"i&#039;ve had paragard since middle 2009  and we&#039;re now in middle 2016 so a total of about 7 years. i&#039;m in a serious relationship and have intimate relations a lot and have not gotten pregnant at all. the first 6 months i had internal pain with my body getting used to a foreign object becoming permanently a part of me, but after those months i get my regular monthly cycles (sometimes they are off but that is normal) and my cramps are the same as before i got it inserted. i would recommend"