Hello!
First post on Mumsnet, but joined a few years ago.
To avoid drip feeding (and apologies for the length 😳):
I got the Copper IUD fitted on the 1st of June after having our second baby in February.
My periods have been heavier ever since and I usually have 2-3 days of intermittent brown discharge/pink or red spotting before it starts properly.
I then have 1-2 very heavy days and around 5 days of medium-low bleeding until it tails of to nothing.
This month I had my usual run up and then only one heavy-ish day. In the previous three months I've had to change pad every couple of hours on the heaviest day.
I didn't experience that this time though and have had had mainly medium flow afterwards and then nothing.
It could just be my cycle settling down and getting used to the IUD, but I'm still feeling slightly crampy and the last few evenings I've felt a bit nauseous.
The main thing that's got me wondering is that I seem to be crying at the drop of a hat.
Everything seems to be setting me off at the moment: the Pampers Preemie advert, tucking my little boy in at bedtime, the clip just shown from the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games...and these are just a few incidences off the top of my head.
So I guess I'm wondering if anyone else has continued to have a bleed with the IUD but actually turned out to be pregnant?
Any input welcome, and thank you in advance 😊.