Mirena vs Jadelle

We are pretty sure we're now a complete family and so I'm looking at more long-term forms of contraception - I'm very over doing the daily pill thing (and DH isn't quite ready to have the snip just yet!)

So I'm thinking more along the lines of the Mirena IUD and the Jadelle implant, but as I have no personal experience with these, I'm looking for other people's experience with them, good or bad!

I believe they cost about the same, and that isn't really an issue anyway... it's more whether you've had any side effects, what AFs have been like after, did they hurt excessively going in/out (I have heard getting Jadelle removed can be ouchie! ).

Thanks ladies in advance! It's always good to hear personal experiences rather than just factual info

Can you have jadelle while b/feeding? didnt know that, brilliant. anyone know roughly what the cost is?

ooh, thanks for pointing that out Rach! (Here is a link - not sure what it actually costs though).

I didn't get AF back till DD#1 was 15 months when I stopped BFing (and was on the minipill then), so I'm hoping regardless of how the progesterone is delivered, things might go the same way this time!

to be honest, the thought of threads hanging around up there makes me cringe a little! I think i may be leaning towards the jadelle!

I haven't had either but I'm about to get Jadelle. Basically we think we might have finished having babies but I want to keep the door open in case we change our minds in time. It is the same hormone as the minipill but thankfully I don't have to remember to take it all the time. It lasts up to 4-5 yrs and you can get pg with it after just 1 week after it's removed. Not like the injection which takes a long time to get out of the system. It's also fully subsidised now, as of about 6mos ago. I need a 30 min appointment with my dr to have it inserted and apparently it takes longer to remove. The insertion is a bit like having 2 IV lines put in, from the sounds of things. Not looking forward to that too much

I have a mirena. It cost $350 I think from Family Planning. (my dr was over $500) I bled for about a month. Normal heavy period for 7 days then PITA discharge for the rest of the time. Then my cycle regulated and it was very light compared to my normal cycle. Has saved me a fortune in sanitary products and probably paid for itself by now. I was a super tamp and pad every 1.5 hours for the first 3 days. Now I can do just a tamp every 4 hours and after 3 days it is petering off and not the full 7 days I used to get.

If you have low iron Under 15 I think you get it for free. Mine was 16 so I had to pay. Some drs have vouchers they are given every year and it is on a first come first serve basis so check if your doctor gets these and reserve one now. I have never felt my strings. The dr said that at first they are a bit stiff from being new and you can feel them then they sort of soften and curl up and most people can't feel them then. Dh hasn't felt them. Getting it put in was just like a regular smear. I am the sort that clamps my legs into a stiff don't touch me stanch which makes lady things so much more difficult but I just don't seem to be able to help myself. But after it was in I actually asked was that it.

I was worried since I had a bad reaction to a depo with the hormone side of things but so far so good. Overall I am happy with it and based on my experience I would recommend it.

i have a mirena. its great. my cycle is now 28days and 5days max of very light only needing a liner.
much nicer than the 10-14 days on and 2 weeks off of ultra heavy i get naturally (8-10days on the pill)

i dont have strings as i got it put in during surgery and had D & C at the time (AF was due and i was having my pelvic floor cut open so D&C to prevent infection) and cos i was dialated when my cervix shut it ate the strings

Just wee note about jadelle my cousins wife had this and had very major and significant side effects. Make sure you reasearch both throughly do some google search and you will find lots about mirena. At the end of the day its a personal choice. Im not trying to scare you the side effects she experienced are extremely rare. I guess she just drew the short straw.

The mirena causes serious damage to the female body, and the only way to get rid of these side effects for good is to remove the mirena and take natural supplements, herbs and foods and consider natural therapies that will eliminate estrogen dominance, help restore the balance of progesterone and estrogen hormones, and detoxify the body from all the toxins present in mirena such as silicone and copper. Mirenadetox has been immensely helpful to my recovery and I seriously recommend it