... and it may have been a total coincidence but within 36hrs AF arrived. I’ve taken it ever since too, and all my normal hormonal symptoms (bloating, acne, moods etc) have been WAY better. I’d really recommend it x

@TraceyAnne21 thank you that’s reassuring to hear! Congratulations! Did your periods come straight back?

@Amy259 no! 😭 just had some spotting that’s all 🤷🏼‍♀️ Getting cramps but nothing else! So annoying! I really thought this was it!

I had my mirena removed in Feb this year (age 43 with a history of endometriosis) and it only took us about 2months to conceive! It can happen very quickly!

@LaceyMermaid how’s things this morning? AF in full flow I hope? 🤞🏻

@EJay84 yeah I think I feel the same. I saw on another thread that some women stop drinking from when their fertile window starts until AF and realised I haven’t even thought about that, and definitely had wine this weekend. If I knew I was preg I wouldn’t of course, but hadn’t thought about around ovulation...

I’m a rubbish person for that question sorry because I don’t really drink 🤣

@Amy259 I’ve just realised I’m bleeding a little so maybe this is it finally! 🙌🏻

It took us sixteen months. I was 34. I had previously been pregnant at age 20 and at 25, both times without trying.

I had baby #3 at the age of 46 (yes really!) three months ago. Conceiving her took a year following Mirena removal (but given my age we were lucky to conceive at all let alone have a healthy baby born at almost 37 weeks). Periods returned to more regular than pre-coil frequency, very quickly after coil removal.
Good luck!

Oh man, fingers crossed something happens for you soon! I was 5 weeks after removal.

Here’s one for everyone.. what’s your rule with alcohol when TTC?! @LaceyMermaid @EJay84 @Mich2020 @Athena1985

No, no withdrawableed nothing ☹️ @Amy259

@LaceyMermaid did you have a withdrawal bleed? I had to have my coil out in hosp because my strings were missing, and the gynae told me to treat the first day of my withdrawal bleed as CD1 and go from there x