Hello Ladies! I've had the IUD since September of 08. Since I got it, I experienced light spotting for the first 2 months. After that I've spot here and there. The only side effect that I am experiencing is that fishy smell and I HATE IT! It even happens when I'm intimate with my husband, and I just don't feel like having sex anymore because of it. And the other one that I have noticed lately is feeling bloaded. Right now I am very busy at work and school, and sometimes I even feel scared that I get pregnant and that thing being put in my body. Any suggestions?
Several of us have decided to band together and try and get people informed about the potential side effects that are caused by using the Mirena. We have several “irons on the coals”, but we are starting with a petition to the FDA and a website. They not meant to be inflammatory, rather, to raise awareness. Please take a look at it, sign it if you agree, and please pass it on. Since I am not a regular poster on this site, if you would like to contact me (or get involved), please go to the curezone site, or contact us through the petition site. (I am going to put this on as many forums for Mirena as I can find, so I probably won’t be checking back.)
In a nutshell….. (Tag line for the petition)
“Mirena birth control users are not provided necessary side effect information.”
We have designed it to be signed by everyone. This device did not just affect us, but also those around us (husbands, children, family, friends, etc), and their voices should be heard as well. For all of you outside the U.S., please sign as well-if the U.S. labeling can be changed, other countries should follow suit- please feel free to copy the petition text for use in petitions to your own governing bodies.
The more signatures we have, the greater impact the petition will have-EVERYONE COUNTS! Please remember, at one point most of us were out there, not knowing what was happening to us. There are so many women right now who are suffering, and we can help! Let’s make this happen!
In a nutshell….. (Tag line for the petition)
“Mirena birth control users are not provided necessary side effect information.”
We have designed it to be signed by everyone. This device did not just affect us, but also those around us (husbands, children, family, friends, etc), and their voices should be heard as well. For all of you outside the U.S., please sign as well-if the U.S. labeling can be changed, other countries should follow suit- please feel free to copy the petition text for use in petitions to your own governing bodies.
The more signatures we have, the greater impact the petition will have-EVERYONE COUNTS! Please remember, at one point most of us were out there, not knowing what was happening to us. There are so many women right now who are suffering, and we can help! Let’s make this happen!