“The hurt locker”? Awesome.
And the last bit reminds me of the cloned Ripleys in Alien Resurrection. :eek:
I have an appointment Thursday to make sure that my Mirena is hanging out where it should be; let’s hope I won’t be using similar language that day. BTW, no migraines and no periods since soon after implantation means I can totally accept an IUD escape at some point in the future. (Not to mention notice it a little easier.)
LOL! I will hold you to that! (How, I haven’t a clue, but … )
Oh Og, this thread just gets better! And it looks like we have a replacement for “Band Name!” (“Movie Name!”)
Is it odd that I’m laughing hysterically at the image I have in my mind of an alien-encrusted IUD? Can complete psychosis be far behind?
I told the story of my errant IUD here. What I didn’t mention is that when I first noticed I was in a nightclub thirty miles from home. Really ruined my night, I was scared to dance.
“This time it’s personal!”
I think only humans having sex with other humans need to worry about birth control.
Urg. I knew there was a reason when the doc mentioned Mirena to me as an alternative to the pill, my first reaction was ‘Oh HELL no’! And this is it! :eek:
I had what I referred to as “clots” on an hourly basis on some days. These things were as long as one of my fingers, and as thick as my thumb.
Yes, I could feel it when I passed one.
I’ve had my uterus and ovaries removed, and this is one of the main reasons why.
Oh, and I’d put that IUD in the freezer, not the fridge. And my first thought was that it was a miscarriage, with the IUD imbedded in the fetus.
Mom was an RN, so I grew up on a steady diet of TMI. Pics, please.
No, you don’t want to put it in the freezer. Don’t ask why I know this - just no, if they want to sample the tissue, you don’t want to freeze it.
Reading this is making it very easy to forgo evening snacking.
Thanks, OP. My urge for a second ice cream is gone 
Am I the only one who doesn’t automatically get why it needs to go in the fridge/freezer? Are they gonna replant it in you or something? Why not get the ickies off - or are they going to investigate it at the gyno?
In case they want to examine/biopsy the tissue, you should keep it from decomposing in the meantime.
Oh, okay.
Ewwwwwwwwwwww 
Sounds like a cervical mucus plug. I’ve passed a couple of those when I went off the Pill, and damn are they freaky. More like pectin or agar than gelatin. Really, really firm, like if you threw it at someone, it would bounce off their forehead.
It’s one of the ways hormonal birth controls work - the cervical mucus thickens into the plug and repels all sperm. (Well, wouldn’t YOU be repelled?)
Ok, now I really want to see a pic.
Darn it, Cinnamon, show us your goopy IUD!
Uh…
yeah
Note: Do not do a Google Image search on “mucus plug”. Just don’t.
If your doctor says you don’t need it, take it to work in a brown bag labelled “HANDS OFF MY GOURMET FOOD!” and put it in the refrigerator in the employees’ lounge and wait for the horrified screams.
I love how you phrased that.
The movie ideas have me rolling - especially the Dreamworks idea with Jack Black. Though it’s hard to top “Slithering Crotch Terror” as a great movie title.
The accompanying, ah, flow that came with it does put me in mind of when I passed the mucus plug with my last baby, now that you mention it.
I know you’re all dying to see, so on with the pictures! I got one good shot of the first side with no flash, and the best shot of the other side was with the flash, so the brightness is a little different, and the second shot is kind of washed out, but I think you’ll be able to perceive all its slimy glory.
For reference, thisis what a new Mirena looks like.
Please click with caution. Remember, you can’t unclick! And you may never want to eat Jell-O or cherry sauce (or possibly anything) ever, ever again once you look.
The sperm I do have are repelled, and they haven’t even left my body yet.
That rug is ruined.
