Intrauterine Devices (IUDs)

There are no known drug interactions between Adderall and Mirena.

Under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), almost all insurance plans must cover the IUD.

If your health care plan does not cover contraception, then you may be able to prove medical necessity for a hormonal IUD due to extremely painful or heavy periods. If your plan covers only less expensive methods, many plans will require you to demonstrate that you have "failed" on other options. What is a failure? Pregnancy? Who knows. Luckily, changes in laws about health insurance may make the point moot.

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If you're having cramping with Mirena, you should use a backup method until you can get the position checked by your health care provider. If all is well, you can talk with your provider about options.

An IUD does not tickle. It is not something you feel when it is in place.

if your IUD has slow release hormones then It will take time to get your body rid of all of them. In the mean time, Your cycle always should be counted from the first day of actual bleeding, not spotting. If you only have breakthrough bleeding I would consider this a missed cycle and try again with the next one. --- You could get pregnant on the 7th day after removal of the IUD with the 7day rule. Your bleeding cycle tells you, you could get pregnant 9th-15th day after the removal of the IUD with the same 7day rule look at the ovulationgraph to understand your question better In a theoretical 28day's cycle, you ovulate on the 14th day. Since sperm survives 1 day and your egg 4hours. You can be pregnant on the 13th-14th day What would mean, when you menstruate 2days after removal of IUD, you ovulatie 16days after removal of IUD <img src=http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/upload/2006/04/cycle_lg.jpg> anyway its not always such an exact science

Mirena is a type of IUD, not a type of diaphragm. It sits inside the uterus and stays in place until removed. In contrast, the diaphragm sits inside your vagina and is inserted and removed for sexual intercourse.

The IUD should not make it difficult to climax. If you are worried about the safety of the IUD during sex, that could interfere with your nervous system's ability to achieve orgasm. Rest assured that sex will not make the IUD pop out, and orgasm will not cause the IUD to make problems for you.

Physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants in family health, adult medicine, and OBGYN can remove IUDs, as can nurse midwives. Your local family planning office also removes IUDs. It is usually a quick and easy process.

An IUD can be left in for years without causing problems. A hormonal IUD will lose effectiveness, though.

It's not surprising that you would have a very light period, even to the point of seeing no bleeding, after changing from Mirena to NuvaRing. Any hormonal birth control lightens withdrawal bleeding and may cause a missed period. If you're worried about pregnancy, take a test.

Pregnancy is unlikely with the IUD and unlikely if you are having bleeding. Take a pregnancy test if you are still concerned.

The chances of getting pregnant with an expired Mirena (over 5 years in the uterus) are probably lower than if you had no method at all, but are not the same as the effectiveness before the expiration date. See your health care provider to determine if you'd like a new Mirena inserted or want to change to another method.

The IUD will not cause abdominal tightness. The IUD is in the uterus, which is behind the pubic bone; it is not in the abdomen.

My doctor told me that that never happens. In the 70's there was an IUD that was made with a braided string that held bacteria causing infections (basically TSS) and sterilized ppl, so it's a warning on all of the rest of them. S

Some women using hormonal IUDs may be at increased risk for small ovarian cysts. The copper IUD does not affect the risk of ovarian cysts.

There is no medical reason to have an abortion if you get pregnant with an IUD in place. The IUD should be removed regardless of your decision. At that point, you can continue or terminate the pregnancy, but there's no need to be concerned about continuing the pregnancy if that's what you want to do.

If you feel the strings, and don't feel the plastic of the IUD, it is not likely to be expelling. The fact that you feel the strings to the left has no clinical significance. If you have other reason to believe the IUD is expelling -- for instance, if the strings are significantly longer, or if you have pain or bleeding during or after sex, then contact your health care provider for an exam and don't rely on the IUD for prevention of pregnancy until you determine if all is well.

As the moisture and warmth in your body soften the IUD's strings, they are often felt most easily not at the cervical opening, but elsewhere in the vagina near the cervix.

Most women with Mirena experience lack of periods, but not all do. See your health care provider to rule out any other cause of bleeding, such as partial expulsion or infection.

To check your IUD string, just put a finger in your vagina and confirm that you can feel the string, you can't feel the plastic of the IUD, and the string does not seem to be noticably longer than the last time you checked.