Mirena seems fine

I only googled Mirena because I feel like I've had some weight gain around the middle/thighs. Wow...I found so many NEGATIVE comments about it, now I'm worried about whether it was a good decision. I had mine inserted about 3 months ago, very little cramping accompanied by a 12 day period, but everything has been fine since then, little or no bleeding in fact. After reading everything, I've decided majority of the people only post (negative) comments because something negative made them search/post in the first place. Usually only those "unhappy" speak up. That said, so far I think I'm a happy Mirena user. Just a little skeptical about the weight gain. I havn't changed a thing, and weight has only changed by about 3 pounds but boy do my jeans feel a lot tighter. Guess I'll just monitor it and see how it goes. Ironically my Dr. recommended this form of birth control given my health history (I'm 34 yrs old): heavy/long irregular periods, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a level IV melanoma (skin cancer) which fortunately was confined only to skin. So I'm not thinking the Mirena causes these things, but maybe people already have a pre-existing condition or maybe it may worsen some health conditions. Whatever the case, it's definitely individual, and if you try and like it, chances are we WON'T hear from you.

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