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A member asked:

Been on mirena (levonorgestrel) coil about 4 months and keep getting really big, sore and lumpy breasts its quite painful like when your pregnant, every 2 weeks?

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Normsl: This happened to me too when i had mirena (levonorgestrel). Some women are sensitive to the Progesterone in the iud. You can wait it out a few more months to see if it gets better or have it removed. I was so annoyed with it, i had mine taken out. Bottom line. Nothing's wrong with you, your body's just responding to that hormone.

Dr Baez agreed

Answered 6/30/2014

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