"i had such a bad experience with the  copper iud. insertion was pretty bad but not as bad as the 5 years i spent with it. my cramping was so unbearable i would keel over in pain 1 week before my period during my period and 1 week  after not to mention that my periods were extremely heavy i would go through a 30 pack of &quot;jumbo&quot;  
tampons and would still have to wear a pad because i would leak through within a couple hrs the shortest my periods would last were 8 days and longest would be 10 to 12 days i have recently had it removed and it was the best decision i have ever made.  my periods have gone back down to only 3 days a month with no cramping at all and oddly enough my sex drive has come back.  this wasn&#039;t the birth control for me!"