"i read tons and tons of reviews and was terrified to try paragard but my gyno told me that one of the causes of my frequent yeast infections was my nuvaring. i am terrible with pills and loved the idea of having something inserted once and never having to worry about it again. my gyno gave me a pill that dilated/softened my cervix that i took before along with 3 advil. to be honest, it was very painful. i do however have a very very small pain tolerance and it was super quick, literally the entire process was done under 2 minutes. i felt a little achey after that but that was it. it has been 5 months and i love it. to be honest my periods are much heavier and the first two were kinda rough but they are still very consistent, 5 days no more."