"was scared using the pill as 1/10 people get pregnant from it and was not keen on all the common side effects so i decided to get the copper iud. at first i put off getting it after being scared to death after reading all the reviews. the insertion did hurt but the pain only felt like a period pain for about 20 seconds. after that it was gone. i experienced bleeding and spotting for the first 2-3 weeks which was annoying but has completely disappeared. i then got my period which was more painful but only on the first day. it was the same flow  after the first day with no pain. i can&#039;t feel the iud during sex and have no other side effects but the increased period pain on the first day( which goes away with ibrufen)."