Your menstrual pattern four months after IUD removal is not related to the IUD. Take a pregnancy test, since your period in the fourth month without birth control was only spotting. If you continue to have spotty periods even with a negative pregnancy test, you can call your health care provider for advice if it's concerning to you.
Missing a period once in five years is normal with or without the IUD.
Yes, absent periods are a normal side effect of Mirena.
Yes, the copper IUD (intrauterine device), brand-named Paragard in the US, can cause irregular periods, heavier periods and increased cramps. These side effects are more common in the first six months after the IUD is inserted. The Mirena IUD, which contains levonorgestrel, may cause irregular periods in the first months of use, but over time you can expect fewer periods and less bleeding.
When the IUD is in normally, you don't feel it during your normal activities. It's good to check the string once a month or so by inserting a finger in your vagina and making sure the string feels just about as long as it was last month.
I HAD AN IUD AS WELL & I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME! THEN I STARTED GETTING PERIODS EVERY TWO WEEKS. IT DROVE ME AND MY HUSBAND NUTS! AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED W/ THE CRAMPS. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR & THEY CHECKED AND SAID THE IUD WAS IRITATING MY UTERUS. NEVERTHELEES I GOT IT PULLED OUT & AM NOW ON THE NUVARING :)
The Mirena IUD causes most people to stop having a period, so yes, this is normal.
There is nothing in the IUD that will stop you from ovulating and having a menstrual period.
It helps to lighten the periods or even to stop them, it could stop all together or you can skip a month or two at a time.
You should have your IUD removed at the end of its normal life, or when you want to get pregnant.
Yes. Depending on the type of IUD some women have heavier periods for the first 6 months, others including the Mirena are supposed to cause lighter periods and many women will have no periods at all. If the period is very painful, heavier than normal or accompanied by a fever you should be seen by your medical professional.
Yes, it takes a while for your own hormones to deal with the loss of the hormones produced by the IUD.