"i was not looking forward to having this after reading all the reviews in here. i asked for the numbing gel as i was that scared of it hurting. it didn&#039;t hurt putting it in the scope thing to open your vagina hurt me more. i&#039;ve had it now 2 hours i am bleeding but was bleeding before i had it in. i&#039;ve taken painkillers just in case it starts to hurt but can&#039;t feel any pain at the moment. i have really bad painful periods and was fed up of having the depo jab. fingers crossed this will work but don&#039;t believe everything you read on here because it didn&#039;t hurt as much as people said on here it would. i spoke to 4 nurses when i had this inserted and all of them had the mirena and highly recommended it. hope this works."