"i am 22 years old and have been on the paragaurd for 4 months now and have not had a baby yet. when getting the paragaurd put in i was very nervous. it only hurt when they actually inserted it and it was only for a few seconds. i was really crampy that night and a little bit that day. my first couple periods were so heavy i was using a super plus tampon with a pad on every 3 hours for the first day in a half. i still have to use the super plus tampon but not every 3 hours its about every 5 hours now and its not so bad. the only thing i hate about the paragaurd is i will have really bad discharge a couple weeks before i get my period. the last two periods i&#039;ve had really bad discharge for a week after my period which is so annoying!"