IUD/copper coil pregnancy advice

[Biscuitbear8]

Hi all,

I am brand new on this site so I apologise in advance if this is a thread that exists many times over. I have just found out (Thursday) that I am pregnant (did 4 home tests!). Obviously unexpected due to coil but not a bad thing at all. I have been to the dr today to have it removed which seemed to go smoothly as far as I could tell (literally took about 30 seconds from start to finish). That was at 12pm and so far (touch wood!) I have not had any pain or bleeding. I would like to know what I should expect after having the coil out whilst pregnant? How much bleeding/pain is normal and what would indicate a miscarriage? (I think I am super paranoid as I became pregnant a couple of years ago on the coil but wasn't aware of it until I was miscarrying at around 7-8 weeks. My last period started 7th December 2013 so by my calculations I am only about 5 weeks pregnant. I have a scan booked for Monday morning next week to check for it being ectopic. I can't believe how much life has changed in the space of 4 days! This time last week I hadn't considered having children for a while (supposed to be getting married in September too!) and now I would literally do anything to protect this baby.

Any advice/stories would be helpful... I am constantly thinking about this, checking for bleeding... I also do a job which can be dangerous which isn't really helping my anxiety!

Thanks in advance

:)

This sounds so, so much like me (down to getting pregnant in the run up to our wedding, and the sometimes dangerous job!). I was utterly shocked, did 4 pregnancy tests and still was in disbelief. I had the coil taken out at about 5 weeks pregnant - I had no bleeding or pain at all. I had an uncomplicated pregnancy - DS is now 16 months and despite all the disruption of an unplanned pregnancy (rearranged wedding, cancelled honeymoon etc) he is the best thing to ever happen to us. Hope all goes smoothly for you too.

Thanks SpanielFace. It's good to hear that it does go well for people. I so so hope it does for me too. :) What job do you do? (If you don't mind me asking) also did you move your wedding forward or postpone it?

I'm a vet - not specifically dangerous but there is always a risk of exposure to X-rays, drugs that can cause problems in a foetus etc. I definitely held an animal for an X-ray before finding out I was pregnant (while wearing a lead gown, but still not ideal). It's unavoidable sometimes, but obviously you would delegate to someone else if you were aware that you were pregnant!

We moved our wedding forwards, mostly because we were going to lose deposits. I was 24 weeks pregnant at the wedding, (rather than 38 weeks, which I would have been if we'd not changed dates). I had hoped that I might still have a tiny bump and be able to keep my original dress, but I wasn't so lucky and had to have a new one. But it was lovely - everyone knew I was pregnant so we didn't try to hide it, I had a gorgeous floaty Grecian style chiffon dress and my hair, skin and nails were the best they've ever been in my life!