"i had the paragard inserted around may 2015 after i had my first child on march 27th, i was attracted to the thought of it being hormone free and that i would hopefully have far fewer negative side effects that i had had thru years of trying different versions of the pill. insertion was not bad at all for me, a tiny bit of cramping and then the worst of that was the cramping became a bit more severe when i got home and into the next day. it has stayed in place but that is honestly the only good thing i can say about it. i have never been one to have very heavy/irregular  periods or heavy cramping and since i have gotten paragard i have had the most irregular, heavy periods of my life and the cramping has been unbearable at times."