"so i had a horrible experience, but it was because i was not given anything to soften my cervix the night before. also i did not take any ibuprofen, but i was really uninformed about the procedure. i was 18 and never had a baby, so when she clamped my cervix it felt like a horrible cramp and a sharp pain. it wasn&#039;t too bad and definitely tolerable; however, my gyn could not get the mirena into my cervix. so the clamping pain never stopped, for about 5 min she tried and i was becoming faint from the pain. we stopped, but since i know what the pain was like and how it should&#039;ve only been 30 seconds of it. i am going back a year later next week, to get the kyleena. which is a smaller iud, and i also will be getting something to soften cervix."