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Oats and chia seeds soaked in whole milk with vanilla bean paste. Cooked with lots of lemon zest and a splash of maple syrup. Zapped some frozen blueberries in the microwave and stirred in lemon juice and another splash of maple syrup. Topped with walnut and coconut. It tastes so good, I can’t even tell it’s healthy.
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After 12 months of the Levonorgestrel IUD, and after about 9 months of being told my symptoms were unequivocally NOT caused by it, I took the plunge and decided to get it removed.
My main symptoms were eczema (started on one finger, spread to three fingers, my eyelids, my lips and my shoulders. It blistered and kept me awake at night with the itch), cystic acne on my jawline and back which left chickenpox-like scars (I had to treat with medical-grade retinoids), a SEVERE aversion to my husband and his “smell” (only comparable to when I was pregnant, prior to which I found him pure heaven), low mood, a complete lack of interest in most things I used to enjoy, nausea-inducing rushes of cortisol in the morning.
I was told that the IUD impact was localised, and that while the acne is likely related to the IUD, all the other symptoms are likely caused by “stress” and “motherhood” (I was pretty happy before I had the IUD inserted, as I kept pointing out).
Anyway, flash forward to today. I had the IUD removed four days ago and 9 months of agonising itching has come to an end. My eczema on my hands has cleared for the first time in 9 months (see pictures). My acne is clearing up, only one spot remaining. But the biggest revelation - I still LOVE my husband, and he does not smell (obviously). I ate an omelette for the first time after gagging at the smell of eggs for months (this was a symptom I didn’t even realise I had, I just thought I hated eggs). I haven’t had a rush of cortisol in the mornings, but that came and went over the course of the IUD, so I would need to report back on that one. I feel remarkably buoyant and even bought cheesecloths to start making my own butter, the kind of stuff I used to enjoy and bore my friends with.
My lesson is, I wish I had listened to my own instincts, intuition, and the massive physical signs my body was giving me. I trust doctors with my life (literally), but my hormonal health is something I will advocate more strongly for in the future.