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Ok this may be totally unrelated, but...

I have had the Mirena IUD since Jan 2011. Up until surgery it has given me nothing but pain, however I had virtually NO period. I started my period 3 days after surgery so that would've been 12/27 that I started. I have had more bleeding now than the past 4-5 months combined. It has been 11 days now and I'm still going. It's also a really nasty brown color. (Sorry if that's TMI)

The good news is that the pain I used to have is gone.

Just curious if anyone else experienced anything like this?

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Deffinately NOT unrelated... its due to the hormones (estrogen) being released from all those fat cells ur burning up! The brownish stuff is just old blood thats been sitting since u havent had a period in a while... no worries n it should get lighter n (im hoping) stop again... i got my mirena in oct 11 n vsg in apr 2012, hadnt had a period in mos... had a pretty bad one after surgery then a few that were not horrible missed a month just had one that was on a day, off a day, back on a day... lol... its really irregular... that to me is the worst part... but it deff has slowed down... im assuming as the fatburn/hormone release slows... n im pretty sure will go away again once that levels off (which hopefully wont b for another 70ish lbs) ... good luck!

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Thanks this made me feel better....AND IT FINALLY STOPPED TODAY!!! LOL 10 days!! My personal best. LMAO.

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I have a Mirena IUD Also and I didn't have a period after having one for a month long after insertion. I have had 3 since surgery in 3/2012

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