I go t mine inserted 8/05, 3 months after birth of daughter. I spotted for off and on for 9 months, which didn't bother me much. I got down to 10 pounds below my prepregnancy weight during this time. Then when I quit pumping when she turned 1, I had a few heavy periods (I assumed that that is normal after baby). Then I have a few lighter but 3 week long periods. My appetite increased, gained those 10# back, and I am unable to lose weight. My acne worsened. For the past 6 months my periods are light, only need pantiliners. After 21 months of satisfaction, an abdominal pain woke me up one morning. Maybe it was a rupturing ovarian cyst. I took about 8 pepto bismol pills, nearly developed an impaction a few days later and for the next 2.5 months have had constipation despite fibercon, prune juice use. Oh, and hair loss has increased in the past few months. I think it is weird that it took so long to develop these side affects. It makes since that that it is a side effect since progesterone slows down peristalsis, etc but I haven't seen many others complain of this. Also if I get it taken out now, could I save it and have it replaced for the remaining 1-2 years after another pregnancy so I can get my money's worth? Oh, and I am yelling a lot and feeling depressed but my sex drive is better than ever!