month 1 anniversary (1/10/09)
February 8, 2009We’ve, like, totally been together now for a whole month. It’s almost my longest relationship with birth control EVER. Okay, that’s kind of a lie, but we’ve been through a lot already and it feels that way.
So, GOOD NEWS! Yesterday, exactly one month after insertion the bleeding FINALLY stopped. And it’s stopped for two days now, so I’ve decided to believe that it’s done. Until a period. But that’s fine.
Overall, the month was draining. And I’ll admit this here (and only here because this part of my blog is only visited by people interested in the Mirena) the best way to describe the way this last month felt was the way Stephanie Meyer alludes to the inner workings of a newborn vampire. Hormones are entirely out of control, emotions are bi-polar and blood is everywhere. I often felt like I was going crazy and had zero control. All of that, but no hot vampires. (And FYI – I’m now reading “Love in the Time of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as penance for consuming all of the vampire books in one week’s time.)
But the last week was good. I feel back to myself and now that the bleeding has stopped I feel kind of normal. And most important, I have a wonderful peace because I’m not worrying about pregnancy. Which was really important to my mental well being.
Hmm, this is an interesting read. I am considering an IUD after my baby comes, or some of those arm implant rod things, since I’ve always been a failure at remembering to take birth control pills (hence getting pregnant) and they REALLY fuck with my sex drive (as in it’s nonexistent, just like it’s been for my whole pregnancy). It’s unfortunate that the Mirena has such completely different effects on women :\ I worry that I’d be one of those who has a miserable experience too…
I previously had health issues, Grave’s disease, which causes all sorts of hormonal problems. This may be one reason I feel I am having such a negative experience with the Mirena. If my body is unsure of what hormone balance is from 22+ years of imbalance, adding a new hormone delivery device may not have been the brightest idea for me. I just didn’t and still don’t know a lot on the disease I had and no doctors seems to be able to give any advice other than take my pill in the morning and pretend life is fine. I wish I had grilled the physicians to get them to learn more about what Mirena could do if the patient had previous issues like mine. When you see your doctor, take as much time as you can, dont let them leave until you go over EVERYTHING about your own health and how it could possibly be affected by Mirena.
Goodluck
Mia