I had my first 2 fitted prior to having my 2 bundles of joy and they fitted them while I was under sedation, no such problems after !!! Have to say its been the really good for me, tried everything else and i mean everything ( injection was particually bad) So certainly worth any short lived discomfort.

I hadn't thought of sedation!! I may bring this up when I next see my doctor, no pills seem to be agreeing with me. Do you still get periods? Have they changed in anyway? Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not discuss it on here!

Have pm'ed you. But very happy with merena! Just hope can get it in aus.

This was my second one. The first was put in after a D&C (whilst under anaesthetic) so this was a bit of a shock to say the least!!! Still feel a bit crap now - crampy and headachy

I don't know if you can have one if you haven't had children - I had mine because of heavy periods. Loads better though.

The link above does mention about the Mirena so hope I can get it done in Oz. Would like to have general anaesthetic though as I am a right wimp!!!!

Need lots of sympathy now after going through that today!!!!!

Bless you, i know how it feels, you need a big glass of wine and some chocolate. ( perhaps a nurofen) You can have them if you havent had kids tho. Feel better soon

Thanks for sympathy. Don't fancy wine as got headache. Took ibuprofen too!!! Might have choccie though!!!

Jo
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The cure for everything!

Feel better!

Pm'd you back. I'm very interested in this thingy so I too hope it's available in Aus.

Need a new mirena in November ,so if nobody finds out before then will let you know

The "minipill" is progesterone only, so same methods of action and same side effects as the depo.

You dont have to change it if your periods are still nicely controlled ie you are happy with the blood flow frequency/volume. The mirena works for YEARS for PERIOD PROBLEMS....its just not guaranteed past 3 yrs for CONTRACEPTION.

So, you can find yourself another (additional) contraception method if you want, once three years are up....if you cant bear the thought of having the current one removed and a new one placed.

Yes - you certainly can. It is also well recommended for many late-teens/early 20 year olds.....

Sympathy coming your way!

you'll have to pay for your doctor's visit, unless they bulk bill, which most of them don't. this will cost you about $55 and you'll get about $30 of that back from medicare.

not sure about iud costs as i got mine done (and since removed - ouch!!!) privately (cost me about $150 from memory), but i think the pill costs you around $25 each month to fill the prescription. i'm just about to find out for sure as i'm going to the docs to get it on friday, so i'll come back and confirm!

you will likely find you have quite a few out of pocket medical expenses over here in general; it's just the way their system works.

yes, you can get mirena in aus. the iud does not seem to be a very popular method of contraception over here though for some reason.

if you have to have sedation for insertion of iud, you will certainly have to pay for the anasthetic and anasethetist (spelt wrongly!). you don't get any of that kind of stuff free here.