bleeding after Mirena removal

I got my IUD out a week ago today, the dr did say spotting would occur and would be normal but the next after getting it out and even now Ive been bleeding out the wazooo with big blod clots!

i had my mireana removed 3 weeks ago and now i am bleeding and clotting it has been on and off but today its like a  very heavy period !!!!! i really hope this dosen't last any longer

 

I had the Mirena removed 7 days ago, first day no bleeding, second day light bleeding, third day it got worse.... now into day 7 extreme heavy bleeding with even bigger clots. I had the Mirena removed after a year of being inside of me. I had EXTREME BAD headaches.... I thought I was going to die. Went to the ER 3 times, had an CT scan and MRI done on my head, they couldnt find anything wrong. The Dr.s just told me I had developed extreme  migraines and they didnt think it was related to the drug. I NEVER had headaches in my life prior to the drug inside of me.  I told them I sense it was the Mirena because during my cycle (spotting) every month I would get headaches. Each month it was stronger and stronger until I couldnt handle it anymore. I tried to get the Mirena out at the doctors office, they couldnt remove it, it was embedded into my muscles. I had outpatient surgery to get it out and ever since, extreme bleeding, clots and fatigue. And my headaches have been decreasing day by day, today I really havent had a headache.....

Wow, I didn't realize so many people had problems.  I loved my Mirena.  I had it for 4 years, had light periods and even managed to lose 40 pounds.  Everyone I know who has one loves it.  This is the first time I've heard of someone not liking it.  I just got mine out last week.  We are going to try for baby 2.  I admit the bleeding and clots are heavy and kind of scary but I would still get a mirena after this baby.

I actully enjoyed the time I had with the Mirena. My periods got lighter every month and the only pains I had with it was when my husband and I would have sex doggy style. It was like I could feel him hitting it. We decided last week to try to have another baby after having the Mirena in place for 18 mths so I went to my OB/GYN and had it removed last week Wedensday. I had started my period the week prior and was finished by Wednesday when I had it removed so I thought... The doctor told me to expect some spotting from the removal and not to try to get pregnant until after my next menstral cycle but did not say why. I didnt think to ask either and when Thurdsay came I started to bleed like I was starting me period all over again but much heavy and more clotts. It has been 5 days now since I had my IUD removed and it feels like I am on day 1 still of my period. I have googled side effects of having the Mirena removed at least a hundred diffenernt ways and still have not been able to find any documented medical explanasion for the bleeding or even how long to expect it to last. I went to the mirena web site and they dont even talk about side effects after the Mirena is removed when you are not having it replaced with another. After 10 hours of internet reading from hundreds of others that have expierenced the same thing as myself. I am going to assume that the bleeding for 5-14 days after removal is normal as your body is getting ride of the lining that has built up and the cramping and clotting is all part of it... IF anyone has been able to find a true medical website that gives a true medical explanasion please post the web site for myself and others to view.

thank you ladies! I have the same problems so ditto...I had my Mirena removed and asked the doctor what kind of side effects can I expect to see after the removal and he told me none...so I don't want to waste a trip and who knows how much money to ask him what is wrong with me to be told he doesn't know...or go through a bunch of costly tests.  It sounds like I just have to "go with the flow" and hope it ends soon.  I'm taking iron and vitamins because of the blood loss but I really doubt there's anything that they can do to stop the bleeding and nature has to take its course.  Also having IBS and clotting after removal.  Just want to say I'm very dissapointed in the Mirena..had it for a year and was always spotting, darkish bad smelling blood...almost like it takes too long to shed (your lining) so it stays in your uterus too long kind of thing.  I'm no doctor, but that's my guess.  It started to get worse, and smell was a better contraception than the actual Mirena itself.  Hope you all get better...will try the red raspberry tea so thanks for the help...

