UTIs, pain, spotting in between cycles, bleeding during sex, fatigue and heightened anxiety with Copper IUD. Nat’s Story
Last year, while in an abusive relationship, I fell pregnant on the copper IUD. It had slipped into my cervix…
Last year, while in an abusive relationship, I fell pregnant on the copper IUD. It had slipped into my cervix…
I had the mirena iud inserted due to endometriosis. Within a day or two of insertion I was so anxious and irritable, I didn’t want to live in my own body anymore.
I've always struggled with fatigue and chronic pain and inflammation from autoimmune diseases, but they gradually became worse while I had ParaGard. Later that year, I ended up getting diagnosed with HPV and the doctor found atypical squamous cells on my cervix, neither of which were there before ParaGard. They also found uterine fibroids which also weren't there before ParaGard (to my knowledge), which explains the heavy periods. I ended up having a hysterectomy in 2019.
I should add that I’m a yoga teacher and three times that excessive bleeding happened during classes. It was extremely traumatic and I really caution anyone against taking the doctors word for it as being a contraceptive solution.