#kyleena

[imestelomel]

I'm getting a cake pop at Starbucks after that IUD switch out.

It's like a Didn't Kick the Nurse Practitioner in the Face Award

[recoveryfrommyself]

about to have my iud removed. I can’t wait but I’m nervous at the same time - I’m scared the removal will cause another hormonal storm that will fuck me up even further. I’m removing it after 6 months because it turned out to be an effective contraceptive option for all the wrong reasons - it caused me to bleed for 2 weeks of every cycle and made my previously nonexistent pmss absolutely violent and lasting at least a week. I’m also afraid to lose more hair - iud is definitely the culprit here and nothing seems to help. funnily enough, I booked an obgyn appointment for the day when I was supposed to have my period, but guess what, it’s not happening. I’ve been sitting at home, completely lethargic, swollen, depressed and unable to feel any positive emotions. it kinda helps when I remember it’s just my dumb hormones make me feel this way and it will pass, but at the moment I’m so goddamn frustrated and just want this hormone emitting wire out of me

[wyrmhorde]

Okay so this is day 4 after my IUD insertion here's my experience so far if you're considering it

I got Kyleena for a variety of reasons. Doc said it's best for people who have not given birth before because it's slightly smaller.

Ymmv, ofc

But. Was not as painful as I was expecting. The doctor laughed when I told her this. The whole procedure took like 5 minutes and the actual painful part was like 15 seconds so it was pretty easy to just white knuckle through.

Felt mildly nauseous, went home and slept it off and came up fine. Only had to take 1 round of otc ibuprofen.

The worst part is that I cannot poop, and that is causing worse cramps. I have also been told not to take a bath because of infection risk with everything being kind of open atm, and that's how I would normally soothe this. I am told that it is from the drug they gave me beforehand (misoprostal) to open up the cervix. Part of it is also that I'm a little scared to push too hard, but a lot of it is that I'm very constipated.

I was on day 1 when they inserted it, and so normally I would be having a period right now, but it appears to have gone on pause? Just a bunch of spotting. Not sure how long that will last or if the actual period will ever come back but tbh if this was just it for the next 5 years that would be fine. Annoying but very manageable

[singinginthelondonrain]

it’s been a five year journey with my kyleena IUD and over ten years on hormonal birth control but I am DONE!

[pattytacuri]

Kyleena

I’ve bled for more than 40 days and 40 nights but my doctor says I need to grin and bear it My hormones are in constant flux I want to die, I want to scream Is God punishing me for my past sins? My mood swings are uncontrollable No matter what I do, I can’t find the calm Anger, rage, sadness, and despair are my emotional staples And within a span of 3 weeks I write poetry at 3am, crash my car, and breakup with my friend When will this madness end? My doctor says give it 6 more weeks but my mind and body are losing it over this 2 inch form of torture Will the next 6 weeks get calmer? or will I go down in infamy?

12/20/2021

[superspoonie24]

Oh so update on that. I got it taken out soon after i posted this. (Actually i think 2 years ago to the month (April 2021 to now April 2023)). I had it in like three weeks? Getting it out was a bitch cause she needed to do it under ultrasound which meant i spent 5 hours in the office between showing up for my scheduled appointment, waiting 2+ hours to be seen. 15 minutes talking to the doc, before waiting another like hour for the ultrasound to be free. Then excruciating pain removing it.

Key here tho is that the doc agreed that the pain was concerning (though some cramping is normal (not that i was told that)). The staff were the ones fucking me over. And then i got surgery in august 2021 for endometriosis and it was stage 4 :))))))

TL;DR fuck IUDs and INSIST on seeing the doctor. Or at least speaking directly to them.

If I got the stupid IUD to help with cramps, then why am I

On my period 2 weeks after i ended

Cramping just as bad

STILL IN FUCKING PAIN

This was not part of the plan. This was not the deal. And now I can't even use my new frickin toy. I'm so upset and angry and can't move and it hurts and I want to curse everyone.

[spenglercore]

Just tying to make it to next week hhhh h hh hhhhh h h h hhhhh h hhh

[thelumberjackhag]

TMI probably:

I had one shot of vodka and took out my IUD myself last night. Wild how easy that was.

That's female empowerment lol

Anyone else feel anxious and have to pee all the time with the hormonal IUD? I feel like it was putting pressure on my bladder or something.

[spinebuster]

girl who has gone through 3 IUDs over 5 years and #3 isn’t even 3 years old yet but her pap shows signs that it may have to get removed

[tinysatanplant]

This is awesome to see, I've always felt that menstruation could be altered far more than most people attempt due to doctors not really offering these suggestions. I've never had painful periods, but since they started mine were hellishly irregular and I wanted them gone completely.

The first thing I tried was contraceptive pills, those gave me withdrawal bleeding monthly (like a "regular" cycle) but that made me hate bleeding even more, and I felt like I couldn't function as a person that way. The doctor was only concerned with the regularity, not my desire to eliminate periods.

