@kevbo They are just strings. Have her go back to the Gyno and have them clipped. My OB/Gyn told me that if my husband could feel them he would clip them shorter. They actually disappeared into my uterus (ultrasound verified it is still there) so it isn’t an issue.
I have the Mirena, but was concerned about hormonal birth control. Pills make me a bitch. As my OB/Gyn explained it to me, the hormones in the Mirena stay in the reproductive system (I think to keep the lining from forming for implantation) and will not go through the rest of my system. I have not been hateful, so I think it must be true. :) Also, my periods have all but stopped. (They stopped for months, but one started the day after I posted that they were gone last week. I jinxed myself.)
Oh, also, the insertion wasn’t that bad. He gave me a shot of something to numb my cervix. I felt the shot and flinched a bit, but then everything was numb, I didn’t feel a thing, and I got a delightful little light-headed feeling for a few minutes to boot. I had very slight discomfort that evening; I wouldn’t even describe it as pain. It was gone by the next day.