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I've had two Mirenas. Love it!
No periods. No forgetting pills.
The amount of hormone getting into your bloodstream is infinitesimal compared to the dosage in BC.

My mom had the copper one and bled for three weeks out of the month. She was so anti-IUD when I got mine because of her experience.

@mfa_lady: I thought about copper because I wanted hormone free (some because made me hormonal) but I have heavy periods. Overall my ob said he has more people asking for the copper to be removed than the mirena. I'm only a week in on the mirena and I'm bleeding a fair amount but feel ok.

I was on the pill before TTC LO1. Then I got Mirena. I know plenty have had horror stories but I had zero issues. I still had some spotting, but never a regular period, so that was awesome. I got it out in Dec and then we started TTC in April and got pregnant right away.

I'm on my second Mirena and I love it. It's like a tampon commercial...I can do anything and my period doesn't interrupt! I barely even get a period, sometimes I take a pregnancy test just to confirm that blip was indeed my period.

I have had Mirena twice. One when we got married before TTC and another after LO. I will do one again in the future. I was on BCP for a few years in college and my body did not do well. I love not having a period with Mirena and the fact that we don't have to remember any birth control. I had some spotting the second time on and off for a month or two after it was placed but I'll take that over monster periods!

I had a copper one -- I have PCOS and don't regularly ovulate/AF, so I figured an occasional heavy period (if it happened) wouldn't be a big deal. I had it for about 9m and just felt...off. It wasn't necessarily the initial cramping/spotting, which went away after 2-3w, and I never actually got a period to compare it to. But about every 10d, I would feel like crap for 1-2 days...like a period was coming, kinda crampy...and then nothing would happen and I'd be fine for another 10 or so days. I got it taken out and that all stopped immediately, so something about it wasn't working for me!

I had a copper iud and every month I spotted for about 7 days and had a full on period for 3 days. Still not sure if that was worth it, I might do the Mirena next time. Cramps weren't bad for me, evened out after a few months.

I have a copper IUD. My period is much heavier and longer on it and I'm considering having it removed because it has an affect on quality of life. No other noticeable symptoms other than the unpleasant periods. I've had it for almost 3 years.