"7 months
the insertion was painful enough to almost make me pass out. i did not take any nsaids beforehand but definitely needed it afterwards. since then my periods have been lighter, but less regular (they weren&rsquo;t regular to begin with). sometimes they come about twice a month, and sometimes they skip. the cramps are random and not correlated with the bleeding, and sometimes they&rsquo;re frequent and make me stop doing whatever i was doing and/or reach for the ibuprofen. it still feels like very bad gas, 7 months in. pms symptoms are slightly worse. i do worry about the pain being the iud imbedding, and about getting pregnant on it. i am still going to do at-home tests due to the irregularities, but it&rsquo;s still better than no birth control."