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I have the Mirena. I know it doesn’t work for everyone but this is my third one and I haven’t had any major issues. I talked it over with my OB and we didn’t come up with anything that would work better for me. I love not getting my period!

Love my Mirena! Recently had my second one put in. I get a few days of light spotting A couple of times a year, but that’s it.

I also have a Mirena for non birth control reasons (heavy periods, etc) and I’ve had it almost a year. I get a couple days of spotting per month now mostly similar to my regular old cycle for timing. It helped with pain for the first 6 months or so then that returned. I also think it made hormonal acne worse for me as someone else said. However, if I needed it for BC reasons, I would 100% go for it! So simple compared to the pill.

I've been using a Nuvaring for 16 years and love it still. Once a month and forget it. I tend to just skip my periods for a few months by leaving it in and switching to a new one vs. removing it for a week.

I have a mirena, and I don't love it. I got it postpartum, and I had a lot of spotting for a good nine months. I pushed through it, and now have monthly spotting similar to what I get when not on birth control, and I also get my normal PMS symptoms. I am still breastfeeding, so that might be affecting things, but I won't get another one when this one expires. I had spotting troubles on the minipill, which is why I tried the mirena this time. In retrospect I wish I had it removed, I missed out on not having a period postpartum which is disappointing.