Coil removal but we need to be careful

[Butterflyone12e]

I'm having my marina coil removed in a few weeks time and we get married in six months time so we need to be careful as ideally I don't want to fall pregnant before our wedding.

Do you recommend religiously use condoms or do you think the withdrawal method could work around times when I'm not ovulating?

I have an app which tracks my cycle (standard 28 days) so in theory I have a rough idea of when we need to be extra careful.

I'm wondering what other peoples experiences were after removing this type of coil. I know with the copper coil you can be fertile straight away.

Thanks.

If you are that set on not getting pregnant pre-wedding, why are you even thinking about risking it without condoms?

That seems like tempting fate!

Why are you having the coil removed?? Just leave it until you are ready to TTC

Don't tempt fate! I wouldn't get your coil remove until after your wedding personally! We got married this Feb but I only got my coil out last month for that reason. x

It wouldn't be the end of the world if we did fall pregnant before our wedding but ideally we wouldn't.

I read a post before about that type of coil can take a while to leave your system so I thought it was better to remove it sooner rather than later.

@Itsemily and have you fell pregnant yet? We're both a bit older so it may take us some time. I guess that's why I wanted to remove the coil earlier to help 'save time'.

Let's not be all twee and coy OP. It's not like fairies come along in the night and you "fall pregnant" from a magic spell.

• If you have unprotected sex, you may get pregnant. No "falling" about it.
• If you don't wish to get pregnant, use some form of contraception until you do.

@BuzzShitbagBobbly Is there any reason to be so hostile? I'm sorry you don't like my terminology of "falling pregnant". It's a pretty well used term.

I asked for peoples experiences after removing the coil, if you don't have anything constructive to say in a less derogatory way then perhaps you can jog along pet.

People’s individual experiences will vary, some women find that it takes a few months for their cycle to return and in others it comes straight back. However once the coil is removed you could potentially get pregnant right away. The withdrawal method isn’t reliable, especially if you are coming off hormonal contraception and your cycle might not be regular or predictable for a few months. If a baby would be disastrous then the safest thing to do is to use condoms for a few months until you are ready to start TTC.

I wasn't hostile. I have a mirena and there's no way I'd have unprotected sex/rely on withdrawal because I absolutely don't want to get pregnant. Your posts came over like you definitely didn't want to get knocked up before the wedding.

And yes "falling pregnant" does sound like it magically happens to you without any input, when we all know that's nonsense.

Telling me to "jog on pet" for pointing all that out is about the most hostile thing on this thread, but you do you and have a great day

No I'm not pregnant yet but only had it out last month, end of last month that is. So I'm not even a full month in yet anyway. Only advise we can all give is if you don't want to get pregnant before your wedding, use another form of contraception.

I think just bear in mind sperm can live up to 5/6 days once inside you, so don’t just use condoms shortly around ovulation. If you don’t want a baby before your wedding, use condoms I’d say. Not worth the risk!

I know the idea of being pregnant is all romantic but my experience is very different & thank god we had no holidays or big events planned as I’ve been severely sick! & even if you just get mild symptoms, I’d personally have loathed for them to affect my wedding day. Stay child free, have the best day ever & then think about it. Use protection! It’s not for too long!

I personally decided to leave the Mirena in until after my wedding and conceived within 2 months after taking it out a couple of months later. My nurse told me that you go back to normal fertility as soon as it's out. I'm not sure where you got your information from, but things vary from person to person I guess...or my info is 4 years out of date

@unbreon that’s good to hear as I have just started a heavy period 3 weeks after removal , so I know I’m back into rhythm . Hoping to conceive next month as we TTC this month but I don’t think my body was quite ready .

Glad to hear a success story :)

I think there is a general set of myths around that "your body needs time to get back in it's cycle" This isn't correct and probably due to "other factors" that people aren't aware of prior to stopping said contraception.

The mirena doesn’t take a while to leave your system. I would leave it in if you can. Alternatively, yes be extremely careful with condoms. Pull out method is NOT a form of contraception, I know many babies who were a result of the pull out!

@Itsemily Good luck! :)

You can be fertile straight away after having the mirena out. I got pregnant within weeks of having mine out, didn't have a period after it coming out, did a test and bingo. Just meant I had to have a dating scan as I had no idea about dates.

I had my hormonal coil removed in September, used a period tracker app to avoid pregnancy for 5 months without getting pregnant and then had sex in fertile period and got pregnant. So it worked for me! But it wouldn't have been a total disaster to get pregnant in those 5 months. Also, the trackers are obviously only really accurate if you have regular cycles and therefore can predict when you're ovulating. Maybe use condoms until you know what your cycle is doing.

Oh and, I found it took months to have a period after having the implant removed and coming off the pill but after coil removed had my first period a month later and 27-28 days cycles from then on. I think most of the hormones do work locally to the uterus so systemic effect is less. Good luck!