Contraception Reviews

Hormonal IUD and tender breasts

How our community feel they have been impacted by tender breasts on hormonal IUD

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

64%

A bit

17%

Quite a bit

10%

A lot

5%

A great deal

4%

Out of the 78 reviews for hormonal IUD, 28 people (36%) reported tender breasts.

Reviewers that reported tender breasts as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Hormonal IUD  
Used for 6 - 12 mo
19 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  5 days ago

Hormonal IUD  

I've tried all the pills out there for BC, but my last resort was the hormonal IUD to stop me hemorrhaging every month. For the last 9 months, I've had 4 UTIs and constant pelvic pain. I've seen a urologist twice, and the hypothesis is that the IUD is drying out not only my skin but my vaginal tissues as well. I wish I could get it out to remove myself this constant UTI type pain, but I haven't bled a lot in the last couple of months. It's a very bad negative for a semi positive.

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Used for 1 - 3 mo
21 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  3 weeks ago

The insertion did cause me a great deal of pain, and the following days after I was cramping constantly. I am on my 2nd month of Kyleena and I do still experience some cramping in my day to day. It has made my period lighter but I have been bleeding for 22days.


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Used for 5 - 8 yr
41 years old
🇺🇸 US
  •  1 month ago

Absolutely loved my Mirena IUDs (I've had 3) compared to the other forms of birth control I've used. I did develop irritable bowel and didn't realize it was because of the IUD until I removed it and it went away (my doctor's also never suspected the IUD so I spent a lot of money and time with specialists only to find out it's a listed side effect in the insert). I've also had a steep decrease in migraines since removing my IUD, but besides the migraines and IBS, it was great!


Worse skin

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Hormonal IUD common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

1

Period like cramps

55% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported period like cramps

2

Headaches

37% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported headaches

3

Tender breasts

36% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported tender breasts

4

Lower back pain

32% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported lower back pain

5

Vaginal discharge

30% of hormonal IUD reviewers reported vaginal discharge


Possible hormonal IUD side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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