"i&#039;m 23 y/o, never been pregnant/given birth. had paragard for 3 years and i&#039;m so done with it. what&#039;s the point of being on birth control if i can&#039;t even have sex because i&#039;m bleeding all the time? i can rarely have sex with my boyfriend of 4.5 years&mdash;sometimes when i think i&#039;m done bleeding, we start having sex and then i start to bleed and it ruins the mood, so we stop. before iud, my periods lasted 5 days, now they last 7 days + i have heavy spotting almost the entire month. i&#039;ve also experienced extremely painful cramps throughout 3 years (&amp; i have a high pain tolerance) &amp; the cramps did not &quot;just last a couple weeks after getting it inserted&quot;&mdash;it happened for years. on the bright side, it requires no maintenance &amp; i never got pregnant."