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't even think about it anymore. Just check and make sure the string is still there and that'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's very different in that. But other then that it's been great. Especially knowing I'm not on the pill anymore with its risks."