Skyla removed today after 3.25 years 🎉 start of TTC journey

I liked Skyla but her time is up.

The cons:

I gained about 20lbs, have had frequent yeast and BV infections, and started getting bartholins cysts since I started on Skyla. My periods also got longer (used to be 4-5 days, now I average 9 LONG days of bleeding). My body just doesn’t like hormones, but it was the lowest dosage I could get and the smallest device so 🤷🏾‍♀️

The pros:

I worried that I would need to get used to taking pregnancy tests if I completely lost my cycle so I intentionally chose the low dose IUD. I have have had regular periods for the last 2.5 years (first few months were spotty as my body adjusted).

I’ve never had a pregnancy scare so that’s nice.

Pills were annoying to remember and also made me pre hypertensive (gave me very high blood pressure to the point when working out felt like I was gonna die). My old OB took me off of pills and I opted for the Skyla so that I would be protected from unplanned pregnancy. I never got pregnant and my blood pressure returned to an acceptable level so Skyla was great.

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Im ready to TTC so three years was the perfect amount of time for me to have the IUD inserted.

Once I have kids (🤞🏿), I’ll just monitor my ovulation and use condoms — I don’t plan to get another IUD anytime in the near future.