"okay, it&#039;s been a year. insertion was fine, until the silly woman cut the strings and caught my cervix with the scissors. i yelped a bit. tiny periods now, lasting about 2 days. and not pregnant, so it works.. however the strings were cut too short, so when it&#039;s time to come out i&#039;ll have to be sedated and have my cervix forceably dilated, which doesn&#039;t sound much fun. and oh my - the pains. i&#039;ve only had it about four times now, but jeez. it honestly feels like having a c-section while awake. of course there were fears of perforations etc, but after scans and pee tests and blood tests, they couldn&#039;t figure out what was wrong. it just hurt so bad, for no reason at all. i&#039;d have it out, but the procedure for me now sounds horrendous.."