u/smartietootsie

I got my 2nd Mirena IUD placed in January 2025. I got an ultrasound to check placement in February 2026, and my doctor said it was sitting a little low (aka not touching the tippy top of my uterus) but wasn’t bad enough that I needed to get it replaced.

Starting two weeks ago, my boyfriend has been complaining of something poking his penis and really hurting him. We only tried having sex twice since this poking started, and now he refuses to have any at all, and we have zero physical intimacy. He’s convinced the iud is out of place and sticking out my cervix, and that’s what is poking him.

What’s driving me crazy is I can’t feel anything, not internally, not with my fingers, so I just have to like trust his word that something is wrong…. 

I feel like the pain he is describing has to be the strings….how could it be anything else? But why would they just have started bothering him now and not when I got my new iud placed last year?

I’m trying to go to the doctor asap but currently moving states so it’s complicated with insurance!

Anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice?