MMMMonday! Thinking positive.

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It's MMMMonday! Each Monday, we bring you special, maintainer-curated content intended to enrich your VP experience. Please note that you can find past MMMMonday posts using the "mmmmonday" tag.

Also, a quick reminder about the other places you can find VP: vp_bulletins for local announcements; contact_vp for questions and feedback on the way VP is run; the Vulvapedia for basic questions; and don't forget about our sibling community over on Dreamwidth!

What's one positive action you've taken in your life recently? What "positive" means here is totally up to you - it doesn't have to be something that would benefit everyone, just something that you see as positive for you. It can be tiny or huge, momentary or sweeping...whatever works.

(PS: Thinking of those of you in the path of Sandy. Stay safe.)

IUD/Mirena Problems, please help??

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I had the Mirena placed 10 days ago at my local County Clinic. It was agonisingly painful, and I had dreadful cramps all day the first day. Since the second day (Days 2-10) I've intermittently had bad cramps and terrible lower back pain. It's off and on, but it is every day, and I am still bleeding. (Not heavily, but 3/4 panty liners a day) When I have pain, it's BAD. 
I went back to the clinic on day 4, and told them my pain wasn't getting any better. She told me that the strings were in the right place, but she said all they could do was take it out, and the nurse poked my cervix a lot, which was terribly uncomfortable and made me want to vomit. She wasn't gentle and told me I had a "sensitive cervix." Which sounds like a lot of crap to me. I don't trust these people any more, and I'm scared to go back to them. I'm scared that they've placed it wrong, but are making stuff up to cover their ass. but I don't have insurance, so there's not much else I can do. Does any one have any experience in this field? 

Thanks again Vagina Pagina, this is an amazing resource and wonderful community, and I am so grateful for any help. Thank you so much.

Had my withdrawl bleed, but...

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Hi all. I'm on Junel Fe 1/20, have been for about two yrs. I had my withdrawal bleed last week (started last Sunday, the 21st). The heaviness of the bleed differs slightly some months (is this normal by the way?) sometimes it's lighter, sometimes it's heavier. Wasn't sure if that's abnormal on HBC. Anyway like I said, I had my bleed, but it was fairly light. But now, a week later, my breasts are sore and vein-y like I'm about to have a bleed! I'm good about my pills and hardly ever miss one..most recently it was like two months ago and I've had a bleed since then. Any thoughts on this? My boobies hurt! :( TIA

EDIT: Anyone? Plz?

EDIT 2: I should have also mentioned that I don't let my boyfriend come inside me! He comes first, usually on my tum or boobs, then we have sex more until I come. So the sperm amount would be very small, right?

EDIT 3: I also forgot I've been taking a clove of raw garlic a day to fight off the cold I was coming down with. Dunno if that makes any difference?