I had my Mirena put in 5 weeks after the birth of my 3rd child. When my mood went from being amazingly happy about not being pregnant anymore (I had a very difficult pregnancy) and enjoying my family to feeling like a psycho freak in a matter of days I knew it had to be a side effect. I had it in place for all of a week. When I went to the Dr. for my check up to make sure it was still in place I asked them to remove it, they brushed me off saying I had the baby blues and wrote me a script for Zoloft. I went home and pulled it out myself. I felt 100% better within about 6 hours but the bleeding scared me a little. I havent passed blood clots as large as most on here so Im feeling thankful. Im glad I figured out that Mirena wasnt for me early on, I just wish I had done a little more research before putting a foreign object into my body. Good luck ladies!

I had mine removed on Wednesday last week due to abdominal pain, continual spotting, bleeding after sex etc. Then I had implanon inserted into my arm the following day. On the Saturday I started a light period which seemed to be over by Wednesday and I thought great, no probelms. Then this morning I awoke to the feeling of blood gushing and hopped out of bed to discover this period was only just beginning. I don't know if having the implanon will change anything, but I hope this doesn't go on for as long as it has for some of you. I haven't read all of the posts as there are so many but if anyone else has also changed from Mirena to Implanon I'd be interested to hear the outcome.

I had my marena removed last week and didnt start bleeding until a few days later, im still bleeding now and quite sore. Is this correct?:-(

i had the marena fitted a few months after my sons birth and i had it in for just under 3 years! i didnt have many problems with it in only the weight gain and mood swings so i had it removed 3 weeks ago and im still bleeding! i started bleeding the day after i had it removed. i  thought i stoped bleeding at the weekend but came back in sunday night! Ive never had a period like it before not even after giving birth twice!! but from all the posts i gather its normal!!  just hope i come it will stop soon!!

Oh Mirena was such a pain for me....Got it in Feb 2011..bleeding and spotting almost all the time..(usually for 15 days) then used to get a break for 5-7 days then again use to start..my doc told me to wait for few months so i waitted 6 months for that..then i started having sharp pain in my right side of lower abdomen..so i went to doc and he checked me..he said I got yeast infection and he also told me to get sonography done...After sonography reports he said i got a cyst..so that is why its hurting me soo much..So i decided to try for pills..This is Oct 2011 now..My mirena just came out... and i started bleeding heavily..i also started taking pills ( Necon 0.5 35) dono what's gonna happen now...

I had Mirena put in September 2010. From the day I had it implanted to a doctors appointment in the beginning of January I had gained 30lbs. During those 3 months I was the more active than I had been in years. I  had stopped using and eventually sold my car so I walked everywhere. Also I did not changing any of my eating habits, but I continued to gain weight. I had sudden and extremely painful cramps, so bad at times I considered going to the ER. I went this past Friday to have it removed. Final weight gain count is 50lbs in one year. I was not a small person to start with so this was devastating to me since I had already worked so hard to lose 50lbs only to gain it back. I told my doctor this on Friday and she told me that it wasn't the Mirena, she said that women gain an average of 10lbs between the ages of 20-30. The problem with this is I gained 50lbs not 10lbs and I was 30 when it was implanted.

Well I am on day 5 and I am bleeding non stop I wish I knew when it would stop oh and I have gained 50 pounds after my mirena. Had it put in right after my daughter was born 6 weeks later and now just had it removed thank goodness after 3 years of no bleeding. 

Glad to find this topic and know other have this trouble too.. still a bit worried and thinking about the ER right now. Had the Mirena put in as a last ditch before ablation or partial hysterechtomy (they wouldn't consider either option till I tried this first *grrr*). Had it in for 3 months, and had terrible experience- 3 solid months of bleeding, nausea, pain, dizzy spells, and discovered that it affected things round about- the constant pain and so on caused my blood pressure to go up, I kept getting infections that I never dealt with before that (and which have gone away now in just teh 3 days since I had it out!!), the pain and infections played havoc with my diabetes making it 3 months of sheer heck to control my sugars.

