[maddy29]

bump-for me

It's been 6 days, and I'm not bleeding anymore (not for a few days) and I don't have any cramps or anything. I can't even tell it's in there, and I don't feel anything different at all. I thought it'd be painful for a while.

for people who have an iud- did you go in and out of bleeding/cramping for those first 2 months, or was it consistent? i'm just curious.

[DeauxsGirl]

Newbie here... I have loved reading everyone's stories/opinions

I got my IUD April 20th .. this was my story then:
was EXTREMELY nervous about the pain. I had read and read about women who had not had children getting the IUD and each story was a story of pain but no regret. One lady even commented that the few seconds her cervix was dilated she felt the "single most excruciating pain of her life".

The no regret part assured to me to bite the bullet and have the Mirena IUD inserted into my uterus.... uncharted territory.

All in all .. the only pain I felt was mild cramping for a few seconds during the insertion. It was uncomfortable, but only because when you typically get a bout of cramps like that, you don't just lie flat. You usually try and console your abdomen. In this situation, I just had to lie down and take it.

Before I knew it... it was over. She tucked the string of the IUD up around my cervix for me.

Here I am, 6.5 hours later, not really feeling a thing. Every now and then I have a very mild cramp... but nothing at all like I had read about.

In the end...besides a little bit of cramping and the usual pressure that comes with a yearly exam... there was no pain.

I can't believe I wont be taking the pill every day for the next five years! Hooray!

**here I am a month later, and Saturday May12th I started my period like I was supposed to ... horrible cramps but they subsided after an hour... my period is still going on day 6! guh-reat. ugh. I hope I don't get the legendary never ending period... but we'll see.