Mirena Side Effects Weight Gain and Loss of Libido

Author: Clare London

Mirena side effects for some women can be many and varied. Like many women... I had problems after having Mirena fitted and found other women that had the same problems but they didn’t realise what was causing them. Sadly some of the Mirena side effects go undetected.


Loss of Libido


If you have been married or in a relationship for a while the chances are your sex life has changed. It can still be great but it’s a more cultured affair usually as opposed to the beginning of your relationship when you just couldn’t keep your hands off each other. As your relationship develops, children and just life in general can get in the way of romance. Great sexual encounters with your partner become rare and less spontaneous. However, as long as you are both happy, life will go on quite normally.


This is why one of the main Mirena side effects, loss of libido... can go undetected. Many women have the Mirena Coil fitted and lose their libido but because they have been in a relationship for a while, they put this down to the fact that this is the normal progression of a relationship. Well... it isn’t always so! Many loving couples have long relationships where the sex they have changes but remains intense and mostly improves over the years if you genuinely love each other and communicate well.


How many times have you heard couples joke “oh... no we don’t have sex anymore we’ve been married too long for that” Sadly... this is true for some couples. The fact is some women that have the Mirena Coil don’t realise that one of the main Mirena side effects is loss of libido. Even if you go to the Doctors and tell them that you have lost your libido they will tell you that this happens in long term relationships and is quite normal. This of course is not always true as Mirena has been known to bring on menopause which has the same effect in reducing libido. Since having the Mirena Coil fitted only you will know whether your physical attraction to your partner has changed.


Weight Gain


The other main Mirena side effect is weight gain. This is probably the most common and most annoying side effect to most women. If you just search the Mirena forums you will find many women complaining about weight gain and although the medical profession say there is no evidence of this, it’s pretty clear that there is for some women. In fact if you ask your Doctor how the Mirena Coil works, they generally cannot tell you because very little is known of exactly how it works and why it is so effective.


Weight gain also ties in with the loss of libido because obviously weight gain makes all physical activity harder and therefore more effort is involved and after a long day at work or dealing with the kids you aren’t best placed to get involved in some erotic aerobics. Obviously, there are measures you can take to counter act the weight gain and loss of libido but do you really want to go to all that effort and expense when removing the Mirena Coil and returning to conventional contraceptives could give you back your life within a month or two.


I lost my libido and went up three dress sizes and my Doctor said it was normal when you have had children and been in a long term relationship. This turned out to be the wrong advice... after I had the Mirena Coil removed my weight dropped rapidly and my sex drive returned much to my husband’s delight. Mirena side effects nearly ruined my relationship. Don’t let it do the same to yours.

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