Now 3 days after having it taken out, because I was in so much pain, I was told that it was coming out on its own, my body was trying to expel it, and dialating, etc. Ugh!! As if thats not bad enough the bleeding is getting worse- soaked a new pad AND tampon in 1/2 hr, and when I went to get new again it poured into the toilet . If I try a kegel tightening the blood pours again, enough to soak through the toilet paper quickly. (pardon the bluntness there, but I hope it helps if anyone else has these symptoms). If this keeps up tonight I am on my way to the closest ER. The cramps suck big time, but that's not new. Just scared about the volume of blood.. I read anything over 24  pads in a day I should call the gyno, but at this rate 48 pads and 48 tampons in a day will be absolutely RIDICULOUS!!

Time for another round of pain meds and another pad replacement *sigh*

It might work for lots of people but in my case this was the worst birth control/way to try to control my menses EVER, and I have been on every kind out there trying to help the pain and bleeding. Hysterechtomy here I come! Please!

I had my Mirena inserted in December 2007. Insertion wasn't fun (but we ALL know that). The first six months where not fun (we all know that too). The remaining 4 years seemed pretty easy.

I had mine removed October 4th, 2011. My doc told me to expect heavier mucus, some bleeding, and to watch for signs of infection. My husband I needed to abstain for a week after removal.

What my doc did not tell me that "heavier mucus" is more like your vagina has the flu! Have you ever felt like your vag sneezed all over you?! I have. No issue with abstaining the first week doc. Who wants to have sex with a snot rag?

Then came the cramps. Boy did they ever come.

I feel like I have to defend my level of pain tolerance before I continue. I worked an 8 hour shift in 2009 with a ruptured appendix before being convinced to have surgery (not because I'm stupid, I was getting married and had a dress appointment the next day.... OK I'm stupid.). Even my gyno has told me my pain tolerance is too high and I need to listen to my body more. My point is, I can take it.

Back to the cramps. They started about 3 days after removal. Not too bad the first day. I actually had forgotten what cramps felt like and though I had gas or something. The next day brought on the clots and I realized I was actually having a period. By the end of my day I was going to go to the hospital. I curled up on my couch with a heating pad and cried. It was an ibuprofen and vodka kinda night. I did not go to the hospital.

The pain subsided the next day and even more the next.

October 13th, 2011: Everything seemed fine. Back to "normal" even. I figured I got off easy. The following week I spent in Las Vegas. Lot's of drinking, unprotected sex (with my husband), woohoo!

Came back to reality Oct 21st, 2011: That night.... some light spotting.

October 22nd, 2011: A moderate period and some clots. Lot's of small ones. Changing tampons every 3 hours.

Sunday October 23rd, 2011: I wanted to die yesterday! The only thing that helped was moving around. Lot's of moving. Walking, running, anything. I spent ALL day in the kitchen cooking pies, and pasta, desserts, homemade everything (Martha can suck it). Why? It helped to move. It only hurts when you stand still.

TODAY October 24th, 2011: As I type this have to stop and take a deep breath every so often. These cramps are kicking my ass. All I want to do is go to bed and sleep but laying down doesn't help. I feel like a butchered cow. I'm so tired and so weak. I'm nauseous. I drank a Rockstar and ate some food. All I want is protein. I am craving a tuna fish sandwich or egg salad or a really, REALLY rare steak. I always crave protein when I have my period but this is out of control. I had tuna out of the can for breakfast. I feel like some kind of a protein vampire! Hubby is getting steak for dinner whether he wants it or not. With a side of boiled eggs and tuna salad. LOTS of spinach. He will be lucky if I even cook the damn thing.

I believe my uterus is a) extremely pissed off and getting revenge, b) cleaning house. After 4 years of almost zero (I was one of the lucky ones) periods it has to clear away the cobwebs (metaphorically speaking).

I'm going to give myself another hour, take a hot shower and call my doc just to confirm what I (we) are experiencing is normal.

Hang in there Ladies!