(That’s to be sung to the tune of My Sharona—really showing my age).

Of all the things that have inhabited my uterus, I’ve never experienced the kind of love/hate relationship that I have with my Mirena. The fibroids were only hated. The babies were only loved. But, the Mirena is mixed.

I love that it has just about stopped my periods. They used to be heavy, ghastly things that I dreaded every month. I’d have to plan ahead (from my date of ovulation, at least they were predictable pains in my ass–literal pains in my ass–or near enough to it) and cancel all activities for 3 days so I could concentrate on keeping my blood plasma filled with the maximum allowed daily dosage of Ibuprofen and whine and moan on the couch.

I love that I’m not pregnant. You’d think that would be the #1 thing I love about it, but trust me, my periods were that bad. And, there are other ways to keep from getting pregnant. The Mirena does offer a lot of simplicity and ease in the avoidance of getting pregnant, though. It has a rate of effectiveness equal to female sterilization, and once it’s inserted, it’s good to go for five years. It also doesn’t have estrogen so those annoying side effects (like blood clots and strokes) for people my age aren’t a concern.

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