Please help - positive coil story please

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Dr really thinks the coil is the best option for me. Alongside my oestrogen patches.

Please can someone give me some positive stories. I am so scared. Know 2 people who 'lost' them and really didn't like.

I never lost mine. Had 2 copper coils for birth control. But oh my god, really painful to have in and out for me personally. Other ladies probably different. I had one vaginal birth prior to fitting as well

I had the copper coil for birth control for 3 years and it was a dream. Insertion was super painful but that's obviously only temporary, you don't have to think about it after that! Removal also painful but not as bad as insertion. I'd definitely recommend the short amount of discomfort for the long term benefits of the coil. I think it's very rare for them to get lost, and it's very easy to feel for the strings yourself so if it ever felt out of place you can just go get it checked x

Had three now, never had a single issue, no side effects (and no period for all that time! Bonus) I didn't even struggle with insertion or removal - not pleasant but only lasted seconds. Dr is very experienced though.

I had 3 mirena coils and they completely stopped my long, heavy periods.
Worked really well for me over about 14 years.

I had the mirena coil after years of problem bleeding and peri menopause. It stopped my periods completely and I went through the menopause on it. Had it removed last year. Bloody hurt Lol but no more periods 🙏❤️

I have only had one Mirena (almost due to get my second) and although insertion was a little bit uncomfortable it has completely changed my life. From flooding periods to basically nothing, and also no more PMT migraines, overall everything just better.

I've had a Mirena in for the last 3 years. Insertion was completely painless - and I mean that - it's not just that I coped well with it or whatever, I literally did not feel any pain or discomfort when it was being inserted. Think I took a Mefenamic Acid an hour beforehand. No cramps afterwards.
I had no periods for the first year, and now get the lightest, blink-and-you'll-miss-it period. It's great.

I had the Merina coil Inserted recently. So far so good. Haven't experienced any side effects at all. In fact I'm sleeping so much better.

Disclaimer: I had it fitted under a GA. I'll also have it removed under a GA too.

I've had a Mirena for over 20 years! Had approx two periods in all that time which was a huge bonus. Now on my first one for HRT as opposed to contraception and I haven't noticed any difference. Bleeding took a little time to settle (6 weeks?) with the very first one and each change over I have a day of dragging feeling and bleeding but apart from a pinch when they insert it (a good pinch at that but not awful) I have no idea it is there. I think if they work for you then they are really really good.

Thank you so much everyone.

It is a Mirena one suggested.

So it can be felt ?!! When you have sex ? How does that work ?

Can it get caught 😳

Also, how often do they have to be changed ?

Oh thank you I am already slightly less scared xxx

No it can't be felt once it's in, there's just a couple of fine threads attached to it. I've had no issues with mine - it saved me from horrific periods during menopause.

I’ve got a Mirena for HRT, had a copper one before. For me, insertion and removal were fine - took paracetamol before the insertions and didn’t feel much. My periods stopped as soon as the Mirena went in. Can’t feel it, no complaints at all. They only have to be changed every few years.

I’ve had a mirena for 18 months now, for the progesterone part of my HRT regime.

It has completely stopped my periods which had become hideously heavy.

I am so happy with it. The fitting was fine. I didn’t even notice it going in to be honest.

Mirena coil and estrogen patches have been brilliant for me. Insertion was painful but was over quickly. Felt a bit crampy for a week (no worse than a period) and had some spotting for a bit then my periods stopped completely.
I'm definitely going to be asking for another one when this one needs to come out.

I’m on my third mirena - initially just for birth control, now alongside HRT. I bloody love it. Almost no periods, waaaay less hormone issues than I ever had with the pill.

I have a Mirena. It has been so great I am actually scared that when I have it removed next year, my old symptoms will come back. I doubt they will though.

I got one when I was having very horrible perimenopause symptoms. Flooding, couldn’t go out as just bled everywhere, depression, massive anxiety (had to cancel holidays as couldn’t get on the plane, couldn’t get my hair cut). I then had oestrogen gel, and progesterone tablets which the latter just made me feel so low and in a dark place. I think I read on here about the Mirena and I asked for one.

