birth control
"7 months
The insertion was painful enough to almost make me pass out. I did not take any NSAIDs beforehand but definitely needed it afterwards. Since then my periods have been lighter, but less regular (they weren’t regular to begin with). Sometimes they come about twice a month, and sometimes they skip. The cramps are random and not correlated with the bleeding, and sometimes they’re frequent and make me stop doing whatever I was doing and/or reach for the ibuprofen. It still feels like very bad gas, 7 months in. PMS symptoms are slightly worse. I do worry about the pain being the IUD imbedding, and about getting pregnant on it. I am still going to do at-home tests due to the irregularities, but it’s still better than no birth control."