Okay, I had Mirena put in by my doctor a little over a month ago....

Are you certain that the Dr installed a Mirena and not a Paragard? I have heard of many women mentioning the metallic smell as well as increased discharge with the Paragard. Check out the IUD Divas board.....you will be able to find this issue if you search for it.

You are not dirty. Ask your doctor to give you some flagyl for bacterial infections. I have had my mirena since January 2009. I just had my baby and 4 weeks afterward I had it put in. It hurt so bad cause I was still contracting. LOL But with me when my period blood changes colors it smells like rust, and then my discharged smelled like rust and I got flagyl it helped. Now anyone know about these bad cramps??

I bled like that for almost a year after it was put in. For the last 2.5 years with the Mirena (got it out a week ago), I've either been bleeding or 'discharging' enough for a pantyliner virtually every day. And then there were the cramps.... The black, tar-like periods grossed me out. Yuck!