"so i got the copper iud paragard 7 months ago. i remember the insertion hurt like a bad cramp with a shooting pain down my leg for all of two seconds and bam done. i got up right after and walked out. for a couple of weeks i think maybe it was all in my head but i felt like i could feel it in there. and i was paranoid. but forward to now..i don&#039;t even think about it anymore. just check and make sure the string is still there and that&#039;s basically it. my periods are longer and still harder then most periods. i was on birth control pills for awhile though and i would have like 3 day periods with barely nothing so it&#039;s very different in that. but other then that it&#039;s been great. especially knowing i&#039;m not on the pill anymore with its risks."