hihi! it’s been about a week since insertion (23/2), not had my period yet. i have had a bit of a fiddle inside to try and find my strings, but i couldn’t really anything? there was a little nub way to the back and to the right but it didn’t feel “fishing wire” so i am unsure. my gynae did say that my cervix was very high and pointed downward though. i know i’m to wait til my first period but god, the insertion was pain beyond suffering, i don’t want to go through that again.
If you get another insertion, DEMAND a lidocaine injection! With my first insertion, I wasn’t offered one. I got my second one on Saturday with an injection. The difference was night and day. Sure, there was two sharp cramps with the measuring and insertion, but I wasn’t crying in pain like my first one. Also, I never felt my iud strings with my first iud and I had it for four years. I wouldn’t worry too much about it. You’ll be going in for a check up in a few weeks anyways