Had the mirena inserted on Wednesday morning, as progesterone element of HRT. The insertion itself was a breeze, I was really surprised.
But the pains afterwards! 'Discomfort or period-like cramping' my eye. It's been more like thE awful pains you get as your uterus is contracting after giving birth. I have also been shivery and nauseous so I was worried about infection.
I've been back to the doctor who checked me over, doesn't see any signs of infection and the coil strings were in the right place. I've got naproxen which is helping and I think it's starting to fade now.
Interested to know if anyone else has had a reaction this extreme - part of my concern is that when inserting the coil the doctor also found a polyp and has referred me to colposcopy.
If they need to remove and replace the coil as part of that which I think sometimes they do, is it likely that I'll have a similar reaction? It would only be out briefly, so presumably my uterus might not react as strongly to it as a foreign body when a new one goes in but blimey, I'm not sure I want to do it again.