Hey presto, 3 days later I was a new woman. 4 years later I am just amazed at how it settled everything down, and I got my life back. In fact it has been bliss with no periods and other symptoms are minor. I dropped the oestrogen as I kept forgetting it and it made no difference. It was just the Mirena I needed.

I don’t remember the insertion hurting any more than a smear and TBH I can hand on heart tell you if I was you, I’d take paracetamol, and just lie there and tell myself that it might hurt a bit, but it has the potential to make your menopause a walk in the park.

I am pretty sure I have circumnavigated the Menopause. In fact as a menstruating woman, I was a miserable cow, with terrible PMS rage, and I am a much nicer person now.

Good luck

When I have little procedures like this I always use yogic breathing, or you could use box breathing or some other technique. It totally takes your mind off whatever is going on. If you are worried try something like this.

I did this when I has an amniocentesis and the doctor was so impressed at my lack of worry that he said he was going to recommend it to all his patients.

Honestly though, inserting a Mirena is not a bad as you think it is going to be.

Thank you so much all.

I had to have a hysteroscopy last year - I don't think it would be worse that that and that was fine

I'm on my 4th...maybe 5th Mirena and I've found it fantastic. Periods few and far between, pre menopause when I did have a period it't was very light and lasted max 4 days. Since menopause started I use oestrogen patches and so far everything has been great. Skin and hair in better condition, sex drive back with a BANG (DH thrilled with this), my overall mood has improved and i actually get at least 6 hours sleep. And if I have a bleed (rare) it's literally a smudge when I wipe myself.

I had Mirena coils from 1994 to 2021, one after the other. Only stopped because my 60+yo cervix finally said no.

As you can imagine, they worked brilliantly for me for contraception, no periods and HRT. Never felt it during sex. Highly recommended.

Obviously there are some people it doesn’t work for, but it’s relatively expensive and the NHS would not keep offering it if most people didn’t love them and keep them.

I've heard many positive coil stories, and a few of ok experiences. I've also heard of bad ones , but people who have bad experiences tend to be vocal about them..

I've considered a hormonal coil myself, and I was told it would likely be another brand , rather than the merina, that I'd be given .

I had a mirena fitted due to heavy periods making me anaemic. I also think it helped my PMT. I didn’t find the fitting bad at all, but I did spot for 6 months after. I wish I’d had it years earlier.

I’m on my second Mirea Coil, my only regret is that I waited so long. I had been nervous of triggering excessive migraine attacks, which thankfully never happen.

For the first insertion it was under GA as I had ablation done at the same time, both to address extreme flooding. Took a while to settle periods and flooding, when it did settle it was just life changing.

After 5 years, I had continuous bleeding due to fibroids. Had a hysteroscopy and the coil replaced under GA. Gynae was not very optimistic as the ‘uterus capacity is now very large due to fibroids’ so she didn’t think it would stay in place. The good news was the bleeding stopped after 5 years. I had a check up this week, Gynae is delighted it’s in place above the fibroids which may help avoid a hysterectomy with menopause sorting out the fibroids overtime (fingers crossed on that).

The pill hadn’t suited me when I was younger so the success of the coil is just fantastic, life changing.

I have put on 2kg since the last insertion so it has not helped me keep off the meno tummy - nobody said it would 😃

*after 5 weeks!

It’s been a positive experience in that no bleeding beyond a bit of minor spotting for the first year. I switched from hrt pills to gel and coil and it improved my mood incredibly. A small dose of progesterone from that didn’t have the same awful effect on my mood as the pills.

the insertion wasn’t great, not painful but I fainted and had to stay in for an afternoon and was pretty out of it and in pain (like very bad period pain) for a couple of days and when it comes to taking it out I’ve got to have it done at the clinic at the hospital.

I won’t be having another one just due to that….

live lost weight rather than put it on….