"had mirena inserted mar 15 hoping for a relatively low maintenance bc option. i had a very regular, 28 day cycle with 5-7 days of heavy bleeding. insertion felt like a hard pinch. for the 2 weeks i had shooting, sharp pains that left me in a ball on the couch &amp; w/ heavy bleeding. for the next 6 months i spotted or bled almost 3/4 weeks a month &amp; had heavier bleeding for about 10 days during those 3 weeks. by sept it seemed to finally settle into a 3.5 week cycle but bleeding would be heavy or have spotting for 10 days. thanksgiving i started bleeding, &amp; bled almost daily until i had it removed mid jan 16. day after removal, severe bleeding, giant clots even w/ being on mini-pill. day 7 had to take progesterone to stop abnormal bleeding."