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To think I can go to work after my Mirena fitting?

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OatcakeCravings · 29/01/2014 19:01

Just that really. I'm getting a Mirena coil next week and I have meetings in the afternoon which I have to go to but after reading up on it I'm now thinking this may be a bit ambitious. Has anyone had one fitted and then fine just to go straight back to work?

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NCISaddict · 30/01/2014 08:44

I fainted when I had mine put in and I've had three children. I then felt awful and bled heavily all afternoon and for six months afterwards so definitely couldn't have gone to work. The GP wouldn't let me go home until he'd rung DH to make sure he understood I was to rest.

Kerosene · 30/01/2014 08:53

No kids, and I could easily have gone back to work (though used it as an excuse to have DH bring me ice cream and sympathy). Have a painkiller, cup of tea and a biscuit, you'll be ok. The insertion wasn't a pleasant sensation - a bit like a drawn-out and unpleasant smear maybe, and I felt a bit wobbly until I'd had some tea, but I didn't find it cripplingly painful.

MrsAMerrick · 30/01/2014 09:03

op if you are doing this to sort out heavy periods, don't assume it will work, it does for some people but not for others.

I had a Mirena fitted in an attempt to deal with heavy periods and they got worse not better, which given that they were flood like beforehand wasn't fun. Insertion wasn't too bad, no worse than a smear, but clearly people have very differeng experiences of it.

Good luck, hope its not too painful.

pointythings · 30/01/2014 09:12

I had a copper coil, blood pressure plummeted to scary Casualty levels and they kept me at the surgery for 3 hours. It isn't always straightforward. It was before I had children, but it seriously put me off trying a Mirena afterwards.

Scholes34 · 30/01/2014 10:06

After reading posts like this, I expected the insertion to be painful. I thought it wasn't, but it's possible that it was simply not as painful as I'd been led to believe. I took painkillers before, and then some later on. Everyone's different, so hard to predict how you'll be, but if you're a "stuff and nonsense" kind of person, you'll probably be fine.

NCISaddict · 30/01/2014 10:20

Don't think being a stuff and nonsense sort of person is anything to do with it, I've had three labours with only some G&A but having the coil put in felt like someone was driving needles into my pelvis, my BP plummeted hence the faint, not much I could have done about that with the power of positive thinking.
It's as well to be prepared (don't assume you'll be ok to drive yourself immediately afterwards) for the worst and hope for the best.

Marcipex · 30/01/2014 11:07

Scoles34, what has 'stuff and nonsense type' to do with it?
I have had:
A failed insertion by a panicky GP - awful experience.
A successful but very painful afterwards insertion at Family Planning.
A successful and no pain afterwards insertion, some doctor and same Family Planning clinic.

What type does that make me?

chipshop · 30/01/2014 12:05

I breezily thought I'd be fine after having it fitted in the morning and set up work appointments in the afternoon, but it didn't work like that so I'd plan for the worst case scenario. I am never off sick but I couldn't move all day, I managed a few emails on my BB and that was about it!

I couldn't get off the doctor's bed for two hours to start with, then a neighbour saw me bent over in my driveway and helped me to bed when I got home. DP arrived back from a foreign trip a few hours later which was useful as I needed the loo and couldn't get up! Took me a week or so to feel right again, sitting up was very painful for a few days.

I asked the GP whether this was normal when I went back for the check-up and she said most fittings aren't so bad but the fact I hadn't had children made it worse.

shouldnthavesaid · 30/01/2014 12:32

It's not a case of stuff and nonsense at all. It's a case of conditions that make insertion very difficult, involuntary vasovagal reactions, anaesthetics for insertion, etc. I never chose to spend the night in hospital, but due to my anatomy and the several conditions I have affecting my vulva/vagina it was entirely impossible for me to have it fitted in a clinic, it had to be done in theatres which meant I had to spend the night on a ward. Thankfully when it caused heavy bleeding and uterine contractions for 12 hours there were nurses able to give me strong medications and make sure I hadn't perforated/expelled. Not a case of stuff and nonsense at all!

