Birth Control
"Got the Paragard inserted 2.5 years ago (8 weeks after a vaginal birth). My experience has been relatively positive. Chose this IUD due to zero hormones because I was breastfeeding &amp; I don&#039;t want to deal with hormonal bc. My only upset is a super heavy flow for the first 2 days like clockwork every month. That&#039;s 2 days having to change my pad/tampon every 2 hours or less &amp; 4-5 more days of very light bleeding/spotting. The first few months I had severe cramping about a week before I got my period, but that&#039;s no longer an issue. Today I went to my dr to talk about other options for heavy flow bc at this point it&#039;s a nuisance. She prescribed me a pill to make my periods much lighter MEFENAMIC ACID so we&#039;ll see how it goes."