Copper coil (IUD) and tender breasts
How our community feel they have been impacted by tender breasts on copper coil (IUD)
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
68%
A bit
14%
Quite a bit
11%
A lot
5%
A great deal
2%
Out of the 624 reviews for copper coil (IUD), 197 people (32%) reported tender breasts.
Reviewers that reported tender breasts as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 3 - 5 yr
30 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 1 day ago
Insertion was a nightmare. I now come prepared to advocate for myself and demand pain medication. Don't let the GP/provider make you think paracetamol is enough. Other than that though, my periods are regular if not a bit longer. The first few months I was crampy but had come straight from 10 years of hormonal birth control so I think I had forgotten what my periods had felt like. Now there's barely any cramping, just annoyingly long at an average of 10 days.
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 16th Aug 26
Liked the coil however my periods were really long and extremely heavy and I became anemic. My partner could feel it too
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 3 - 6 mo
29 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 7th Jun 26
I loved the copper coil however it caused very heavy and long periods and I had to get it out after 5 months due to anaemia. I also have pmdd so I wanted to try something hormonal to ease this
Lost weight
0 helpful
0 comments
Copper coil (IUD) common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
75% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported period like cramps
41% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported lower back pain
40% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported vaginal discharge
32% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported tender breasts
19% of copper coil (IUD) reviewers reported thrush
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