If you have a hormonal IUD, do you track your cycle?

[doyoulikemyyams]

I've had one for the past couple of years, and one of the side effects is that my periods have pretty much disappeared entirely.

Although I'm not actively bleeding, I do have some symptoms at times that seem pre-menstrual; my boobs get a bit swollen, and there are times when I feel very over-emotional.

Weirdly, it'd be reassuring to know in those moments that it's hormonal and cycle-related rather than life just being horrendous!

There seems to be a lot of conflicting info online about how the hormonal coil impacts your cycle, so I wondered what others do?

Do you keep track of when your period 'might' be, or do you just go with the flow (no pun intended!)?

No. I used to but eventually saw no point. I get occasional hints about my cycle but really, end of bleeding is one of the best things about IUDs, so why not forget all about it!?

Not much to track.

@JasmineTea11 I agree!

I simply found myself up at midnight last night in floods of tears – I've got a lot going on at the moment so it may well just be a perfectly natural response to life, but wow, the intensity of it...

It would have been really helpful to be able to say to myself: "and you're at that point in your cycle, so it's feeling worse right now"!