I had my Mirena first placed in March 2007 after the birth of my ...

I had my Mirena first placed in March 2007 after the birth of my son in November 2006 (this was my first post-partum cycle). I had prepared myself for pain, but after the doctor placed it, I couldn't believe it! I felt nothing. He told me to come back in a month for a check. So I did, and he said everything is fine, but he wanted me to have an ultrasound. I had the ultrasound which said my device was low. He said, let's do another US in 3 months because sometimes they will move back to where they need to be. I had the 2nd US, which said it was still too low and not effective. My doctor said I needed this device out, and a new device in. Well, I told him I wasn't going to pay for it (or all these copays), so he called the company and I received a new device for free. However, he wouldn't take the old one out and put the new one in unless I had my period. Well, I did not get my period on the Mirena...ever. So after months of waiting, I finally talked to a midwife at the practice who agreed to replace the device without having my period. I had the device replaced in December 2007 (incredibly painful!). So now it is March 2008, last weekend I was watching TV and felt something funny "down there." I went into the bathroom and felt my string almost coming out of my vagina. I did not feel any device. So, all weekend the strings would jab me in the side of my vagina. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and he said everything looked fine, I just had long strings. I asked him, why have I never felt this before? He sent me for another US, which read that my IUD was again too low and needs to be taken out. I am done with the Mirena and will see what happens next.