u/Music_nerd28

Happy Mother’s Day to me I guess. I messaged my mom this morning to wish her a Mother’s Day and say that I hope she enjoys the flowers I sent her, this was the response I got in return:

“Thanks for the flowers and the text, you can feel good about yourself for your efforts.
After all that I shared with you last week, I gave you the chance to be a daughter and decent person, you failed on both of them.”

A little context. I’ve distanced myself from my parents because of their continuous and ongoing drama that they expect me to drop everything and entertain.
She called me last week to basically tell me that me hiding is creating more stress and problems and that i should “stop listening to people who just validate my feelings and enable me”. Mind you, I make my own decisions but if I listen to anyone, it’s my boyfriend of 3 and 1/2 years who has seen their crap first hand, and her friend who helped her leave my dad for a brief period, who also saw and heard lots of things.

Any tips to make IUD removal less painful?

Hi there, I got my IUD put in back in October of 2025 and it was hands down the scariest medical procedure I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot of dental work so that’s saying something!

Anyways, my insertion was extremely painful and traumatic so I’m absolutely terrified at the thought of even taking it out, let alone actually doing it.

Does anyone have any tips for making the removal any less painful? Anything to reassure my fears, please I’m desperate. I was hoping to drive an hour home after…

Thank you!

Hi there, I got my IUD put in back in October of 2025 and it was hands down the scariest medical procedure I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot of dental work so that’s saying something!

Anyways, my insertion was extremely painful and traumatic so I’m absolutely terrified at the thought of even taking it out, let alone actually doing it.

Does anyone have any tips for making the removal any less painful? Anything to reassure my fears, please I’m desperate. I was hoping to drive an hour home after…

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I was on the combination pill for over two years, on the lowest hormone dose and I gained almost 25 lbs. I started when I was 18 and stopped at 21. I got an IUD hoping that the hormones would be more confined to my uterus and that i wouldn’t continue to gain weight.

Some important background here, in my teens I ate like garbage, chips and cookies everyday, lots of processed, frozen meals and I was barely 100 lbs. I was also extremely inactive as well compared to my life nowadays. Presently, I rarely have treats, eat veggies and real meat and I’m still ballooning like crazy.

I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this, I feel like I’m losing control and I look around at my life and I don’t understand why this is happening. Also if you’ve lost weight after going off birth control I’d love to know that too!

Thanks!

Hi there, I got my hormonal IUD back in October and prior to that I was on the combination pill.

I’m at the point where I want to get my IUD out. Since being on hormonal birth control I have ballooned and gained around 25 lbs.

However, my insertion process was traumatic, took multiple doctors and a few days to recover from, so I’m lowkey terrified to get it removed.

I guess I have two questions:

1. has anyone else experienced weight gain on the IUD or other forms of hormonal birth control and did you lose some weight when you went off it?

2. Is the removal process better than the insertion? I’m putting off getting it out because of that

Thanks!

Hi there, I got my hormonal IUD back in October and prior to that I was on the combination pill.

I’m at the point where I want to get my IUD out. Since being on hormonal birth control I have ballooned and gained around 25 lbs.

However, my insertion process was traumatic, took multiple doctors and a few days to recover from, so I’m lowkey terrified to get it removed.

I guess I have two questions:

1. has anyone else experienced weight gain on the IUD or other forms of hormonal birth control and did you lose some weight when you went off it?

2. Is the removal process better than the insertion? I’m putting off getting it out because of that

Thanks!