https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:41:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2790004 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:00:03 +0000 CakeLady 2790004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never checked, but I don't know what difference it would have made. My strings are apparently pulled up into my cervix, but according to my doc its not a big deal... until I want to get it removed and then they have to "insert a camera" :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2790000 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 16:42:59 +0000 Foodnerd81 2790000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ok good. I love when posts like this make me feel better. 😊 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789932 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:25:30 +0000 winniebee 2789932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went in for a string check after a month. My doctor told me not to check on my own... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789919 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:31:12 +0000 Mrs D 2789919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had Mirena for 1.5 years, never could feel the strings...but never tried real hard... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789899 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:46:55 +0000 Adira 2789899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked mine about every other month. I could feel them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789891 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:31:06 +0000 Alba4 2789891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, never? At my last appointment, my OB said they had curled up, so I haven’t even tried... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789876 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:16:49 +0000 starchild 2789876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked mine maybe 3 times in 4 years, maybe. I could never feel them so I didn’t see the point in trying. Besides the excruciating pain associated with insertion and removal that I figured might give me a heads up if it were dislodged, I figured I’d see it expelled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789865 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:30:20 +0000 Ajsmommy 2789865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had one prior to DD and the strings were gone by my f/up apt from getting it inserted and they never reappeared. I got it removed 6 yrs later with no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789863 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:19:56 +0000 yoursilverlining 2789863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never checked them. At my follow-up for both IUD insertions my OB checked them and the strings both times curled around my cervix so I wouldn't have been able to really feel them anyway; OB said this is normal. </p> <p>I've had 2 Mirena IUDs with no issues with either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789862 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:19:17 +0000 kiddosc 2789862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I check maybe 2-3 times a year, it's not something I think about regularly. They are sometimes difficult to find since they curl back around your cervix and I've had to run my finger all the way around my cervix to find them sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789860 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:02:36 +0000 Bibliolove 2789860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I checked mine monthly when I had the Paragard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789847 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:13:52 +0000 jhd 2789847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had two with no problems at all and I wasn’t good at checking for the strings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/checking-iud-strings#post-2789844 Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:20:14 +0000 Foodnerd81 2789844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How often do you check your IUD strings? How often can you not feel them? </p> <p>Searching old posts on here tells me it definitely happens that everything is fine and you just can’t feel it. I haven’t checked my mirena in a long time and wasn’t able to feel them today. I’ll try again tomorrow but curious how often it happens. And what the outcome is! </p>