Next I went for a pill again, but one with a 3-month cycle, only one week of withdrawal every 3 months. I had to really push and ask multiple times about options to bleed less, it's like they didn't understand what I wanted? But I got it - this was one of the best things to ever happen to me!! I started telling all my friends with periods about this option, nobody seemed to relate though, so I stopped bringing it up

Side note, I also started using menstrual cups instead of tampons/pads around this time, and that helped a lot with the hygiene and comfort side of things

Then, finally, in my second year of college, I went for a low dose hormonal IUD (Kyleena). Taking a pill every single day was never easy for me to remember, and I became sexually active so I wanted the LOWEST chance of pregnancy possible (I was also living in TX at the time). Before this my mother had always scared me away from IUDs due to stories she'd read, but I went for it anyway.

Life. Changing. No more bleeding. No pills. No pregnancy concern. Less hormonal alteration than the pills too. I plan to get it replaced when the 5 years are up even though I recently had my tubes removed and can't get pregnant (YAY!). The IUD is worth it just for stopping my periods

Awesome to hear that there are still more options that can work better for others! Using testosterone like this is so smart and I'm glad it's helping boba-t-butch live, I hope this information makes it to people who need it <3

What procedure did you get to stop your periods? Was it an IUD or a full surgical procedure? I want to stop mine, hence why I’m asking.

baby taking brestosterone does that

[cr1mson5returns]

So I got an IUD placed at long last on Monday, which was kind of a last-ditch effort at hormonal birth control that wouldn't impact the functionality of my mood stabilizer. I'm just kind of committed to not having to choose between developing ovarian cysts and potentially driving my car off a bridge one day, you know?

Except that here I am, cramping and in pain and kind of cranky, and I open up the booklet that came with my Kyleena IUD to read about how long I can expect these cramps to last. And what does it say is a common side effect?

Cysts. On the ovary.

Apparently, 22 out of 100 patients will develop an ovarian cyst after having Kyleena placed. You know, just the thing that I got the IUD to prevent. No big deal! It's stupid ass bullshit that nobody ever said that to me before I got this thing placed. Feels like a risk they should tell you about before you elect to move forward with the procedure in-office, yeah? Feels like something I should've known about before I applied to have this IUD provided at no cost to me from the pharmaceutical company! But hey, who gives a shit about PCOS, right? That's not a big deal. Just a common cause of miscarriage and infertility, puts people in so much unnecessary pain, wreaks havoc on a body, but it's nothing. Certainly not enough to check and see if the prevention medication actually makes it worse.

[piscisita]

my mom putting me in a gotdamn timewarp

[spriteforgirls]

PSA: EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTIVE AND RESOURCES

Now feels like a good time to put out some info regarding emergency contraceptive, and what options exist. Please remember to look out for and help those around you who can get pregnant.

Levonogestrel (Plan B) and Ulipristal Acetate (Ella) are the two most common emergency contraceptive pills currently available on the US market. Plan B is effective up to 72 hours after intercourse and Ella's is effective up to 130 hours after (but it's *most* effective in that first 72 hours.) Generally speaking, the sooner you take them, the more effective they are. Both have shelf lives of up to 4 years. Plan B is less effective if you are over ~150lbs. Some countries recommend taking a 1.5x or 2x dose of Plan B if you are over ~200lbs, as this is generally deemed safe. Ella, however, is less affected by weight and should only be taken at a single dose.

Regardless, something is always better than nothing, so don't just write off Plan B entirely because of your weight. It may be *less effective* if your weight is higher, but it's NOT *ineffective*.

There is also something called the Oral Yuzpe Method, which utilizes standard hormonal birth control pills. A few things are important to make note of here: 1.) Like Levonogestrel and Ulipristal Acetate, the yuzpe method works to prevent ovulation. It will NOT terminate an existing pregnancy. 2.) The Yuzpe Method is less effective than Plan B or Ella. 3.) The Yuzpe method generally comes with more side effects than Plan B or Ella. 4.) Despite this, when push comes to shove, once again, something is better than nothing.

The Oral Yuzpe Method, as previously mentioned, is an off-label use of BC pills. It generally calls for taking 2 large doses of BC pills taken 12 hours apart. How large that dose is varies on the exact pills, but generally speaking, it's usually about 4. Here is a dose reference table from the American Academy of Family Physicians:

So, for example, if the BC pills you have are Levora, you would take 4 pills all at once, then 12 hours later, you would once again take 4 more pills, adding up to a total of 8 pills taken.

The third and final emergency contraceptive I will touch on in this post is IUD insertion. I put this last on the list because, in general, it's already quite difficult to find and access a physician willing to place an IUD on very short notice, and I suspect that will only get more difficult as time passes.

But, in the rare instance where a willing physician is available within 72 hours of the unprotected intercourse, you can request placement of a copper IUD (like Paraguard). It may be more difficult to find a physician willing to place a hormonal IUD (like Mirena, Kyleena, Liletta, or Skyla.) on short notice as this would be considered an off-label use.

The exact reason why copper IUD placement works isn't completely understood, but like the previous two methods, it is NOT a way to terminate an existing pregnancy and likely works by preventing ovulation before fertilization occurs.

[flawlessassholes]

Rating methods of birth control on their success as a formula one race location

Nuvaring - 8/10, probably Spanish, Fernando Alonso remembers doing his f1 testing on it and thinks we should bring it back

Kyleena - 5/10, this is Kylami’s less popular younger sister

Loestrin - this is an Austrian track that nobody likes 3/10

Yaz - marina?