The Mirena (IUC) is it Dangerous

The newest form of birth control is being heavily advertised on all the television channels lately. The Mirena is an intrauterine contraceptive, or that is what Bayer has called this new device. In the past we had several forms of what was called an Intrauterine Device, they are marketing the difference between these devices as being the use of a hormone called Levonorgestrel being released by the Mirena. In years past one of the side affects of the Intrauterine Device was the possibility of it actually puncturing the Uterus and passing into the abdominal cavity.

The Mirena is being marketed as a fantastic form of birth control after the birth of your child. In fact that is one of the requirements of the patient before insertion, they must have had one child, be in a stable relationship, and not have had an ectopic pregnancy or pelvic inflammatory disease.

At Mirena.com you can view the site and get information on how this is a long-term protection and convenient form of birth control. The site will tell you the Mirena is 99.9% effective and hassle-free. They boast that return to fertility is quick and as easy and in fact similar to women who had used no birth control at all.

There is one thing that the Bayer Corporation and www.Mirena.com has not covered in their web site or advertisements. The Mirena can be very dangerous during the insertion period for women who have just given birth and are breast feeding. The Uterus is very weak and thin after the birth of a baby and yes the average woman will heal within the first 6 to 8 weeks. However, a breast feeding mother may have a longer healing period for the uterus. Thus the insertion of the IUC Mirena is more dangerous and likely for perforation than in a woman who has waited a much longer space of time.

One in every 100 women will experience a perforation of their uterus while having the Mirena inserted. Mirena may cause the occurrence of ovarian cysts which Bayer states will go away on their own over time. They also warn that there is a percentage of patients who experience expulsion of the Mirena (that means it falls out), you can also have missed or irregular bleeding the first few months.

Yes birth control is an important part of our world today. Please ask yourself however, is this foreign object right for my body. This writer has personal knowledge and experience with a young mother who had this device inserted eight weeks after the birth of her fourth child. While breast feeding her youngster her doctor told her this was the best of the best for her future birth control. The doctor swears no knowledge of danger due to her breast feeding as a side affect of insertion. However, within 24 hours of the insertion of this device the young woman was hospitalized and had surgery for the removal of her IUC which had perforated the uterus. Upon discharge from the hospital the patient discovered that there actually is a class action suit in the works against Bayer for not providing the doctors with this extremely important point. The insertion of the IUC should not take place in lactating women as the danger of the IUC Mirena perforating the uterus is greater because of the weakened muscle.

This young woman's doctor did share with her that she as a doctor has removed more than one dozen Mirena IUC's from women in emergency settings due to perforation of the uterus wall. The Doctor however, denies any proof or information from Bayer that the dangers for breast feeding women is higher for this side affect than the average post partum patient. The future of this birth control device lies in the hands of our legal system at this time and no outcome will be forth coming for many months if not years.

Please remember if you are investigating the use of the IUC device please discuss it clearly and completely with your physician. Point out the fact if you are breast feeding that the research shows this side affect is growing in the public eye. If you doctor does not share with you the clear and precise dangers of the Mirena then get a second opinion or do not go forward with the procedure.