Love Island star Dani Dyer revealed that she had to undergo surgery to have her IUD removed after it “had gone missing.”
Dyer, who won season 4 of the U.K. dating show, shared in a TikTok video that she had the Mirena IUD inserted seven months ago. She explained that after welcoming twins last May with her partner, West Ham soccer player Jarrod Bowen, she opted for this type of birth control because it’s “there, it's done, I've not gotta worry about, you know, contraception.”
As per the Cleveland Clinic, an IUD — or intrauterine device — “is a form of birth control that a healthcare provider inserts into your uterus” and can “prevent pregnancy for up to 10 years or more, depending on the specific type.“
"I had the coil — Mirena coil — fitted," she says, based on recommendations from friends who had positive experiences with it.
The Mirena IUD is designed to last up to 8 years, according to the website, and is also FDA-approved to treat heavy menstrual bleeding.
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In the beginning, Dyer said, “I absolutely loved it. I had obviously a little bit of pain at the beginning but I obviously knew it was just my body getting used to it.”
However, she says, “I started having, like, terrible cramps ... loads and loads of bleeding.”
She said she put off going to the doctor, saying that, "I'm not a drama queen when it comes to my own health."
It wasn't until she had "really severe pains the other month" that she says she sought advice from a healthcare professional. "I was just like, 'I just don't know if this is normal.'”
When her doctor examined her, Dyer said he gave her the news her IUD “had gone missing.”
As the National Library of Medicine says, “There are many reports of migrated intrauterine devices.”
The Radiological Society of North America says that migration from its original position "is a frequently encountered complication" — and the complication can either "can usually be managed in the outpatient clinical setting" or require "surgical management."
Dyer didn't specify where in her pelvic area her IUD was found, only that its location necessitated surgical intervention.
“It was not his fault, it's just one of those things that happens,” she said, adding that an X-ray revealed it “still there in my pelvic area but basically it needs to be removed [from] where it is. That means having to go under general anesthetic and having keyhole surgery.” That's a common term in the UK for a laparoscopy, where a doctor makes a small incision and inserts a camera to guide the procedure.
However, IUDs generally come with “threads” that can be felt when it's in the correct place. As the Mirena website says, “check for the threads by reaching up to the top of your vagina with clean fingers to feel the removal threads. Do not pull on the threads.”
“If you feel more than just the threads or if you cannot feel the threads, Mirena may not be in the right position,” and you should consult your healthcare provider, the company says.
Dyer didn’t disclose if her IUD had threads, and only shared that she experienced heavy bleeding and cramps.
The reality star underwent the procedure yesterday, and said she was a “little bit drowsy” but “was more nervous around like the general anesthetic side of it.”
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She added that the “scars are really small — like went through my belly button."
And while she joked that her hospital stay is “quite a nice little night off,” the mom of three is headed back home to “mom duties” — and urged her followers to “listen to your body.”
“If anyone else has got to go through this ... I promise you you're going to be absolutely fine,” she said.
The Quran - Chapter Al- Jathiyah : 23
Have you seen ˹O Prophet˺ those who have taken their own desires as their god? ˹And so˺ Allah left them to stray knowingly, sealed their hearing and hearts, and placed a cover on their sight. Who then can guide them after Allah? Will you ˹all˺ not then be mindful?
مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ ("Have you seen him who has taken his desires as his god...45:23) In other words, he who has made his selfish desires his object of worship. Obviously, no unbeliever claims that his desires are his object of worship.
Keeping this in view, this verse of the Qur'an indicates that ` worship' actually means ` obedience'. Thus anyone who undertakes to obey someone against the obedience of Allah makes him the object of his worship instead of Allah.
There are people who ignore what Allah has declared lawful and unlawful or what He has permitted and what has forbidden.
People who do not care what Allah has forbidden and follow their whims and fancies, their desires are their god, in this sense, although they may not have uttered it by word of mouth.
The same theme has been versified by an ` Arif:
سودہ گشت از سجدہ راہ بُتَاں پیشانیم چند برخود تھمت دین مسلمانی نھم
"My forehead has swollen by prostrating before the statues of beauty, although I claim to profess the religion of Islam."
In this couplet, the poet has portrayed selfish desires as statues. He who takes his desires as his leader and follows them is as good as their worshipper, that is why they have been described as their deities.
Sayyidna Abu ` Umamah narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Of all the deities worshipped under the firmament of the earth, the most detestable one in the sight of Allah is hawa, that is, selfish desires.
Sayyidna Shaddad Ibn ` Aws ؓ narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺٍ said: "A wise person is he who keeps his desires under control and works for life after death; and sinful is he who runs after his desires and yet expects the best in the Hereafter." Sayyidna Sahl Ibn ` Abdullah Tustari ؓ said: "Your ailment is your selfish desires.
And if you oppose them, it will turn into your cure." (All these narratives have been adapted from Qurtubi).
