Pregnancy symptoms on copper iud

[Annelyra18]

Hi all,

Hopefully you can help me. I have a copper coil currently, and my periods are usually every 26 days on the dot. However, I have had two days of lights rust-brown spotting in the middle of my cycle this month (never experienced before) and sore boobs even though my period is still a few days away. I also have a strange metallic taste in my mouth and I’m VERY tired. Staying in bed past 8am is not my usual style but the last few days I’ve got up at earliest 10 and have felt exhausted all day. I think it’s too early to get a positive test but I will try this evening. Does this sound like pregnancy? What should I do? Other than wait to see if my period comes? I’m a little concerned that if I’m pregnant I have an IUD in place.

I’d say wait and test the day after your period is due (if you can) - it’ll save you some money! Symptoms sound a bit suggestive but our bodies can definitely trick us sometimes. There’s no urgency to doing anything else though.
If you do get a positive test, you’ll obviously have a decision to make. Best idea will be to make an appointment with your GP. But for info, risk of ectopic pregnancy is higher than if you got pregnant without IUD in place (though still much more likely the pregnancy is in the right place than not) - for that it’s usually a good idea to have a scan at 6 weeks or so. Typically it’s best to remove the IUD if the strings can be seen - your GP could do this for you. There’s a small risk of that causing a miscarriage, but that risk is lower than the risk of leaving it in place (which can cause later miscarriage). Hope that helps? Good luck

Thank you. It has turned out that my IUD was in my cervix and I’ve had it removed (with very little fuss as it was basically out already) today. Pregnancy tests still negative but I’m still five days away from my period. Still experiencing sore boobs and some cramping.