My Mirena Story

After the birth of my daughter Cortlynn , I decided that I wanted to get on birth control. During my pregnancy I had hypertension which I still have and my doctor informed me that the pill would not be a good choice for me. She suggested this new magical birth control method that I had never heard of before. It was the Mirena!

Now if you are not familiar with the Mirena, it is a small “T” shape device that is placed inside of your uterus. Once in place all you have to do is a monthly check to see if your strings are in place and that’s it! I was like you mean to tell me I can have a birth control that can be put in place and basically forgot about! I was sold.

The first five years that I had the Mirena were good, well so I thought. I noticed that I had become anxious at times and I had headaches that would come and go. There would be times when my vision would be blurred , but I assumed that was due to me working 8 hours a day at a computer. I never thought to myself that it could be the Mirena that was causing these issues. So of course when my five years were up I was ready to take that sucker out and get another one! ALL IN THE SAME DAY! I have no idea what I was thinking. Clearly I was not thinking AT ALL. I now wish that I would have taken the time to do my research.

So after about 5 months of having the Mirena the second time around, the anxiousness came back as well as the headaches. Sometimes I would just feel totally off. It was hard to explain to people how I was feeling . I was moody and emotional! I decided to talk to one of my friends who had the Mirena as well to see if she was experiencing the same issues. She told me that she was having hers removed in the next couple of days due to mood swings, weight gain and not feeling like herself! It was at that time it clicked and I realized that I was not going crazy , but it was the Mirena!! I was tired of being stressed and anxious!

So what do you do when you need more information regarding a topic. You hit Google! Even though sometimes Google can lead you down a rabbit hole. When I Googled Mirena side effects I found pages and pages of women’s stories. Why did I not look into this before I put the Mirena in ?? I should have did my research. For weeks it was all I thought about and talked about! I went back and forth with myself if I wanted to have my doctor remove this little device from my body! I mean on the one hand it has prevented pregnancy for 6 years, but on the other hand were the side effects I experienced worth it??

In the end I decided that I wanted to get back to normal and feel like my old self. I have been putting these hormones in my body for 6 years and obviously it was wrecking havoc on my body! So to all of my moms out there please do your research before you let your doctor talk you into any form of birth control. They may be thinking more about their pockets than your overall health. I’m looking forward to detoxing my body from these hormones! I’m so happy that I took a stand to have it removed! I’m feeling better already!

Have any of you been or are on birth control? If so what was your experience? Let me know below! I also joined a Mirena Facebook group and have been reading other women’s stories which have been eye opening.