mirena iud expelling?

[ohmygeisha.livejournal.com]

x-posted to iud divas

so, I have a Mirena and I've had it since the summer. July i think. I think it's expelling. And I'm not sure if I need to go to the hospital for it? Like, it's cramping really badly. For about 2 weeks I've been having spotting, one day I randomly thought my period was finally coming and so I put a tampon in because there was a lot of blood, and then, it stopped too quickly. Now I just checked to see if I needed to put another tampon in because I was cramping, and I could feel the strings were sticking out, and I've never been able to feel them ever before. Is this something I should assume is expelling? and what's the proper medical care for it?

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surprise bleeding

[scarlacraft.livejournal.com]

I missed my pill on wednesday and then all of a sudden my body decided to do a period on me. At first I assumed it was spotting but then woke up with a mess to sort out. Not fun.

My last 'period' was brief and ended a couple of days before i started a fresh pack of pills, I was a bit confused but pretty grateful.

Now this surprise bleeding started off as old blood and has progressed to fairly newish blood, runnier and less brown - more like dark red. congealed if you will.

I am experiencing aches similar to when i was having natural periods, but I can't tell if it is womb aches or colon aches (I have been pooing a lot the past day or so)

urgh...

Also, I have never had significant spotting from missing a pill/being late with a pill before, which is why i am worried.

Couple this with having a cold and cough and being stressed with college work - I feel awful.

Any ideas what my body thinks it is doing?