"i read a lot of scary reviews about the pain and problems after having mirena iud put in so, i thought i&#039;d write my own review. it&#039;s not nearly as scary as what i had read. 

i got my mirena 3 days ago. i&#039;ve had one child via c-section 8 years ago. overall the experience was better than i anticipated. it only took about five minutes for the entire procedure and maybe only 60-90 seconds of pain, when opening up my cervix and putting the iud in. it wasn&#039;t exactly pleasant but i was able to deal with it. i kept waiting for the real &quot;excruciating pain&quot; to come, but it never happened. it was over before i knew it.

i did take it 800 milligrams of advil about an hour beforehand, so that may help but i do have a high tolerance for pain."