So, the saga continues.
I made a post a couple of days ago about my excessively heavy bleeding on the copper coil and being put on tranexamic acid and norethisterone hoping it would settle. Well, it sure has been a ride. For the 7 days I was on tranexamic acid, I barely bled, had minor spotting and could somehow enjoy my birthday despite feeling incredibly depressed because of the bleeding and having to wear granny pants non-stop with giant pads making it look like I am wearing a diaper. I have also been taking norethisterone which I am not entirely sure why now as it made the bleeding come back after I stopped taking the tranexamic acid. The bleeding returned with minor period pains and one evening I had the gushing-type bleeding which eventually settled and now it's like a moderate flow with smaller clots but the blood is red and fresh. I have no pain or bloating, maybe some bloating on the evening that the bleeding returned. I rang the gynaecology ward to query this who told me to monitor the bleeding otherwise to return to them. It was fine but the next morning I noticed it became heavy again so I decided to call them back and came across a rude nurse who told me to speak to my GP to be prescribed tranexamic acid again - which is total nonsense as you cannot take so much tranexamic acid in such short period of time.
Anyway, the bleeding is here but it is not as insane as it was when I made my other post but the anxiety is still here. I have my scan on Monday to confirm everything is fine and I have decided to have the coil taken out which is luckily this Wednesday. Of course, the anxiety is there that something is totally wrong but I think I had the copper coil put in way too quickly after a surgical termination and didn't give my womb enough time to heal after the procedure.
Any advice on contraception? I would like to have the coil taken out and have a break for a month or so before returning to contraception. I don't need anything long-term as we are thinking of getting pregnant in the next 3 years or so.
Also anxious that something wrong will come up in the scan or they won't be able to locate the strings of the coil when having it taken out - to be honest anything that could have gone wrong has gone wrong. Argh!!