IUDs and Pregnancy Test.

[LoveBug190011]

Hi everyone so I might not be posting in the right group for this but I’m giving it a shot! 
 

So in March of this year I got my first ever IUD placed. I’ve always had irregular and horrible periods and no other form of birth control helped. I was finally recommended the IUD in February and was excited to get it I have multiple friends and family who have it and they love it. I was also relieved to know that it can stop your cycle all together after a while which I was glad to hear. Well now it’s been 6 months and I haven’t had my cycle since September and as someone who never experienced not having there usual cycle I still tend to get worried whenever I don’t have it so I’ve been buying Pregnancy Test just to have a piece of mind that it’s actually my IUD working and not one of those “I have an IUD and still got Pregnant.” Stories I hear and read about online. I’m just wondering if that makes me seem crazy or if others have done the same. Like I said it’s been a lot of years of having my cycle and for it to just stop because of this little device still is crazy to me.

 

Thanks for reading and commenting! 

[Batya33]

No it doesn't.  I took pregnancy tests -a few -while on the pill because I was late.  No method is foolproof.  Many things can stop your period - pregnancy, stress, early menopause.   I never had an IUD but was on the pill as long as I was because of irregular and horrible periods so I get it! I never missed a period while on the pill.  

[catfeeder]

Sure, it makes sense. It's cause and effect. If a period has been your conditioned method of confirming that you're not pregnant for x years, then all of a sudden, a lack of a period may prompt you to want another form of confirmation. Test away!