I had my mirena iuc removed on Feb 16,2007 I havent had a period since then and i was wondering if anyone else experienced this. I also have breast tenderness should i worry even though home pregnancy test was negative?
I believe Mirena is one of the 'new" iud's which contain a form of hormonal birth control which is intended to be released very slowly? Many of these long acting hormonal birth control formats aren't all they're cracked up to be. They're all pushed heavily for a few years, (eg the injected implant, depo provera,) then after five - ten yrs, the effects are studied on women in the real world, and found to be less than stellar. Several have been quietly changed so they're now only Supposed to be given to women who are DONE having their family or used short term or both.
In some of the other drugs, (not Mirena, as far as I know) it has been found that many women failed to menstruate for months or years after discontinuing the drug. In the case of one of those mentioned above, it has been found that FIVE YEARS after stopping the drug, more women than in the general population weren't menstruating. (eg, there was a higher incidence of potentially PERMANENT INFERTILITY in the users of the Depo.)
It's very unlikely you'll have problems of this magnitude, but it would be fairly usual for your periods to take a year or even a bit more to regulate, depending on how long you had the iud. Any time a woman has been on hormonal bc for a long time, even the old long tested Pill, it may take a year or so for her cycle to regulate enough for her to reasonably expect to conceive.
It's Just one of those TEENY little Nothings that doctors and drug companies apparently think aren't important. (Imagine for a moment how many restrictions and warnings would be on a drug that made a man IMPOTENT for a year or more after he stopped taking it?!? )
In some of the other drugs, (not Mirena, as far as I know) it has been found that many women failed to menstruate for months or years after discontinuing the drug. In the case of one of those mentioned above, it has been found that FIVE YEARS after stopping the drug, more women than in the general population weren't menstruating. (eg, there was a higher incidence of potentially PERMANENT INFERTILITY in the users of the Depo.)
It's very unlikely you'll have problems of this magnitude, but it would be fairly usual for your periods to take a year or even a bit more to regulate, depending on how long you had the iud. Any time a woman has been on hormonal bc for a long time, even the old long tested Pill, it may take a year or so for her cycle to regulate enough for her to reasonably expect to conceive.
It's Just one of those TEENY little Nothings that doctors and drug companies apparently think aren't important. (Imagine for a moment how many restrictions and warnings would be on a drug that made a man IMPOTENT for a year or more after he stopped taking it?!? )