Apologies for the unfestive thread, and for TMI!
DD2 is 22, and has the mirena coil, which was put in in April and was very painful to have in, but has been good ever since- it's for contraception.
She's just come to me and said she's worried as she checked the threads and it's suddenly shifted to being really low, with the strings about an inch into her vagina. She isn't registered at a GP here, as ours closed a few weeks before she went to university and registered there (2 1/2 hours drive), but doesn't go back to uni until mid January. Also, we are very rural, so she's worried about pain and lack of experience putting them in/checking them, especially after her first experience of it. I've never had the coil myself, and am long past it, now! She's got abdomen pain, but is also coming to the end of her period- could that be why the strings have moved?
My girls are usually quite open with me about issues like this, and DD2 is comfortable with me asking online for your advice!