"this birth control completely ruined my life. first of all, i had to be put under anesthesia to have it inserted due to pain. i woke up to the worst pain in my life. a month after insertion, i suddenly felt fire in my right ovary during intercourse. i ran to the bathroom and immediately began to vomit. i then passed out. i couldn&#039;t stand for hours. the doctor said the iud caused me to have a painful ovarian cyst rupture. i had never experienced that before. after a year of recurrent bv (which i never had previously) and misery, i got it removed. i&#039;m still battling bv from this wretched device. please stay away from this and don&#039;t be stupid like i was."