... thought was the best form of birth control {since I never had any issues with it- until then}. Did not find out I was even pregnant until I was six MONTHS {since you can go without bleeding with Mirena, it was not out of the ordinary}. Even worst part about it is that I found out... on my HONEYMOON. Now if you can put yourself in my shoes, I thought it was as unbelievable as my OBGYN did, given rarity of the situation {only 2 in 1000}. And of course I thought of everything I did the past 6 months that you are not supposed to do during pregnancy. I was smoking, I was drinking, I was doing shots at the bar at my hubby's 21st birtday. WOW. Unbelieveable. I had no words. Completely speechless. And now I had to bear the fact that this thing is in me SOMEWHERE, and in very close proximity to my baby inside me. The odds of something happening to this baby now that the Mirena is somewhere near it, was pretty good. Scary to say the least. And even scarier considering I had my first child young, which is the only reason I got this dumb thing, to prevent pregnancy, at least for awhile! The only postitive thing to come out of this is I had a happy and surprisingly healthy baby girl, born only a week early, January 8, 2014. Had to have an ultrasound and TWO xrays to even find the damn thing inside me. Now I have to have lapriscopic surgery to surgically remove it since it traveled down, outside of my uterus. VERY SCARY.To say the least I am not looking forward to this surgery at all. I certainly am never getting this form of birth control ever again. I myself would NEVER recommend this to anyone, considering all of the pain and suffering i have endured through this rough patch in my life. Hopefully someone that may be in my shoes can take something from my story and learn from it. I guess the question I want to ask is, how in the world do you go about talking to the Mirena corporation, to complain about this and make a claim? I see all those commercials on Tv but they look too generic for me to believe that they're real. Someone help me!!
Even though very rare, I DID get pregnant with Mirena, after having it in for 3 YEARS, which i?
Question posted by Pennstate8 on 7 Feb 2014
Last updated on 14 December 2017
8 Answers
If you have mirena will you know right away if you are preganunt
Yes you will my pregnancy tests came out positive. They did blood work and confirmed I was 6 weeks pregnant. When they did my ultrasound my baby had no heartbeat. I think the mirena might have had something to do with it.
Hi my name is Sonia I'm 25yrs old I have got a Marnia in me I have had it in 2years but I have also got hepittis c plus sometimes I do miss my girly things and yes I have a boyfriend
Hearing your story makes me glad your baby is okay but angry that you also went through this! Did they do the surgery before you had your baby? So I missed my period last week and I've had the mirena for a year and a month, turns out I've been dizzy nauseous and a week late. Sure enough I take two pregnancy tests at home and they're effing positive. So I went to the ER and was told I am 5 weeks along. Tomorrow I'll be going into my OB because apparently we need to rule out ectopic pregnancy and remove IUD. Hope everything goes well. This makes me angry knowing there's more cases like this since I was told this was the best contraceptive out. Never getting it again!
I am 37 and I got my Mirena 5yrs ago. I was told that this is my last year and would have to get removed next year. But the past week or so I have been getting some symptoms as if I may be pregnant. But I don't have insurance which makes me a little scared. So my question is has anyone have the symptoms or could it be possible that the IUD side effects or just I was lied too.
I had my Mirena inserted in August of 2012 6 weeks after I had my 3rd daughter. I wish I would of never got it I have gained almost 40lbs since then I never have energy, me and my boyfriend have been together almost 8 years and our relationship has suffered since I got it because I have no sex drive or energy to do anything. Recently I started getting cysts on my breasts (I'm pretty sure it's because of the mirena) and lost my insurance I'm in the process of getting my insurance back to have it removed. It's the worst birth control I have ever had. I shouldn't have to suffer because I'm not ready for another child. I want to make a complaint against them for all the pain and suffering I have endured its horrible. I feel for anyone who's went through it and would like to know if anyone else has had cysts from the mirena?
I just went to the doctor's yesterday to have my IUD removed, Surprisingly it was nowhere to be found!!! I was cold scared to what could happen to me! The doctor did a vaginal ultrasound to see if she can see its current location, to add to my cold feet she told me that i was pregnant!!! I dont know what to do and now i'm terrified for my baby!! I just hope that the outcome of a successful pregnancy and healthy baby is high like yours!
I think I am facing your situation, I had myrena for almost 4 yearsnow andmy doctor suspects that Im pregnant and In just waiting for the tests!!! So was the mirena left in your body until you had your baby? Was that safe?
I have the mirena, and I have a friend who got pregnant with the mirena. She had a healthy baby girl and the mirena was inside with the baby the whole time.
You can also go to the FDA website and file a complaint.
Your best bet would be to contact a personal injury lawyer and talk to him. Usually that consult is free. They don't charge until you have a settlement. But they can tell you if you have something to make a claim about. Thank heavens the baby is ok. I've always wondered about iuds, since they first came out years ago and would never have had one myself. Have you considered an implant?
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