Removal of Mirena and video links

Removal of the Mirena

Do not have sex less than 1 week before having it removed, as sperm can live for 5 days.

Eventually, a woman must have an IUD removed, since IUDs do not disintegrate and, for the most part, will not come out on their own. The procedure of an IUD removal is often easier, less painful, and quicker than the insertion.
It is especially important to note that a woman should never try to remove her IUD by herself or ask an unqualified person to do so as this could cause serious damage.
Reasons for an IUD Removal:
A woman may have several reasons why she would want her IUD removed. These could include:
Wanting to become pregnant
Continual side effects that a woman can no longer tolerate
The development of an infection
A woman may just not like it
A woman also must have her IUD removed when the IUD is no longer effective:
Mirena IUD– if you have had it for five years
The IUD Removal Procedure:
An IUD can be removed at anytime during the menstrual cycle. However, studies has shown that it may be a little easier to remove an IUD during menstruation because the cervix is naturally softened at that time.
Generally, expect some of the same initial steps performed during your IUD insertion, such as determining the position of the uterus. Once the IUD strings are located, a qualified professional will remove the IUD by using forceps or clamps to securely grasp the strings and slowly pull out the IUD at a certain angle. The flexible arms of the IUD will fold up as the IUD slides through the opening of the cervix.
Possible Complications:
IUD removal is usually a routine and uncomplicated procedure. In some cases, though, your doctor may not be able to locate the strings. If this occurs, it is most likely due to the fact that the strings have slipped up into the cervical canal which can occur if they were cut too short (either at insertion or at the request of a woman because her partner was able to feel them during intercourse).
Your doctor may try to locate the strings and gently pull them out of your cervix with narrow forceps/tweezers or cotton-tipped swabs. Once the strings are located, then the IUD removal will proceed as described above.
It may also be possible that the strings have retracted up into the uterus. If this is the case, your health-care professional may use a sound (a measuring instrument) or a sonogram to make sure that the IUD is still in the uterus (and was not expelled without the woman realizing it).
If the strings cannot be located and the doctor has confirmed that the IUD is still in place, the IUD can be removed from the uterus with forceps or tweezer-like clamps. Your doctor will be careful, so that your uterus is not injured during this process.
More Serious Complications:
Very rarely, an IUD may have become embedded in the uterine wall and can not easily be pulled out. Your doctor can use various techniques such as ultrasound imaging, hysterography (x-rays of the uterus after instillation of a contrast medium), or hysteroscopy (direct viewing of the uterus with a fiberoptic instrument) to determine if this has occurred.
If the IUD has perforated (punctured) or is embedded in the uterus, your health-care professional may have to dilate your cervix and use forceps to dislodge the IUD. Most of the time, a local anesthetic will be applied during this type of removal.
Replacing an IUD:
You can easily have a new Mirena IUD or ParaGard IUD inserted immediately after your old IUD is removed. This can all be done in one office visit, provided there are no complications.
Of Special Caution:
When planning a day for your IUD removal, keep in mind that if you have your IUD removed near the time that you are ovulating, you could be at risk for becoming pregnant if you have had recent intercourse before the IUD is removed.
Sperm can live inside the vagina for up to 5 days.
Therefore, as an example, let’s say that you are scheduled to have your IUD removed on June 12, so you have intercourse on June 11 (one last time)! All goes as planned, and you have your IUD removal on June 12. If you ovulate on June 12, June 13, June 14, or June 15, you may become pregnant since the sperm (from your intercourse on June 11) can still be inside of you waiting to fertilize an egg. It is a wise idea not to have any intercourse (unless you also use a condom) for one week before your IUD removal to lower the likelihood that this scenario would occur.
These are links to a IUD video's, WARNING VERY GRAPHIC
dont watch if you have weak stomach.

GRAPHIC VIDEO'S

Contraceptive IUD lost in utero. Laparoscopic removal video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwJNPZ4PtvM

video on strings of mirena coming out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=satfvNRgjUA

Another video...

http://health.discovery.com/videos/human-atlas-iud.html?playerId=219475126&categoryId=undefined

by J.C. Willke MD

The intrauterine device, or IUD, has been widely used for over three decades. Its use in recent years, however, declined sharply, and for good reason. Why? Well, one very medical and one very ethical reason. The ethical and moral reason? It is not a contraceptive. It is an abortifacient. What is the IUD? It's a small plastic device that is inserted up into a woman's womb from below. Once inserted, 50 to 75 percent will remain inside of her until removed. The other 25 to 50 percent will be spontaneously expelled or will have to be removed because of cramping, bleeding or infection. Most scientific papers have agreed that in as many as 95 percent of the cases it does not prevent fertilization. What it does do is prevent the implantation, at one week of life, of the tiny new human into the nutrient lining of the mother's womb. Because with that in place, this little boy or girl cannot implant, he or she dies and passes from the mother's body. So, even though your doctor may call an IUD a contraceptive, remember, it does not prevent fertilization. It does cause the death of the tiny new human at one week of life in a micro-abortion, and for this reason, few Christian women will allow one to be inserted into them. What's the second reason for the decline of the use of the IUD? A very sound medical one. These devices have caused infection and inflammation of the female organs. The most damaging effect of this is to the woman's tubes. It can result in scarring and blockage of her tubes, sometimes permanent sterility.

