"my experience of the mirena has been nothing but good. perviously i was on the pill for less than 5 years, and that worked fine, but i wanted something that i didn&#039;t have to take everyday and refill every month. getting the mirena inserted wasn&#039;t any worse than period cramps, and very quick. afterwards i had very slight cramping (didn&#039;t even need to take pain killers) and spotting for 3-4 days, then everything went back to normal - no cramps, no spotting. the string is not noticeable at all by my husband, it even took me a second to find it when i check the strings to make sure the mirena is still in place (which you are supposed to do every month)."