"i tried this for about 4 months and at first it seemed to work fine, but then i started spotting almost all the time and my periods began to become irregular and lasted a for days longer with more intense cramps than i used to have. it also did make me a little bit more moody, but not drastically so. i decided to have the rod removed because i don&#039;t like being so irregular and dealing with cramps that are more intense than the intense cramps i usually experienced without birth control. i&#039;m not sure how it worked for me when it comes to preventing pregnancy since i got this to begin birth control before getting married and have yet to marry my fiance and so on. this may work for other women, but unfortunately it wasn&#039;t the best fit for m"