The 'OFFICIAL' Ex Mirena Thread

[maythisbelove]

FXD!!!

 

[pip7890]

Hello ladies

For those of you who don't know me I used IUD/IUS including the mirena for 14 years after the birth of my son in 1996. I had it removed in October 2010 and conceived immediately. Unfortunately I contracted swine flu and the baby died. I managed to fall pregnant again in late February and am now 20w pregnant. I've had a couple of scares but Wriggle Bum has hung on in there. Today I went for my anomaly scan and I've posted details below. Don't give up hope, you will get there. Just look at me!

Wriggle Bum was very well behaved for the sonographer today - in fact she said s/he was a good baby! She started off by showing us baby's heartbeat and demonstrating how s/he was lying (head on my bladder, spine against my left hand side, feet up on my right hand side towards my ribs!). She then explained she was going to do all the measurements and checks and would point out things as and when she came across them. She was wonderful - we got to see baby's nose, mouth, ears, kidneys, bladder, heart, spine, knobbly knees, legs, arms and hands (all clenched up in a boxer pose!).

She told us baby was perfect and then turned to the potty shot. There was absolutely no doubt that we were looking at a...





BOY!!!!!




I'd like to introduce you to my gorgeous, perfectly healthy son:

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I was so surprised, as I'd been convinced he was a girl, but so, so overjoyed that he was healthy. The relief was unbelievable. I feel so calm now and am really looking forward to welcoming my son into the world. We are so lucky and DS is thrilled to bits as he really wanted a brother

After the scan we saw the consultant. She confirmed my due date as 21 November and said that she didn't want me to go beyond my due date so would probably induce me if baby hadn't made an appearance. She wants to see me again at 34w to see how I'm doing. My BP was okay and my urine sample was fine so all good news on that front. I need to see my midwife again at 25w and then have my GTT at 27w.

We've booked onto a Stork Walk to visit the delivery suite/labour ward in a couple of weeks. This will give us the chance to see what's available as I'd quite like to use the birthing pool for some/all of my labour.

We've posted pictures on FB but not yet released the gender as we want to make sure we've told our family first.

It's been an emotional rollercoaster today and I'm so tired, but I'm on at the moment.

Pip x

 

[lauraclili]

That's wonderful news Pip! Congratulations on team blue!!

 

[Calasen]

congrats Pip xxxxxxxx

 

[gardenofedens]

congrats pip!

 

[MEGARICE03]

Congrats PIP! We are on team pink =) .. Reading your post got me teary eyed. I remember how hard it was for you and I'm glad everything is how it's suppose to be. We also got our bfps same day =)

 

[K_Anchondo]

That is awesome news! Congrats - really! I remember when I saw my daughter for the first time. Such a blessing.


Well ladies - BFN over here. Then not 12 hours later AF came. Oh well, next month right?! I started the Soy though, hope that does the trick. I've been reading a lot about it online and it seems to help a lot of people. Im taking 100 tonight and tomorrow then I think Ill take the 200 the next three nights? I hear it give monster headaches....

Any one doing soy? Any advise on it?

Baby dust to all!

 

[pdmcd17]

K i am on cycle 3 of soy and i take it at night time with no side effects

So my fertitily appoit had to be moved to the end of sept oh well im a tad relieved- it was stressing out the oh. I think hes scared that its his fault. Plus were both not willing to do a whole lot - I was only willing to do clomid and metformin.

Heres hoping we get our bfp before then, mind you the longer it takes the more I think it won't happen- and im starting to accept that possiblity.

 

[helen0381]

Hi everyone,

Is it ok for me to join? Im Helen, Im 30 and I have a little boy called Jack who is 2 on 29th July.
I had my coil removed on 21st June 2011 so we can try for another baby. Since then ive had no AF, jsut had a slight bleed a couople of days after the removal. Ive tested with an OPK and got a positive a few days ago. So we just in case. We have officially started trying now but I really wanted to wait till I had AF so I knew where I was in my cycle.

Good luck to everyone.

xxx

 

[Calasen]

Welcome hele Everybodys welcome here - even if we are a bit crazy

 

[gardenofedens]

Welcome Helen

PDMCD - Have you guys done any at-home fertility testing? I found an at-home kit on ebay from the UK for about $35 to test both my DH and I. DH's came back in the normal range. The female fertility test consists of tests taken every 7 days for 3 weeks or something like that and I completely forgot about it after the first one so I have to start over again next cycle. I think DH felt more comfortable starting the process at home and isn't at all worried about going to the dr now!

