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Pregnant While On Mirena? Or Something Else??

1 posts on this thread and the last post was on October 9th, 2009 11:22 AM
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rn_mommy09 - October 6th, 2009 5:30 AM
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Hello everyone! I also posted this in General Pregnancy Questions. I have been scouring internet but have only found vague answers. Here is my question... I have 2 children very close in age (14 months apart) a 2 year old and 1 year old. When the youngest was 6 weeks old, I had the Mirena IUD inserted. I've now had it for almost a year now and have been very happy with it. I weaned my baby a month ago, and my breasts went through the usual swelling and soreness and then went back to normal. But last week they suddenly became sore again and they still are now. A few days ago I started feeling nauseous and it's off and on all day long. Then last night and today I have had a headache that comes and goes. And yes, I'm a little more tired than usual. Today I took a nap thinking maybe I'm just sleep deprived. After 2 hours I woke up feeling great. Only an hour later I'm exhausted again with another headache.
Obviously I know what being pregnant feels like, and I feel like that now. I'm just wondering, has anyone here ever gotten pregnant with Mirena or know anyone that has? I'm a nurse and I still don't really know anything about this. Oh and I tried feeling the strings, but my cervix is too high and I couldn't reach.

kimberly - October 9th, 2009 11:22 AM

Hi, as you know being a nurse, all forms of birth control have a failure rate. I am not sure the percentage with the mirena But there is not a birth control out there that is completely safe. I do know that the Iud can cause hormonal fluctuations and can cause some pms like symptoms and pms feels somewhat like pregnancy. Take a test and see what it says, if negative retest in a week, that should be long enough to give you a accurate answer.