The Bachelor star Alex Nation reveals her birth control horror story after having a Mirena inserted

A former Bachelor star has revealed how her IUD birth-control device led to a health emergency after she began experiencing unbearable pain.

Alex Nation, 30, revealed on Tuesday she had her Mirena device inserted in October last year, six weeks after welcoming her second child.

But she ‘instantly felt like something was wrong’ and later learned it had pressed itself against her bowel.

‘I had a lot of bleeding. I bled pretty much every day for seven months, so I would either spot every day or I would get a period – which I shouldn’t – and my periods were really heavy,’ Ms Nation explained.

She also had severe bloating and experienced pain during sex, so went back to her doctor for a check-up.

‘I had to have an X-ray and it showed my Mirena had perforated my uterus, migrated to my abdomen and was pressed against my bowel,’ she said.

She ‘instantly felt like something was wrong’ after having her Mirena device inserted in October last year, six weeks after welcoming her second child

‘I had to have an X-ray and it showed my Mirena had perforated my uterus, migrated to my abdomen and was pressed against my bowel,’ Ms Nation explained. (Pictured: an X-ray showing the T-shaped device lodged sideways in her abdomen)

She also shared a confronting photo of her X-ray showing the T-shaped device lodged sideways in her abdomen.

A Mirena, or hormonal IUD, is a device used for birth control that is inserted into a woman’s uterus. 

It thickens mucus in the cervix to stop sperm from reaching or fertilising an egg, and thins the lining of the uterus and partially suppresses ovulation, according to the Mayo Clinic.

If inserted correctly, it can help stop severe menstrual pain and is effective for up to five years.

Ms Nation revealed last month she’d had two abortions – the first at age 16, and a second when she was 25 – as she criticised the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade.

The decision to overturn Roe v Wade ends the constitutional right to abortion in the United States, meaning individual states can decide whether abortion can be made illegal.

She posted a photo on Instagram of herself at 16 and said she couldn’t imagine where she would be if that fundamental right was taken away from her.

The mother of two wrote: ‘I am absolutely devastated for the people in America who have lost the right to make safe and informed decisions about their own bodies.

‘I’m terrified. I’m terrified for the people who will now feel they need to take matters into their own hands. The consequences will be heartbreaking.

‘I’m angry, I’m sad and right now I’m in total disbelief that in 2022, Women’s rights are still being taken away from them.’

Ms Nation revealed last month she’d had two abortions – the first at age 16, and a second when she was 25 – as she criticised the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade