Already feeling better and a warning..

Well yesterday I went and had the hellish IUD mirena taken out of my body, this was such an easy way to not have to worry about birth control. Seemed great right? NO..

Two weeks after I had my precious baby I was in a size 6 again, not in my slim cut jeans but I was much skinnier than I am as I sit here writing this. I had the mirena placed and before I realized what the hell was going on, I had gained 20 lbs, I never felt quite right, depression set in, I have anxiety, there was no energy to be mustered up in my body, my marriage was not a happy place and a myriad of other strange things happening. So I had just assumed that this was all to do with the shitty year I had with my dad dying and all. I started therapy this year for my depression and anxiety issues and really do feel better about things but not quite *right*. Well fast forward to two months ago and I googled "mirena weight loss" and what the hell I didn't find. I was reading my story all over these pages from all of these women. I was amazed, I had never thought to put it together and so finally I made the decision to have it removed.

This morning I woke up and felt rested, something I haven't felt in forever no matter how much sleep I have had, I also hopped on the scale and I am down 2.5 lbs and I ate pizza yesterday..go figure! I have been literally unable to lose weight, no matter what I do, I can starve myself and not lose weight with that thing in me. Apparently thats just something that goes along with it. So we shall see, maybe my size 6's by Christmas? One can hope!

Anyways, I want to tell you all if you are experiencing any of these problems and you have this, don't take it lightly, you may be part of this 1% of people that have these side effects. Now I am waiting for the mirena crash, which happens about two weeks after you have it taken out (it takes that long for the synthetic hormones to leave your body), I am hoping that I just cruise through this but we shall see. I am just going to keep in mind how much better I am going to feel once this shit is out of my body!!

Here are some sites to check out if you have any of these issues:

HERE HERE and HERE