http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39616 I got the Mirena in August 2008 after having our second child. We thought it was a great idea b/c I wasn't ready for my husband to have a vasectomy in case we ever did change our mind about having more children. Although, we definitely have decided that w Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:40:20 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39616?item=17834 When mine was put in, the doctor also had to clamp me, and get some tool to dilate me. It was excruciatingly painful. I knew from the endemetrial biopsy that led up to this that it would be awful, so I had taken Xanax (for anxiety) prior to the appointme http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39616?item=17834