Well, I had it put in.

Not traumatic at all. I haven't had any cramping or anything apart from some spotting all day. So, there you go. I didn't have any anaesthetic at all, he just did it and I had a pap smear at the same time - so killed two birds with one stone.

I have a check up appt in a month, but apart from that, I'll just have to see how I go. The Dr recommended giving it a good "go" for at least 6 months. He reckons any problems (if there are any) tend to settle down by then. If there are problems still in 6 months, we can review whether it is taken out. So far so good.

So there you go. Will be interesting to see what happens in the long term.