kyleena iud experience

hi guys! i posted a little over a year ago about my kyleena iud insertion, and i got it removed a couple days ago. i wanted to talk about my experience and why i decided to get my iud removed so soon before the “expiration” date.

so, before the iud, i was on the birth control pill blisovi fe 1/20. i was on it for 3 years, and my period ended up completely going away while on this pill. when i told this to my gyno, she said this wasn’t normal, and switched my pills. i’m not sure what pill she switched me to, but it made me depressed and made me have really bad mood swings, so when i went back to her we decided the best thing for me would be the iud.

we chose kyleena because it was the lowest dose of hormones in an iud (i think? don’t quote me on this) and i should’ve had no symptoms on it at all. i was excited to try it because i knew how low maintenance it was and it was something that just lived in my body without me having to do anything.

if you read my insertion post, you read about how i had really bad intense cramping afterwards. it was contractions basically, and i’m pretty sure that was my body telling me that this device did not belong inside me. i chose to ignore this, which was the worst thing i think i’ve ever done.

my periods came back with a force, and they would last up to 2 weeks long with heavy bleeding and INTENSE contraction like cramps for days that would leave me sobbing on the floor about to black out. my body felt weird, i really can’t explain it but i knew something was off, and i had just grown to ignore it so i didn’t notice it anymore. when i got it inserted, i was 125 pounds, and now at the time of removal, i am 145 pounds. i developed really bad acne that would never go away, and now i have scarring on my face that seems like it’ll never lighten up.

i had no lifestyle changes or anything that could’ve caused me to gain 20 pounds from september 2020 to november of 2021. i was healthy, i worked out, there’s seriously nothing that explains this drastic gain except for the iud.

i can barely look at myself in the mirror, i feel so disgusting, and i’m hoping that i lose all the weight i gained soon. my acne has already started to clear up after removing it 5 days ago. the removal was relatively painless, it was super fast, and my body felt instant relief afterwards. i got it removed on a friday, started my new pill (which is the first birth control that i was on) on that sunday, and i’ve taken it for 2 nights now. i’m hoping my weight gain goes away soon, because i really hate myself. :(