Mirena IUD and very painful sex

Hi all,

I have been reading alot of these posts, as i was trying to research pain during intercourse with the mirena, and although i am shocked at how many cases there are, i am glad i am not alone.

I have had the mirena for 9months now, and was brilliant, i have had only three periods in that time, apart from very light spotting that only lasts a day, no pain, no worries....that is until july!!!!

I was checking to feel that the strings were still there, as they had told me to do from time to time, and to my surprise i could feel not just the strings but the end of the mirena. Although this worried me, i thought that maybe because i was a week away from what would have been my period, that this could have been down to the cervix being slightly open. So i didn't think much of it. Later that week i went on a works night out on a power boat, followed by a drinking session. once i got home, me and partner were having sex, when he noticed i was bleeding, not much but it was fresh blood. By the morning there was no sign of any bleeding, so i forgot about it. 3 days later, me and my partner had just finished intercourse, and as soon as we had finished, i was in agony. it felt as if something had been pushed up inside me, it was like a tearing pain, this led to really sharp cramps for the next few days, and finally came to a head one evening when i went to the toilet in pain, and to my horror, i had mis-carried! i was in complete shock, as one i didn't know i was pregnant and two didn't think i would get pregnant on the mirena.

As i thought about it and worked things out, the dates tied up to when i would have been ovulating, and if i had caught, could possibly explain why my mirena tip was so low that i could feel it, as if the pregnancy was pushing it out. The day after the mis-carrige, i went to the clinic to get checked and they said that it was quite possible from what i described, that it was a mis-carrige, but after checking me, assured me that it was now in the correct position and advised me to keep the mirena.

since then, my partner has said a few times that he can feel it, and have had one occasion where i have been doubled over in agony after sex, to the point where he has had to put me in a hot bath to ease the cramps in my belly.

What made me research this today is that again when having sex he could feel it, but he said it doesnt feel like 'wires' but solid plastic, and obviously after he felt it, we were both on edge as he didnt want to hurt me again, and couldn't relax and enjoy.

After reading these reviews i am definately going to have mine removed, as i feel like it is slipping out of position alot, and do not want to get pregnant again just yet.

I am sorry if some of this has sounded a bit crude, but wanted to get my story out there and hope that it advises poeple as others have advised me.

xx

I have had my mirena for two years and I am finally getting sick of these cramp pains. The are a 50-50 shot after sex and I have experienced the bleeding occasionally as well. I am nineteen years old and have had no children so I can not compare the cramps to labor but it does feel like a uterine spasm. The talk to a doctor online things all charge for the same vague answers. If your mirena is causing problems, from all the research I have done while not in the fetal position crying shows, go to your gyno and tell them of the pains. Descibe them in detail and show the affected areas. I am going in tomorrow to check for cysts. I will not get it removed but I do not want these pains. The best I can tell people in response to their questions are that the cramps subsided for me after a meal and something cold placed near the pelvis region. Men, I'm sorry but the strings will poke you until they soften and curve themselves around the cervix; it is dangerous to cut them too short so deal with it. I may come back with my final posting after I see my gyno tomorrow.

SAME EXACT PROBLEM! It is becoming kind of unbearable, which is why I'm trying to find answers to my problems! My boyfriend and I had sex three nights ago and it felt like my mirena was being rammed and moving all over the place... and this seems to happen whether it's rough or not, really... and it still hurts really bad today! I feel like I'm pregnant again or something (I'm not). Did you find anything out? Would love to know! I'm all paranoid that it's going to become embedded into my uterus with all this pain I'm having! :(

Im starting a new relantionship been divorced for over three years and havent had a sexual partner since then. so i wasnt worried about being on birth control pills. I had a horrible experince with the IUD the first time felt like it was poking me, so i had it removed. the birth control pills do not work as well as it causes me to have too many side effect issues as I just found out Im in premenopuase stage. So now after reading these posting Im calling the doctor tomorrow and having her give me the depo shot wich worked out great for me except for when I came off of it..but I wont be doing that. Your periods stop and you dont have to worry about taking a pill every day. I never had any issues with the weight gain just the blood pressure which I always did. This for me is the best method and works perfect if you surfer from heavy and painful menstural cycles like I did. You wont have a string hanging out and the man will be safe as well. just a thought. im calling tomorrow thanks again for this feedback. I was wondering what it would do with having oral sex etc.

I have been reading a lot of these post and have not found anything quite like what I have had. When I was pregnant with both my girls I could not have sex, due to it being very painful, but not in a cramping uterus way it was almost like I had a cut right at the entrance of my vagina and it was more of a burning pain esp. after my husband would "finish" it was like putting salt on an open sore hurt so bad, sorry if that was TMI.  After I had my first daughter sex went back to normal and I was so relieved!! Then I got the mirena and starting having the same problem.   I kept it for a couple months thinking that my body just needed to adjust, but ended up having it taken out. I then tried the progesterone pill b/c I was breastfeeding and had the same problem.  Hubby and I were careful for the next few months until we decied to have another child.  Again I had the same problem as before, and again after having baby 2 the pain went away. ( My poor patient husband). I now have the paragard which I have had for about 15 months and I am starting to have issues with that, but that is another story.  I am considering trying the mirena again but can't decide.  Hubby would get a vesectomy, I know we are done having kids, but the thought of making it permanent is scary.  So has anyone had anything like this?

YES my hubby has the same problem.

i als o have the mirena and have had it in for over a year and my fiance and i have not had a problem. He also said he can feel it sometime but its not a horrible pain. I guess that is normal. But the other night we were having sex and right after he was in i had this sharp pain, i tried to ignore it, but it got so bad i had to stop. After we stopped the pain just got worse, and i had to go to the hospital. It felt like i was having contractions.i have 2 kids and know how that feels. When i got ther they sid it was common with sex, to have pain like that, they gave me pain meds and said all my test results were fine. i dont beilve them bc after i left i wasa still in so much pain. i am going to make an apt on tuesday to see my ob but if anyone has any answers before then please let me knwo. My partner is scared to have sex until we find out what is going on bc he doesnt want to hurt me. Need answers.

That is incredibly assumptive. No I do not have "rough sex" (and wouldn't I know better than you...) and still have incredible pain in my lower left side. And these people are obviously not talking about a "string" bumping and scraping their genitals. This post doesn't help anyone.

They need to hurry up and make Reliable, reversible male contraception avaiable for those men that do want to have children. For those that don't I would highly recommend getting the snip. From experience its a short, one day, outpatient surgery and nothing that a bag of frozen peas after can't fix lol. I hated my wife on birth control pills there is too many side effects! She was moody, she said she always felt bloated and unhappy, got 10kgs heavier on them, women are also at risk for Blood clots, high BP, strokes etc etc. She tired all types of brands until finally she had an IUD placed. It stabbed my penis too and caused her to have painful cramping all the time like razors cutting from the inside, she also spotted while not on periods which meant our sex life reduced. Since the snip, life for her and myself is 100x better!! The things, women have to put up with just to not have babies is pretty unfair its about time us men took a sacrifice for once.

I have delivered vagianally and I bleed every time after sex most of the time light but sometimes a bright heavy red. I also have the pain and cramps everyone is talking about. My husband can feel the iud and nothing about it is pleasant

Hey! I am having this same problem. What is up?

A doctor can open your cervix with a shot of Relaxin. it is not painful, and the doctor can grab the strings. It isn't something to be worried about :D

This happened to my husband! I went to the dr. and they cut the string shorter and that worked for us!

i have the same problem

My husband gets poked to, it poked him so bad tonight that it actually cut him right below the head, wish we could fix this but so far no pain for me