"had paragard inserted may 2015 six weeks after the birth of my last child. i was breastfeeding so i had no symptoms at all that i had it in place at all until i introduced solid foods to my 6 month old. my period came back very painfully and with a vengeance! from nov to feb i have seriously bled every 10 days for 8-10 days in length. i pretty much only have 1 week of no bleeding per month as of right now. my bleeding is so heavy that i am changing my overnight pads every hour for days. forget tampons! they cause too much pain in my abdomen and lower back . just tonight as i was in line at cvs buying more pads for my 5th day of heavy flow, a lady pointed out that i had bled through my jeans (so embarrassing) 45 min after changing my pad."