I bled for 3 months after I had it put in. Not heavy, but sometimes needed a tampon. Mainly just panty liner stuff. It was very frustrating. But since the bleeding has stopped, I've only had one period which lasted for one day. Other months, I get a pink tinged mucous and that's it for about two days. I'm happy with it now but at first I just wanted it gone and thought I'd made a mistake. DH could 'feel' the strings when DTD too so I had to have them cut really short. I've had it in for about 11 months now and couldn't be happier but the first 6 months were pretty crap. Aren't you supposed to get it checked anyway after 6 weeks? I'd definitely at least get that done......hope things improve x