K - Sorry about the BFN. No advice on the soy but I'm hoping to have time to look into some more natural fertility medicines this month to start in the next month or two so I'd love to hear more about your experience with it. We'd talked about starting after 6 months and I'm in the 2ww of cycle 4 right now.

DH and I have to finally add me to his insurance now that we're married too since his is better than mine. That also means I'll have to find a new OB but oh well. I don't care for mine anyway!

Well ladies, fingers crossed for everyone!

 

[Calasen]

Pdm - I know that feeling we should be getting refered to a specialist next month as all of our prelimerary tests came back clear. I'm really not coping well with it all right now and in my own way am hiding from it. Try to keep hopeful honey XXX

 

[pdmcd17]

Thanks ladies
I find this whole process hard
I desperately want this, but worry age is a factor ( I'm 40 in aug and he's 42 dec)
And were both overweight.

I know my cycles have regulated again, so now it is the waiting and trying game.
I pray that I get my bfp for my bday or before the appoit.
I actually got my first af since bc the day my dr called me with the appointment

I have to keep positive and not stress over it ( that will be tough) i should remind myself I only went off bc in dec and got my af back in March and didn't ov/ really regulate till may- so really it hasn't been that long

I will keep my chin up

 

[skweek35]

Hi all,
I had my mirena removed 21st March and have been TTC since then. I must admit I loved it and will have another insert once I've got my little family.

Carla

 

[K_Anchondo]

So Im on day three (tonight) of soy. I've taken 100 mg two days in a row now. So far no headaches. Tonight I will up the dose to 200 (each cap is 100) and continue with that dose for three days. The only thing that I noticed - that may have nothing to do with it - is that my AF is horrible! Very heavy. I'm changing supers every two hours because they're leaking. I had bought a pack of "First Response" home preggers test last week that included a "fertility" test. Not an ovulation test, but one that checks your fertility and your body's ability to release eggs. You take the test on day three of your cycle. I took it this morning and it came back good. I was kind of worried that the Mirena may have caused some problems in the egg releasing area. Relief to find out that is ok. So, now I finish my soy, finish my AF, and start on the OPK again. And I started checking my BBT this morning which I hadn't been doing.

I supposed I'm really focusing this month on every aspect to try to make sure I catch this egg! If I don't get a BFP this time I think I'm going to lay off for a couple months because this is so frustrating! Maybe if I lay off the "trying" it will just happen. Maybe....

 

[candeur]

Hi everyone

I'm knew on this section. Me and OH have decided to start TTC #2, we currently have a 2.5 yr old daughter Seren who was a happy accident.
I had the Mirena fitted for 2 years, but had it removed last tuesday, feel fine since, had some cramping and spotting but doc said we can start TTC straight away.

I'll be honest, I have absolutely no idea about cycles etc and all the ins and outs of TTC! My knowledge goes as far as having an app on my phone which tells me when I'm ovulating etc
Does anyone have any good links to sites where I can learn about my cycles etc?
How soon did everyones cycles return to normal after having the coil removed? I was like clockwork before my first pregnancy, and I still had a regular light period while I had the mirena, always on or around the 26th of the month for 5 days. Is the removal likely to mess that up? x

 

[Calasen]

welcome new guys I cant help much sorry took 6 months for my cycles to return to normal and even now they still misbehave


Good luck to you all though

 

[lucyoz34]

Welcome newbies and good luck

Candeur I love fertility friend, stacks of useful info. Also the mirena seems to affect girls in different ways, some return to normal cycles and catch almost immediately, others take a long while to return to some kind of a normal cycle. So charting temps and daily cm etc will help you get a grip of what your cycle is doing. Fertility friend helps loads with that. It's a game of waiting, hoping and lots of patience though mostly easier said than done! You'll get there though x any questions just post them, someone will have an answer! Good luck hun xx

How is everyone ?xx

 

[gardenofedens]

Welcome Candeur,

Like you, I had the Mirena for two years. The first year I had no cycle or spotting. The second I had a lighter 3-4 day period about every 30 days. After removal my period came exactly as it should have on the same day I expected it had the IUD stayed in so that was nice. My cycles have stayed regular since removal as well. We're in the 2ww of cycle four now.

Also like you, I knew nothing about cycles when we first decided to start this journey. I didn't even know when I ovulated. I heard about a book called Taking Charge of Your Fertility and loved it. It's long and scientific but it's so informative, it was well worth it!! You can also sign up for a free trial at fertilityfriend.com and take their online lessons to learn about cycles, charting, temping, etc.

Anyway, sorry it's gotten long. Check out the book or fertilityfriend and you'll learn loads! Feel free to PM me too!

 

[skweek35]

a quick question - I know everyone is different but just wanting to get an average here - how long did it take before you got your ??