"hello all! earlier today, i got the copper iud inserted at planned parenthood. reading the reviews on this website made me very skeptical about getting it inserted to the point that i canceled 3 different appointments. i feel like i am average when it comes to how much pain i can tolerate. during the procedure, it starts off as a pap smear then other instruments are applied. everything was fine for me as far as pain. then in a blink of an eye, i felt the sharpest period-type pain in my abdomen. i&#039;m not going to beat around the bush about it because i would want to know straight forward what i would be feeling and how my experience would be. the whole procedure lasted 3-5 minutes and 1 minute is when that pain was the worst. but worth it!"