Birth Control
"So I got the copper iud paragard 7 months ago. I remember the insertion hurt like a bad cramp with a shooting pain down my leg for all of two seconds and bam done. I got up right after and walked out. For a couple of weeks I think maybe it was all in my head but I felt like I could feel it in there. And I was paranoid. But forward to now..I don&#039;t even think about it anymore. Just check and make sure the string is still there and that&#039;s basically it. My periods are longer and still harder then most periods. I was on birth control pills for awhile though and I would have like 3 day periods with barely nothing so it&#039;s very different in that. But other then that it&#039;s been great. Especially knowing I&#039;m not on the pill anymore with its risks."