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  • morningsting
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2009
    • 2

    possible iud problems?

    hello everyone. i hope i am posting this in the right section. i got an iud put in on april 18th & i bled for 6 days after. not very heavy or anything, & i barely had any cramps. well, now i'm on my period & i've had it for TWO weeks now!!! this is driving me & my husband crazy. is this normal?! i have the paragard iud.
  • WildChild
    Banned
    • Sep 2008
    • 14142

    I had a regular old 7 for years, no problems. This very well maybe the hormones in the thing, talk to your doc. Why not just get a plain one? One of the good things about an IUD is that it doesn't have to mess with your natural hormones.

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    • morningsting
      Junior Member
      • Jun 2009
      • 2

      Originally posted by WildChild
      I had a regular old 7 for years, no problems. This very well maybe the hormones in the thing, talk to your doc. Why not just get a plain one? One of the good things about an IUD is that it doesn't have to mess with your natural hormones.
      paragard doesn't have hormones ... it's the copper iud, which doesn't use hormones like the iud mirena does.

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