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Is it possible to get pregnant while using the Mirena IUD?

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You can ABSOLOUTLEY get pregnant on Mirena. I switched from the pill (which I was on for 3 and a half years) to the iud about 7 months ago. I never had any problems with the pill and my and my boyfriend have never used condoms and I never got pregnant.. Until I switched to this form of birth control. read more

If you do get pregnant while using a birth control method, there may be risks to you and your baby. Here we talk about the risks of getting pregnant while Mirena is still in place. Over the course of 5 years, fewer than 8 in 1,000 women become pregnant while using Mirena. read more

I have the mirena, and I have a friend who got pregnant with the mirena. She had a healthy baby girl and the mirena was inside with the baby the whole time. read more

According to Mirena, which makes a hormonal type of IUD, fewer than eight out of 1,000 women (0.8 percent) become pregnant over five years using the device. Still, in rare cases, pregnancy can occur. For example, the IUD can slip partly or completely out of the uterus, which happens in about 5 percent of users during the first year, ACOG said. read more

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