My mirena had migrated to the right and my strings were extremely short. All I did when the doctor went to remove it was push as if I had a contraction. She had it out in a few seconds. No pain! I had instant relief of the back pain. It was like my uterus had been in a knot and the knot released when mirena was removed. Good luck!

Not the slightest bit...

Mine was very painful when it was inserted...Doctor said..oh its nothing..it will just feel like a little cramp...I don't think so...it hurt really bad going in and then for about a week afterwards..but on a good note...removal was just a small little cramp that was over in a few seconds
I hope it is easy for you!! It's worth the pain to get it out of your body though!!

i don't recommend this -but at one point i had an iud--in those days they didn't name them--a copper iud--anyway, i got fed up and wanted it out--so, after praying and aligning myself, I had a glass of wine and, deep breath, thoughts of "letting go" --took it out. It was easy. I was amazed. and so relieved.
After years of feeling weird--it just tugged once, with a slight cramp and -- out.
I have such a strong memory of that moment--that was oh-- almost twenty years ago. My aim in telling this is just to remind you all of some feeling: that power has not been completely stolen...

my thoughts are with you all to be strong and whole again

take care

:-)

I had absolutely no pain or discomfort when Mirena was inserted or taken out. I will tell you though that I have a high tolerance for pain and went through natural childbirth twice without much pain so I may not be the right person to give advise about it! I am guesssing that if it hurt going in, it would hurt coming out. But the relief you'll have afterwards will be worth the pain of having it removed. I can assure you of that!

when i took my iud out it didn't hurt at all. i really didn't have any cramping. i did start my period not long after it was out through.
beth

Thank you everyone for the encouraging words. I got mine out today and it took 2 seconds and didn't feel a thing. Only a little burning cramp after it came out, and that was it! So happy it's over!

Well mine was very painful going in after about a day of feeling like I was in labor I ended up in the er cause the pain was to excruciating. So they had an ob come down from labor floor to see why I was hurting so dang bad. Well they had said it was going to cause discomfort oh heck no this isn't discomfort I I told him. So he went to look and said u must have not released properly so it was still half way out he said I can't pull it out or release It like it was supposed to be so I told him to release it if it would stop the pain if not get it out of me so he released it and instantly the contractions went away. Needless to say it was not the mirenas fault the doctors didn't do there job right according to the obgyn at the hospital