lucky i checked the contents of my mooncup just now...

[JiminyCricket]

...as my coil was in it now flushed down the loo at a motorway service station. Could have been a quick way to having a third child, eh?

Did you not consider the havoc you may cause with blocked drains?

(Eeeeewwwww btw @ checking contents of mooncup!)

ooooh!

(i always check contetns in almost obsessional way)

Lucky you!!
Wish mine would fall out, I got an appt at gynacology (sp) to have it out under general anaesthetic!!
Must have been dead freaky jiminy

Oh my!

I had my third child with the coil still there mind.

I didn't know they were that small

god.

I'm having one put in in a few weeks, stories of them falling out make me wantto weep.
I'll shoot myslef if I fall PG again.....

I was quite happy with it, more the pity, will have to see doctor now.

BennyandJoon - I assume the coil came out when you gave birth? Did it not cause any problems?

LTH mine have never fallen out, in 21 yrs!!

Good job you checked JC

Me too BBB

LTH I had mine fitted on Tuesday. Still a tad tender but I should give it a check

ew poor you! having a coil has always put me off the mooncup, i just imagine it sucking it out

belgo - they seemed really unconcerned by it. More interested in me as a curiosity than worried about the effects

We never found the coil after they spotted it on a scan. We presume it came out and, erm, went somewhere, when my waters broke.

DD is 2 and a terror lovely

Well had a good fettle in my fanjo (sorry if TMI) and I think it's still there but my cervix feels a little swollen. I think I better see the GP about it as it wasn't like this last time

checking the mooncups contents is the best part about it...isn't it?

yes. that and winding people up about them. have so far failed to persuade even one friend that they should convert to a mooncup - one of my favourite possessions now!

I always check the contents of mine but usually after I empty it. It makes great patterns in the toilet

LTH take your fingers out of your ears and come and hear my horror story!

I used to have a coil called a "Gynaefix" or something like that. It was a string of copper beads which was sewn to the neck of the cervix! Having it put in was the most painful thing I've ever had done.

Fast forward 3 months and the darned thing fell out. No idea how that happened when it was actually sewn in. The Dr said she'd never, ever known one to come out.

I'm a medical mystery

ugh, yes the pain is putting me off going to get another one, but can't be bothered with the pill
my period is very heavy, which i presume was due to coil coming out ? started last weds and still heavyish (for me) today, though not as bad.