Love and hate this thing
I just needed to vent and talk about this, with people who might have also experienced it.
I don't know if it is nsfw or should have a spoiler, go with caution ig?
I got my mirena IUD placed in February of this year, and it was a absolute shitshow. I got laughing gas when it was placed and had taken some ibuprofen beforehand, and even through that I wanted to cry and give up.
I handled all the prep well, and they were starting placement when the doctor didnt place it correctly, it was half in my cervix, half in my vaginal canal... So they had to take it out and reinsert it.
After that I was mostly alright, pain calmed down and I was mostly fine. The next coming days the pain continued sporadically, and I pressured through until it became too much. I scheduled a appointment with a different gyno who felt really dismissive about my pain and got sent off with a shot of toradol. Pain continued and I told my main gyno about it.
About a week later I had to go to the er from the pain, got a internal and external ultrasound, test came back clear except for a cyst on one ovary.
Even after all that and pain meds I still struggle, both with pain and hella discharge...
Why did nobody warn me about the discharge? When I had it placed I was dry as dirt, but now I'm the complete opposite. I have had UTI symptoms on and off for a while, I got a test for it and nothing though and now I leak out a forever amount, 2-3 pantiliners a day and it smells bad, but not in a concerning way, more in like a "my body is dirty" way, which sucks cause I clean and then immediately more discharge and more body stink. No blood though, no period since placement
I also think that it is affecting my mood, I'm so much more snappy and exhausted and temperamental than before and it's starting to cause issues with my partner.
I don't want to get it out after everything I went through to get it in, and doctors are between telling me to keep it in or take it out, and I just want my body to feel remotely normal...