this feels like a PSA that would be appreciated on tumblr
so since female healthcare is a joke and most OGBYNs are clowns, i'd just like to let my fellow people with IUDs know that
MIRENA IUD IS NOT EFFECTIVE AFTER 5 YEARS
if you are using it for cycle/symptom control
and it becomes less effective for birth control
all the doctors saying "oh it was approved for 8 years so you don't need to get it out it's fine" don't know what the fuck they're talking about
and it's fucking insane that i had to find that out by my goddamn self after i finally called bullshit on my doctors, googled it, and confirmed they're fucking liars via Mirena's own goddamn website
like i was skeptical the second i heard that ~fun fact~ when i asked about getting it out, b/c just from a practical standpoint how are you gonna tell me that something that is a finite size and (I assume) carefully constructed to give the proper dose of medication for a specific period of time is suddenly just as effective >1.5x as long as it was designed for?
YEAH. TURNS OUT IT ACTUALLY DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT? NOT A SINGLE OBGYN APPARENTLY!!!













