"i had the mirena inserted yesterday. i am 35 and have a 18 year old son. insertion was painful (for those mothers out there, it felt like a contraction) but only lasted a couple of minutes. i took 800 mg of ibuprofen an hour before my appointment. i returned to work after. had some uncomfortable cramps and used a heating pad at bed time. i was on my 4th day of my period and almost finished at the time of insertion. i had some bright colored additional bleeding. today is day 2. not only has the spotting stopped but my period is over. i have had some minimal cramping in my lower back today but, not enough to amount to anything. haven&#039;t taken any ibuprofen. i feel pretty good. i am going to give it another few days before trying to have sex. so far, so good!"