Fortunately IUD pregnancy failures are rare. But if you have an IUD for contraception, and you get a positive pregnancy test, you probably ask yourself, what next? Well, make your gyno appointment promptly, this is a condition that is not typically an emergency, but it can be and it’s not handled over the phone or on a blog, or through self diagnosis! That being said, some researchers from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas decided to look back at over 4100 women who had IUDs and of those 42 cases who became pregnant in their institution, over about a year period of time, to help understand what these women could expect when they got to their gyno and what actually happened to their pregnancies. Accurate pregnancy diagnosis, pelvic examination, and pelvic ultrasound were the cornerstones of the evaluations. They had very specific ways they looked at their ultrasound to prove there was no pregnancy in the fallopian tube, or partially in the fallopian tube...
Tangentially, I've had my Mirena IUD for two months. I'm bloated, crampy, cranky and gassy. I've never been any of those things (except cranky. But with good reason. Usually.). Question one: is that normal? Question two: will those symptoms go away? Help...
ReplyDeleteHormonal symptoms from the Mirena are less likely than other progesterone methods of contraception, but possible. The levels do subside with time and your provider can help you decide if there are either ways of controlling the symptoms for now or other problems that need evaluation!
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