birth control
"On January 13, 2008 I had my Mirena inserted.  It was painless and I had no cramping in the days to follow.  What I did have was 8 SOLID months of spotting.  Enough to need a light tampon while I was awake and a pad while I slept.  All the while my depression got worse, my face broke out, I lost my libido, I gained weight and my stomach bloated. I gained a total of 30 pounds between 1/13/08 and 8/09. July '09 is when I started lactating...a new side effect of the Mirena.  On 8/16/09 I had my Mirena removed and it was the best thing I've ever done, painless and within a week most of my symptoms were almost totally gone.  I'm still lactating and have to lose about 10 more pounds.  At least it did it's job preventing pregnancy."