No more LAM, thoughts on IUD

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iphigenia wrote:
Andrea A. Phillips wrote:

I vote Mirena (and I'm getting mine in a week or so). I don't think
any IUD will cause periods if you wouldn't have had them anyway, but
the copper IUDs cause periods to be heavier and more painful than
they would otherwise have been.

I would say the copper-T MAY cause periods to be heavier and more painful.
That has certainly not been the case for me.

According to my doctor, the copper-T heavy bleeding problem is rare for nursing mothers. Basically, you have heavy periods while adapting to it. If, however, you have it inserted early on (while baby is young) then your body adapts long before you have your first period.

I had mine inserted at 6 weeks. I had a fair amount of spotting then (some real light pink stuff for more than week), but no period yet (baby is now 3.5 months).

-Jan