"okay, so you hear the horror stories and then you hear some ladies say it wasn&#039;t bad at all. i have to say, my experience would definitely go under the &quot;horror story&quot; category! i had done some research, but not looked up any forums discussing insertion. i prepared myself, but never would i have expected how bad it actually was! it doesn&#039;t take long, but the amount of pain was almost intolerable. i thought i was going to pass out! when she told me it was over, the pain did not subside! i had to lay on the table for an extra 10 minutes to catch my breath. when i did finally leave the office, i had close to unbearable cramping all afternoon. i had to curl into a ball every time i got one (every half hr) and it lasted almost 7 hrs! :("