Hey ladies, You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that I am not alone... I have never really responded to any blogs like this before.. But this one... I must!! I am 23 and I had my daughter June 19th 2008. About a month or so later I decided to go ahead and get the Mirena because as so many of you have also said.. The drs. really so talk it up. They told me it was the best thing they had our right now.. Very little side effects, and i would have a very light period of I even had one at all.. Well shoot.. My period only lasted about 3 days before i ever got pregnant.. and it had always been light.. And when I was pregnant I did enjoy not having to worry about. So why not.. Well I gave it a try.. I spotted for about a month or 2 if I remember right.. and then nothing.. I didn't have a period. Besides an occasional light spotting every once in a while. So far so great... So I thought.. I got the abdomal (if that how its spelled...) pain.. Shortly after I had it put in.. and I mean SHORTLY after.. I began to notice an odor down there.. and it was not a good one at all! It was soo embarrassing.. I kept thinking it was all in my head.. I was living with my boyfriend (soon to be husband) at the time.. and I showed him.. I wiped my hand on my creases and he smelled it and said "ya that does kinda stink... You just need to take a shower.. So do I".. So even more so I thought it was in my head.. But as time went by I kept telling him how the smell doesn't go away after I take a shower.. It's as if I haven't even showered... I knew something was wrong.. But didn't once think it may have been the IUD... Me and my boyfriend had some problems through out our relationship.. He slept with other ppl... So that worried me, and I constantly wondered what was wrong and did he accidently get something from someone... I went and got tested multiple times. And let my midwife know that I was worried about the odor.. and that I never had it before.. My boyfriend tells me I never had a smell and he always loved how clean I was.. I did NOT feel clean anymore.. I felt so modest... and insecure.. I didn't know what to do.. I didn't know what to think. It was summer and I didn't go anywhere or really do anything because the smell was sooo strong.. You could smell it through my clothes.. the smell doesn't go away till I wash my clothes.. So my laundry basket stank! I began to think that I may have been experiencing a bacterial infection.. So she gave me some medicine for it cuz she noticed the smell as well... But my test results ended up coming back negative all around.. I went back in a couple weeks later cuz the smell was still there and stronger than ever.. she said "well all of your tests have been negative... Are you sure its not just way my body smells?".. I told her I didn't think so... cuz it never smelled like that before.. and she replied. "well you had a baby. Your body changes after a dramatic experience like that." So again I thought I was trippin.. And Just letting things get to my head.. But deep down I knew something wasn't right..

I also noticed my hair... I have ... well had (cry) extremely thick long curly hair my entire life! I almost didn't know what to do with it all cuz there was SOO MUCH! I have always had some hair come out when I would wash my hair.. That is natural. But as time went by I noticed my little balls of hair were getting bigger and bigger... And as i would wash my hair my hands would be consumed by hair that just.. fell out.. Me and my man both figured it was cuz of stress.. and all I ever heard from people when I would bring it up was "most people lose hair after having children.."... ok... So I just did all I could to stay stress free.. Which was pretty hard being a new parent... And having this odor and hair loss. And all the other side effects.. ( Which I just recently read through and I couldn't believe I had just about every one that I read.. It made me cry) For the time I had it put in, I believe it was late july 2008 till about 6 months ago... Feb 2010.. I have been dealing with the horrible side- effects and not getting any answers for them what so ever! I would go to a friends house and they would smell it.. but not say anything.. Just say "what is that smell!?" I would play dumb... What else was I to do..

Then the abdominal pains began to get extremely painful.. I have always been pretty good with dealing with pain.. And I wasn't going to take myself to the ER for someone to tell me im fine.. when I know Im NOT! It got to the point to where the paing was almost constant.. The times it would finally go away was such a RELIEF! I charished it! But it wouldn't take long before the pain was back .. I could barely bare to walk, sit, stand, anything.. Pushing on pain didn't help at all.. There was no stopping it.. I convinced myself the mirena had to be in wrong or something for these things to be happening! so I finally went in and told my midwife I wanted to take it out! I couldn't take the pain.. I told her that if things didn't change after taking it out I would maybe get it put back in.. or maybe look into the birth control that goes into your arm.. I am not having sex anyway. So I really don't have a need for it. And when I do I will look into getting it again.. (HELL NO!) I WILL NEVER LET THAT THING ANYWHERE NEAR ME AGAIN!! I will NEVER reccommend it to anyone!! I told my little sister she should get it.. Till I learned all the side effects were because of it.

I have had it out for about 6 months now.. The abdominal pains when away immediaty after it was removed! Had only slight cramping from time to time. But NOTHING like it was.. I was losing so much hair that I started washing my hair only once a week because It was soo depressing to wash my hair and when I take my hands from my head all there is is hair. You can't even see my hands.. I cry just typing about it.. ...And now my hair is less than half as thick as it was before I got on this stupid DEFECTIVE birth control! It has changed me completely! And I hate that I waited so long to find all this out! I was just scared I suppose... My love is the only one I talk to about it.. Besides the hair loss. But with that everyone just says its stress.. I know that is wrong though not only because I now have this proof.. But because My life has been stress free for the past year almost.. Besides the fact I am stressin about my odor and My darn hair falling out! GO FIGURE! .. Now im just wondering how long its going to be before these symptoms go away... Or what I can do to get them treated.. If anyone knows anything please let me know..
Also I am willing to fight this 100% in a law suit! Lets get this thing going! They need to get it off the list of birth control!! It's the worst thing that has ever happend to me.. It has ruined my social life.. because I don't want to go around people cuz in a matter of time the smell will be noticeable..

Thanks for listening to me ramble on.. It feels pretty good to actually get it out with people that have experienced some of the same things...

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