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Tubal Pregnancies

Women who have IUDs in their wombs have a sharply higher percentage of ectopic or tubal pregnancies than those who don't. Tubal pregnancy rates and resultant maternal deaths have gone up several-fold in the last three decades. These are the very same years that have seen the widespread use of IUDs. Why is this? Well, the first reason is one that almost all medical authorities agree upon. Intrauterine devices cause a distressingly high incidence of infections of the female organs. These infections often cause scarring and partial blockage of the tubes. Women with scarred, damaged or partly blocked tubes have many more tubal pregnancies than women with normal tubes. Well so far, so good. Or maybe I should say, so far, so bad. There's another reason that is never mentioned but seems to be simple common sense. We know that even in entirely normal women who have normal tubes and who do absolutely nothing to prevent or change the process, even in these women there's a certain small percentage of those whose babies just don't make it to the womb, but rather implant in one of her tubes. If a woman is wearing an IUD, she's killing off the babies who do make it to her womb. But of course, none of those who decide to stop en route and plant in her tube are killed. So there should be a far higher incidence of tubal pregnancies in such women.

There is another thing about IUDs that is terribly distressing to me, and not many parents know about this. Many family planning clinics, like Planned Parenthood and others, are mostly supported with your tax dollars through the Federal Title X Family Planning Program. Most of these clinics can and often do insert these medically hazardous devices into the wombs of unmarried minor girls, and they are not required to notify the parents, much less ask their permission. Even though the girl, in most states, is a minor, is dependent, and is living at home. President Reagan once attempted to require that the parents of such unemancipated minors be notified before dispensing or inserting medically hazardous birth control pills or such devices. The Democrat Congress did not agree. I remember treating one 16-year-old girl, who came to me with a 104o fever and severe pelvic pain. She had had one of these devices inserted into her without her parents' knowledge, and by such a clinic. When her symptoms became bad, she'd gone back to them. Their advice and treatment? Take aspirin and get some rest. She came to me. She had a severe infection of her female organs and was on the verge of what could have been a fatal blood poisoning. I removed the device, and fortunately was able to cure the infection. I'm afraid, however, that it might have made her sterile. But, because of her wishes and of the present law, I could not tell her parents. If she's never able to have a baby, her parents may never know why.

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Here are a few sites,some different forum sites,I spend a lot of time reading all the side effects on them.

http://www.mirena-side-effects.sampasite.com/ Open in a new window

http://groups.myspace.com/mirenaisbad Open in a new window

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Medical-Malpractice-925/Mirena-IUD-Problems.htm Open in a new window

http://www.hersfoundation.com/index.html Open in a new window

http://www.contracept.org/iud-mirena.php Open in a new window

http://www.mirena.forum2go.nl/links-f7.html Open in a new window

http://urbanmamas.typepad.com/urbanmamas/2005/11/what_do_you_do_.html Open in a new window

http://www.pandamedicine.com/forum/f2.html Open in a new window

http://www.drugs.com/sfx/mirena-side-effects.html Open in a new window

http://www.eumom.com/ie/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22588 Open in a new window

http://cincymoms.cincinnati.com/f/ShowThread.aspx?tid=42640&cid=8&fid=100 Open in a new window

http://auterrific.mu.nu/2007/05/11/mirena-parte-dos/ Open in a new window

you can submit your complaint at this curezone complaint site,I did.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/wwwcurezonecom-c40793.html Open in a new window

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From Curezone forum......
I went to the OBGYN today to get Mirena out with my yearly check up. Well, the doc said that they would not remove it without a refferal from my insurance company.

SO, I ASKED IF I COULD REMOVE IT MYSELF~

My Nurse Practicioner said to me today - There is NO reason that YOU CAN NOT REMOVE IT YOURSELF! It is designed for the arms to come up when you pull on the strings ...and it just pops out. SO, there you have it.

Ladies, PULL IT OUT! I WAS WRONG> IT IS SAFE!

In my opinion, it is just a way for the docs to make a little extra money. PLUS, Mirena is a costly birth control to ditch. I think many docs hear our concerns as melodramatic bitching.... To be fair, I think they want you to be really sure. But, my doc also thinks that my issues are not related to Mirena. I disagree...moving on-

MEDICAL UPDATE FROM THE OB: Appearently, I am naturally balding, fat, lumpy, and depressed. Or it is something else. She suggested getting my thyroid checked. IF I still have symptoms after the Mirena removal- then I will get the thyroid test. As for my tumors, it may not have been from the Mirena- but I am not 100%. They appeared after the inplant.

Back to the story-

Upon my exam- my Mirena strings are no where to be found. I have an unltasound scheduled for next TUE. Then, most likely a D and C to have it removed unpon finding its position if in utero. So, it has to be removed now! I WIN!

BREW HA HA HA HA!

I am Having the LAST LAUGH now Mirena!
Let me know what you ladies think or if you have any suggestions :-)