I recently had the Mirena IUD placed on the day I was expecting my period. At that appointment, my doctor did a pregnancy test and it was negative. However, two weeks later I still hadn’t gotten my period and started feeling sick, so I took a test just to be safe and it came back positive.
A couple days later I started bleeding, so I called my doctor and explained to her what was going on (I would have called sooner but I have a 5 month old and I’m working so I was just very busy). She had me do bloodwork and come into the office. The blood test confirmed the pregnancy, and an ultrasound showed I was about seven weeks along. That means I would have been around four weeks pregnant when the Mirena was placed.
My doctor didn’t seem concerned with the bleeding. She said the IUD needed to be removed because leaving it in could increase the risk of miscarriage, but she also explained that removing it can carry a risk as well. Since having it removed two weeks ago, I’ve been spotting almost everyday. I don’t see her again until next week, and it’s been causing me a lot of anxiety.
Has anyone else gone through something similar? What was your outcome?