I had my Mirena put in December of 2007 and everything was good a first for the first year I really didn't have any problems just the irregular bleeding and spotting but it wasn't until earlier of this year in 09 I started to have more bleeding which was interfering with my sex life it was like it was non stop bleeding and it was SOOOOOO EMBARRASSING because sometimes when i thought my period was off when we would finish having sex there would be a blood stain on the sheet and he wouldn't want to touch me because he thought he was hurting me and not only that but I started having back and shoulder pains like crazy, headaches and mood swings and IM ONLY 19 I have a 19month old and I love her so much she is such a good baby everyone always tells me how good and smart she is but I find that even with her im starting to irritated and frustrated and I'm taking out on her and I am feeling depressed and fatigued I just want to sleep all day and my baby needs me and I just feel like crap and im trying to fight it but its so hard and so today i decided to come online and look at some of the side affects again because i did a little research but not enough obviously and this Mirena is having a lot more effects on me than I thought it would and not only that I have experienced weight gain so I think that its a bunch of crap to say you wont experience a lot of weight gain im already 5'7 159 and I was only 145 after i had my baby so that has me wondering too and I don't eat fast food and my over all diet is good and I would exercise more but im even finding it hard to do that now which i know is not me because all throughout high school i cheered and ran track and all kinds of sports and those little flutters that girl was talking about i feel those too and i don't know what to do now because my period was on for the last three months it was irregular sometimes it would be on for a whole week and half but I was with my boyfriend at the end of March and we just broke up so that hasn't helped my situation I have been with him for a year and now its June and i didn't have one this month so im praying that im not pregnant Im so confused this was def not for me maybe for some women it may be the best thing in the world but abstinence is the best alternative for me right now because Im not married and I sure as hell don't want any more babies right now Im just trying to make it now so I don't know I called my doctor and I am going to have it removed praying that im not already pregnant but I will keep posts and let everyone know how it works out