Has anyone experienced really heavy heavy - I mean trickling down your leg bright red blood - and large clots bleeding whilst having the copper IUD? I went to A&E twice and it was only upon the second visit, I was actually transferred over to the gynaecology department for a check up. My GP did not want to refer me because she thought I was just panicking and it was the effects of the copper IUD.
I had a surgical termination about 10 weeks ago, and I was pregnant with twins. I had the copper IUD fitted during the same appointment and I was assured all was well and I could go home. I bled for about a week, then had two bleeds that resembled a period but nothing insane or painful.
On Wednesday 13 October, I started bleeding insanely heavy. No pain or discomfort just bright red blood that would keep going on and on and on soaking through maxi pads fairly quickly. Upon the second visit to the A&E, the gynaecologist examined me and my pelvic came back fine, he did say my bleeding was unusual and I had large clots but my uterus felt okay and I wasn’t in any pain. I had an transvaginal scan which showed the copper IUD was in place but I had a lot of tissue around the copper coil and some blood clots possibly on the bottom of my uterus. The gynaecologist ruled out fibroids, cancer and anything else serious and prescribed me tranexamic acid alongside norethisterone to stop the bleeding.
The bleeding has massively reduced, no longer passing clots and I can actually function without having to hold my crotch area in fear of leaking.
I’ve got another scan in a week to confirm all is fine. Has anyone else had experienced anything like this and if so, what was it?
I’m so afraid I will come off the meds and the bleeding will restart. I’m only 24 and this is causing me a lot of anxiety and depression.
Many thanks.
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Copper IUD hell - excessive bleeding
Ronnie211097 · 23/10/2021 08:53
I had a copper coil but had to have it removed after a few months as the bleeding was unbearable!
I went from having regular very light periods, to erratic, horrendously heavy ones with dreadful pain once my coil had been put in.
Sorry to hear you're suffering op 
@brittleheadgirl I honestly could not believe that I could bleed that much and not die... I am going to have it taken out for sure and give mu body a break for a month before going back on the Mirena coil or maybe the pill. I have no idea!! Why do we have to suffer so much as women? 
Mine felt like a constant heavy flow. With the large clots. I very nearly gave up on it. It was a friend who told me it would get better that enabled me to persist. I'm glad I did. It gives me no bother now at all. The flow was so heavy at one point that I bled all over a chair I was sitting on 
... and this was at work! I can understand why people give up on the copper coil and get it taken out but in my experience if you can make it through the first few months it does get better. Although I'm pretty sure mine is the reason to m getting recurrent thrush now so might get it taken out for that (GP is adamant it isn't the cause but I'm clueless as to what else could be the cause!)
@BalancingStick Oh no... I totally feel you and empathise. I could not stand up straight for longer than 10 seconds because the flow was so heavy. I think I leaked through my clothing 3 times in that space of time. If it were not for the medication, I am pretty sure I would still be going with the bleeding - it felt like it was never going to end. Did you see anyone about the bleeding? How long did it last for you?
I have also been told by my GP and a nurse that the coil can cause recurrent thrush in women that are more susceptible to it. I am sorry this is happening to you. Why is being a woman so challenging at times?
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