Periods post copper iud removal
So I got my copper IUD put in April 2025. Process went quick. For the first few months, my periods were really heavy and then as time went on through the rest of the year, I noticed my period were different. I would spot brown for two days before then I would start my period which was heavy the first two days then sometimes but not every cycle but my cycle would stop for a day or two and then it would continue like a normal period which made it last about 6 to 7 days.
As of February 2026, I started having weird symptoms after I had intercourse on Valentine’s Day, .I started having pain in my pelvic area and then I started having a lot of weird extra discharge on and off throughout the rest of the month and March . At first, I thought I had a UTI but I didn’t. It was just a bladder flareup. My period was normal before that in February.
My march period was weird. I only bled for about three days total, but one of them was mainly spotting. ( i was also really stressed)
I then went to the urgent care because I was still getting a lot of the weird discharge and telling them about my pelvic pain. They then asked me if I just wanted to get my IUD removed because I had a feeling that it was the IUD that was causing me all these weird symptoms. I didn’t end up getting my IUD removed and I got prescribed some antibiotics to treat me for PID. The antibiotics for the PID caused me to get secondary intracranial hypertension. It was specifically the doxycycline which I guess can cause certain side effects at times.
I then had a period in April 2026 I don’t think I’ve ever had a period so painful. It was my first period post my copper IUD removal. It was very painful, but it lasted about seven days. Started off really painful and crampy and then I’ve bled heavy on and off. It was heavy and bright red for 5 days and then it got lighter on the 6th day and then heavy towards the end of that day and then on the 7th it was pretty much ending.
Fast forward to my period now: May 2026.
It started out like a normal period - it was super heavy for the first 2 days and days 3 and 4 it was still sort of heavy but getting to a medium flow but all days it had been bright red blood. I am on day five of my period. I thought it was already looking like it was going to end but randomly I just got a gush of red blood and it looks like it’s still somewhat of a medium flow even though I’m already on day five?
I also had sex the night before and it was rough.. maybe I kick started the bleeding?? Could it have been that?
I don’t know if it’s because my body is still getting adjusted to after having the copper IUD
Did anyone else experience this?
Did it take anybody else a while for your body to get back to somewhat of a normal cycle pre-IUD?
Before the IUD, my periods were about 5 to 6 days but it would start heavy and then slowly get lighter through the course of the period but this time I just started gushing bright red blood again on day five so I’m confused and maybe I’m just still getting adjusted?