Mirena, gone missing !!

[Trish]

Ok so this isn't about me, but a gf of mine. She's not long had her 3rd baby and went in and got the Mirena fitted. All was going fine and she was happy with it. Didn't have the break through bleeding or anything like that.

So this morning I am chatting with her and she tells me that she has to go in for a scan, she had been having a lot of cramps and pain on her right side. She went to the Dr and he did an internal. He could not locate her Mirena.So in she went for a scan this morning.

They found the Mirena.... In her ABDOMEN !!

So now she is going in to theatre to have it removed. She has been told she cannot breastfeed her baby after surgery because of the drugs. I am sure this would'nt be the case as you can still breastfeed after a c section and your full of drugs. I also fed straight after an emergency curette when Brandon was 2 weeks old.

Wish her luck girls

[Schmickers]

This might be a silly question, but - isn't a Mirena meant to be in her uterus?

[myson]

This might be an even sillier question... what is a mirena? where is it supposed to be?

[Alan]

The Mirena should be in the uterus

Myson
Mirena is a T shaped plastic device that sits in your uterus. It is a form of contraception

[Schmickers]

A Mirena is an IUD that is inserted into the uterus and releases hormones that prevent a fertilised egg from implanting.

After thinking about it, now I get it - you mean the strings went missing?

[Liz]

heh. Trish - did you get confused?? Perhaps it's in a fallopian tube or something? Seeing as it's pain on one side? I have no idea tho of course LOL.

Hope everything goes ok for her!

[aussienic]

fingers crossed it all goes ok...

my friend had a similar issue but they founds her was just hiding a bit and she didn't need surgery

[SaraJane]

Hope it goes well

[myson]

oh. AN IUD! well i know what that is.... I didnt realize they had names now

but seriously, hope your GF is doing ok.

[curl]

Sounds nasty... I hope your friend has a quick recovery.

[Trish]

In her UTERUS !

Oops.!!

Maybe that should read in her abdomen. LOL. Ok so it's in her belly.

Apparently, when the gyno put it in he measured her too long and inserted it right through and into her abdomen. Please tell me I have written it right this time.

She is in hosp and on anti biotics for 24 hours first, incase there is any infection. Then they are going to hopefully retrieve it via keyhole surgery.

[Alan]

That gyno needs a new tape measure.
How on earth could he/she make a mistake like that. It would require quite a bit of force to push it through her uterus. No wonder she has a lot of cramps and pain

[hoobley]

Dunno Alan, but when i had mine fitted they told me it is reltively normal for women to FAINT during a NORMAL, CORRECT insertion. Of course i barely had a cramp, but they were still very concerned about me getting the bus home alone and being in charge of my DD alone that evening (made me call DP and get him to come over while i was still in the clinic). Perhaps the lock on the sound was broken? When mine was fitted they inserted the sound/applicator, locked the stop at my cervix (so the next time they inserted they COULDN'T go too deep), put the mirena into the end and reinserted as deep as the lock and then released the Mirena and withdrew the sound/applicator.

Perforation does occur sometimes. I asked for stats before i let the doctor do it. The clinic had had one perforation in 7500 insertions and my doctor personally had 0 perforations in 900 insertions. Mine is still where it was put!

As an aside my friend has Mirena and her strings vanish and reappear at regular but random intervals and hers isn't "lost". In fact one of my strings went missing about a month after insertion but the other one is still there so i'm not worried.

Bx

[mummyof3boys]

thanks trish,
it is i who has a missing Mirena IUD!!!!

doc has said that the day it was put it they over did it yes and it put a hole in my cervix a hole in my uterus and now is im my bowel. lovely i know!

ive been sent home with a op date booked for the 16th sept.

it is an emg but the doc that is really good is over seas and will not be here till the 16th,
if i start to get worse sick temps bleeding im to go straight back in and have anyone remove it tho it wouldn't be key hole, thats the reason im on the waiting list cause this doc has a good chance of keeping it keyhole, if he cant no one can!!!

so i have to have a bowel prep on the 15!!!!!!!!!! starve on clear fluids for 2 days...and empty out!

I spoke to the breast feeding lady, and she seems to agree with yes i can bf just like i would after a c section!!!

i guess it depends on if i have key hole or open me up!
im also having my gall balled removed......

oh and im having some of my bowel removed!!!!!!!

im very scared very worried about it all!
i have 3 baby boys that i DO NOT want to leave behind!!!!!!!!!!

1 in a thousand have to have a (poo bag)
sorry don't know the correct name!

i don't know if i can have more babies!

everyone is telling me to sue, i don't know who/how or what/if i would even have a case!!!!!

please keep me in your thoughts that i pull through it fine!
and no bags and that i can keep breastfeeding my little man xoxoxxoxoxo

[aussienic]

thats so scary!! I would try find a different Dr and get it done as soon as possible if I was you..

Good Luck and i will be thinking of you

[Lisa]

Holy cr@p Skyski!
I really hope you have no issues between now and Sept 16! And I definitely hope you're still able to have bubba's!
I would be looking at suing also... what a terrible thing to have to endure.
Thinking of you and sending you loads of healing vibes.

[mummyof3boys]

thanks guys xxxxxxx

[MissWingBat]

HOLY H...
I am due to have one done in 3 weeks... And at our clinic they said the error rate on the insertion (as in over-insertion) is like, 1 in every 500. The nurse said there was a doctor there that had it happen a year ago, and the lady got sick, and she sued, and now the doctor is not practising at all anymore because her insurance premiums went through the roof!

Oh dear. I am seriously having doubts now. I'm just a scaredy-cat sometimes though...???