Hi,
I wanted to start this off with a little background description of myself. I am 25 and have a 5yr old daughter. Before she was born I weighed in at 144lbs, size 3/4 pants and I am 5'11 (awesome right?) but needless to say that has come to an end. Right at my 1st appointment after delivery I had my IUD placed and the 1st 5 years were AWESOME! I didnt gain weight i actually lost all of my preggo weight and had no period at all for the 1st year and after the 1st year my cycles were like 3 days long and were speratic (not monthly).
Of course you would think that I would want this to keep going right?!?! yes it goes downhill from there. I got my 2nd IUD placed right after the 1st when it was time which was Oct 2011 and then it got all kinds of crazy.
-Sex Drive GONE
-Ive gained 40lbs!!! now sitting typing this at a whoping 185lbs!!
-Dramatic mood swings (so bad to the point i was on stress leave from work for 4 months due to severe depression)
-Random acne
-Stomach pouch
-oh...and my periods are regular (6days)
In the beginning there was NO WAY I would even think of blamming this on my IUD Its too wonderful for that right? WRONG! I originally wanted to say that I made bad eating choices and i am a social drinker so during my 4 months off I cut all of that out. Strict dieting (fruits, veggies, no red meat, GALLONS of H2O) oh and on top of that working out 6 days a week 4 of those days 3hrs of pure cardio (basketball, kickboxing, etc) you would think theres is no way I wouldnt lose any weight.
Stepped on the scale and what did it say? 185lbs. Nothing gained NOTHING LOST! I started doing all kinds of research and noticed that a lot of women are having the same weight issues with the Mirena so yeah mine is coming out in 2 days appointment is sceduled.
So my mission is to keep updating with my weight loss and overall experience after IUD removal
Is there anyone else out there with these issues?
I wanted to start this off with a little background description of myself. I am 25 and have a 5yr old daughter. Before she was born I weighed in at 144lbs, size 3/4 pants and I am 5'11 (awesome right?) but needless to say that has come to an end. Right at my 1st appointment after delivery I had my IUD placed and the 1st 5 years were AWESOME! I didnt gain weight i actually lost all of my preggo weight and had no period at all for the 1st year and after the 1st year my cycles were like 3 days long and were speratic (not monthly).
Of course you would think that I would want this to keep going right?!?! yes it goes downhill from there. I got my 2nd IUD placed right after the 1st when it was time which was Oct 2011 and then it got all kinds of crazy.
-Sex Drive GONE
-Ive gained 40lbs!!! now sitting typing this at a whoping 185lbs!!
-Dramatic mood swings (so bad to the point i was on stress leave from work for 4 months due to severe depression)
-Random acne
-Stomach pouch
-oh...and my periods are regular (6days)
In the beginning there was NO WAY I would even think of blamming this on my IUD Its too wonderful for that right? WRONG! I originally wanted to say that I made bad eating choices and i am a social drinker so during my 4 months off I cut all of that out. Strict dieting (fruits, veggies, no red meat, GALLONS of H2O) oh and on top of that working out 6 days a week 4 of those days 3hrs of pure cardio (basketball, kickboxing, etc) you would think theres is no way I wouldnt lose any weight.
Stepped on the scale and what did it say? 185lbs. Nothing gained NOTHING LOST! I started doing all kinds of research and noticed that a lot of women are having the same weight issues with the Mirena so yeah mine is coming out in 2 days appointment is sceduled.So my mission is to keep updating with my weight loss and overall experience after IUD removal
Is there anyone else out there with these issues?