"i am a little over two months now from insertion.  never had children, 45 years old and insertion was almost unbearable for me.  however, after about 10-15 minutes after the insertion, i felt perfectly fine and went shopping!  i had almost no spotting the first month and then had a much lighter than normal period with almost no cramping.  i use to have very heavy periods with a lot of cramping.  the past month i have had no real period and no cramping, but i am spotting pretty much every day.  it does vary from bright red blood, to some days the brown blood.  not really enjoying it, however i did read beforehand that this was pretty normal for the first few months.  other than that, no side effects.  still happy with my decision to do it."