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OatcakeCravings · 30/01/2014 12:51

Gah! You know what I think I might cancel this and try the mini pill! It sounds horrific. I have had a child but I had a CS not a VB. Gah! Again!

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nickEcave · 30/01/2014 13:06

Wow you lot are really worrying me. My GP suggested the mirena at my last pill check (been on pill since I was 20, now nearly 40 and completed my family). I was seriously considering it but I had CS with both my children and never laboured so I'm now worried that the fitting could be excruciating. I find smears quite difficult as my cervix is quite far back - is a fitting about the same level of pain as a smear or is it much worse?

NCISaddict · 30/01/2014 13:15

Smears are absolutely fine for me, no pain at all. I had the coil removed after six months of constant bleeding and went onto the implant which worked really well, one very light period about every three months.
You might be alright on the mirena though, loads of people are.

Chopsypie · 30/01/2014 13:28

I had c sections and 2 coils and was up and about immediately. No problems, didn't need painkillers etc.

Had crampy pain whilst it was being put in but they stopped by the time I was dressed.

HerGraciousMajTheBeardedPotato · 30/01/2014 14:09

I find smears quite difficult as my cervix is quite far back - is a fitting about the same level of pain as a smear or is it much worse?

Same here, and I wonder whether that is the reason I find the coil fitting so difficult.

But TBH I think it is worth the 'discomfort'. 10-15 minutes of fairly severe period pain, followed by several hours of feeling quite feeble, but not ill or in pain, are a small price to pay for the almost non-existent periods and great convenience.

joshark · 30/01/2014 14:25

I had mine put in after baby no 4, I fainted and it was bloody agony, I did vist a friend for coffee and sympathy after but not the same as a business meeting. Although my friend has has 2 fitted after each of her c sections and been totally fine during and after

StinkerBoo · 30/01/2014 16:24

The first one I had (aged 22ish, no baby) hurt so much (only for a couple of second but OW) I thought I was going to be sick. The second one hurt, but not as badly as I remembered (27, still no baby). The third, fitted earlier this month, about two months after giving birth, didn't hurt at all. The nurse had to tell me it had been fitted!

Marcipex · 30/01/2014 16:26

OP, I'm very sorry if I am one if the posters who put you off. I was only trying to be realistic about the actual day of insertion.
Mine have been a godsend for painful periods and I will have another when this one times out.

Writerwannabe83 · 30/01/2014 16:32

I was advised to take 2 days off work after insertion - which I was able to do as I worked shift patterns so just arranged my shifts to accommodate this. However, I could have been in work as I was absolutely fine afterwards.

My GP wasn't confident mine would be easy to insert (as I hadn't had any children) but it went really well - she said herself how surprised she was about how easy it had been. I'd taken some Ibuprofen about an hour before the appointment and then just took if I needed it. The insertion was a little bit uncomfortable at times (just like how having a smear can be) but I certainly wouldn't have described it as painful. It took about 20 minutes from start to finish.

Writerwannabe83 · 30/01/2014 16:37

Also - it was a God Send in terms of my periods. I'd previously had 5 day, very heavy, blood every where, painful periods, but after the Mirena things changed dramatically. I continued to have periods every month but they lasted 2 days maximum and they were so light it was unbelievable - even using the smallest size tampons were a waste of time and so I just used panty liners - the blood loss didn't even justify sanitary towels.

I had my Mirena removed after 3 years as me and DH were TTC - I was pregnant in less than 6 weeks and as soon as possible I intend to have another Mirena inserted after the birth

tb · 30/01/2014 18:26

I had 2 copper coils before I had dd, the first was a copper-7, the second a graviguard-T. There were no problems with the insertion, just a bit of discomfort that was fine with painkillers.

It was the same for the Mirena after dd was born. However, the constant heavy spotting/bleeding for the next 12 months meant that I had it removed.

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 30/01/2014 18:40

I had a CS, wasn't pleasant having the coil fitted, but didn't stop me functioning as normal afterwards.

Snatchoo · 30/01/2014 20:40

I did.

I rode my bike there and back and took paracetamol in the afternoon as I was a bit crampy. For a few days I could 'feel' it but it wasn't painful.

I was only out of the office for about an hour!

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