"i&#039;m 22 years old and i am a mother of a 2 year old. i got the mirena in 8 months ago. when it first got place my ob/gyn said it would be a little pinch and it feels like nail clippers pinch my insiders and then it fell out when she was clipping the strings. i wanted to cry but then she hurried up and replaced it and said sorry. the first 3 months i bleed off and on straight. plus i started to get a smell which i never had before. summers eve couldn&#039;t even make me feel better about it. since then the smell comes and goes once in a blue moon. i feel cramps every once in a while. sometimes they are really strong and pain pills don&#039;t even help. i didn&#039;t lose my hair, gain weight, or get acne. if it gets better i will keep it more than a year."