Mirena coil regret. WIBU to have removed this early?

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Would it be unreasonable of me to have the mirena coil removed after only three weeks?

I don't feel like I fully understood the side effects before I had it put in. The doctor told me I might have a week or so of spotting then irregular periods. So far I've been bleeding enough to be changing my pad every 2-4 hours and feel really tired and shitty. My iron levels were already really low and I feel like I had just got back on track with my iron tablets.

I'm in a fairly new relationship and we haven't had sex yet. As much as I would like to, and he's said the blood doesn't bother him, it makes me uncomfortable and I won't put myself in that position.

I've read up on this and looked at a couple of groups online and see that a lot of women bleed for months on end.

My doc has given me tranexamic acid to help with the bleeding but so far it hasn't worked.

Had anyone experienced similar? Would it be too hasty to have it removed this early when it could be life changing if I persevere?

Feeling a bit shit...

That sounds horrible. I would make an appointment and talk through the options. You shouldn't have to go through this.

I'd get it removed. If it was a pill you'd stop taking it. It's not working for you so you have the right to stop using it.

I'm due to get a blood test tomorrow to check my iron again (it was very, very low) and will make an appointment with the GP then. I really want to persevere with it but just hate this constant bleeding.

Sounds unpleasant but not uncommon.

You'll have a fight on your hands to remove it though. GP's can be like that with the coil.

I've heard that too. A few people on the group I looked at have removed it themselves!

Do be careful of advice from any group that has members saying they pulled it out themselves. Just because it's on the Internet, doesn't make it true.

Don't pull it put yourself whatever you do! The coil takes time to settle down & can be a positive life changing option for many. I was in horrific pain after mine, fobbed off for over a month before I demanded removal. It had migrated and was stabbing me internally on and off. Anatomy judged poor for coil & had it removed. Instant pain relief.

I wouldn't worry if you're not in pain though, I was an unusual case.

I would never dream of pulling it out myself so no worries there!

I barely tolerated bleeding for 11 months. The Dr admitted it doesn't agree with everyone and happily removed it. I think you might have to fight your corner a bit more if it's only been 3 weeks.

I think I'm going to persevere for a bit longer.

I mean, I bled constantly for the first 3 weeks of having my coil in, I was so exhausted I had to tell my male line manager. I have heavy periods and am at risk of anemia when off contraception (TTC is a bitch!) but I just take a multivitamin to top up my iron and it makes me feel a lot better. My mirena took 3 months to settle so I'd give it a little longer. Once it did settle it was great! Very light periods after that (sometimes none at all).

I feel your pain nine months on still having problems at least today and yesterday I didn’t want stay in bed all day, the pmt is horrific still got dull period pains though, good luck in getting it removed.

Don't give it a lot longer - the iron thing sounds really worrying.

But once you're decided, go in and make it crystal clear that you want it removed NOW and you're not going to budge.

The doctor told me I might have a week or so of spotting then irregular periods. - any resistance, quote this back at them and ask if it would help if you were to make a formal complaint, so that training can be improved when advising contraception options. Plus you'll kick up a stink about any further deterioration in your iron levels.

Sounds bolshy I know, but I too have heard about doctors basically refusing to remove it until you've suffered for x months. Your body - your choice. Simple as.

I bled everyday for 7 months. My GP refused to take it out until I went in, sat down and told her I wasn't leaving until she removed it.

Pressed too early. I had a copper coil after that and never bled in between my normal cycle. I did need TXA during my periods tho as I bled heavily to stay with but very manageable with TXA

I had similar to you and was told to persevere.

I wasn’t a person who stopped having periods, I’d just have a really light one for two weeks then two weeks off but I did keep it in for about three years. My doc told me to keep it for at least three months and by then it had settled enough to be tolerable.

I had issues for 3 years with mine, then icing on the cake, they think at some point it had got embedded in my cervix and my body rejected it as a foreign body (explains the very heavy bleed I had c4 months ago). And low and behold, now nearly 12 weeks pregnant with surprise DC#3...

Mine settled after 5 weeks and 8 months on I don't have bleeding

I had the Mirena coil for over 6 years & spotted for the majority of it. I was on the waiting list to be sterilised & the dr refused to remove the coil incase of unwanted pregnancy...err...I know how it works, having 3 planned pregnancies lol. When I kicked up about getting it removed, they apparently couldn't find the strings & i had to have it surgically removed at the same time as getting sterilised. I'm not a fan of the Mirena lol. On the other hand my dsis is on her third & swears by it....

When I had my first one fitted I bled from April to July, then one day it just stopped and I dropped into a perfect 4 wk cycle. It was lighter than my haemorrhagic 2 wk periods so I put up with it while keeping my fingers crossed. It was absolutely worth it for me, but it was pretty miserable

I had mine in just over a year ago. For the first three months the bleeding was horrendous, and I actually got prescribed the pill for three months to take concurrently to stop the bleeding and “kick start” the hormones of the coil. I only managed two months of the pill, as I felt so awful. Eventually the bleeding started to lessen, and now a year later I hardly have anything- maybe one or two days of spotting.

Mine lasted 6 months. I was at the end of my tether by the end of it but now no periods and it should cover me til menopause.

It definitely got much lighter after the first few weeks, and I got some cloth pads which were really comfortable. I got in the habit of just wearing one every day.

I hated mine, my GP was very keen for me to have one and couldn't get it in quickly enough. My MIL is a retired sexual health nurse and told me that so many women complain about them and that they are 'pushed' on women as gPs get paid for each one they insert.

I had mine out after 2 months. As others have said, you may need to be bolshy as they are reluctant to do it. I was very firm and insisted it was removed. It's outrageous that you should have to fight to have something like this removed from your body and really more transparency is needed around how good they are for a lot of women in the first place.

I hated mine too. It was awful and yes I did remove it myself.

I actually loved my coil AFTER a while. Give it a couple more weeks? If the GP won’t take it out go to a sexual health clinic. I bled a lot at first and was also someone who still had periods but it was something I didn’t have to think about for five years so that helped. You are not unreasonable for wanting it out if that’s what you want though.