"i love this mirena. i got the mirena nov 2009 and i plan on keeping it for the whole five years. when i first got it put in, it really hurt and i had the bad cramps for a day or too. after a few days the pain went away. now i have light spotting once a month for a couple of days but this is way easier than the pill, the patch or any other birth control. i don&#039;t feel my strings but i have the doctor check for them every so often to make sure that everything is ok, and maybe sometimes i can&#039;t be so ruff during sex but in the end it is all worth it because i have one 3 yr old son and that is all i want for now until my 5 yrs with this mirena is up."