"was on the pill for 9 months, hated it, 18 periods
i asked my dr. about the paragard because i was tired of hormones that weren&#039;t my own. he told me how it&#039;s mostly for women who have had children and that it makes you cramp, bleed more, and doesn&#039;t help with acne, ovarian cancer, and ovarian cysts like the pill and other hormonal based b/c&#039;s do. but i insisted that is what i wanted and he put it in, it literally only felt like a deep cramp when he opened my cervix. now almost 4 months later all i can say is i have a period every 3 weeks now rather 4. my cramps have barely worsened. i actually love it! this month i spotted for the first 3 days and it was brown then boom she came. my periods are 13 days now, not 7. which i don&#039;t mind at all."