"i love mirena! i had my mirena inserted nov. 18, 2011 and i&#039;m not going to lie, it hurt! i heard it hurts worse if you haven&#039;t had any kids, so i wasn&#039;t really sure what to expect. it hurt, but it wasn&#039;t too terrible. just a big pinching/burning cramp for about 3 seconds and that was it! i took 800mg of ibuprofen before i went in, so that may have helped. after my mirena was inserted (i had it inserted the first day of my period), i spotted for a solid month. however, the spotting was so slight it didn&#039;t bother me at all. i just used the thinnest panty liner i could find and it worked. since then, i have had one period (very light spotting for maybe 2 days) and nothing since! i am extremely happy with my decision to go with mirena!!"