Pill to IUD experience?

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Anyone switch from the Pill to Mirena IUD? I'm wondering what I'm in for mood-wise and (longer term*) cramping-wise.

(*I'm aware that the insertion procedure itself may cause cramping that lasts for up to a few days. I'm talking like will I get monthly or continual cramps when right now I get cramps like once a year, maybe.)

I'm currently on a tri-phase combo pill, and I'm switching to an IUD. When I first started the combo pill around 2002, they first gave me one where I had the same level of hormones (progesterone and estrogen) every day of the month (except the placebo week), and that gave me significant mood swings and a bit of cramps too, so they switched me to a tri-phase (still both hormones, but different levels throughout the month). Now I'm going to be switching to the Mirena IUD in the hopes that it'll stop my period entirely (we'll see), and I'm wondering if it'll give me any sort of "withdrawal" mood / cramping symptoms, due to dropping the estrogen entirely, or due to switching to a constant (hopefully lower) level of progestrone.

Thanks in advance! :)

Painful bumps on vulva

[browneyedmami.livejournal.com]

HI VPers!

As the title says, I have some painful pimple like bumps on my vulva. In the past I've had bumps like these and I would just pop them and they would go away (I know, horrible!), but this time instead of just one, I have 3 now and they all hurt! I'm 99% it's not an STD as I haven't been sexually active recently (last 3 months), and prior to that I was in a monogamous relationship, plus I was tested shortly before we broke up and the only thing I had was BV.

I should also mention I have HPV so I'm wondering if they are possibly HPV warts?

I tried to take a picture, but it doesn't show much so I left it out.

I know you guys can't give me a diagnonsis, but maybe you could shed some light on the situation while I wait to be able to make/go to an appointment?