"i chose to get the paragard iud after being on the pill for the last 20 years. after so long taking hormones, i wanted to be hormone free. i&#039;ve never had a child, so i was warned that the insertion was going to be very painful. there were only two instances during the process that lasted about 5 seconds each that i experienced sharp pain. i did feel slightly shaky afterwards, so my doctor told me to just relax for 10 minutes, which i did. 

the cramps i had for the rest of the day were pretty intense, but by the next day they were 90% better and by the day after that they were completely gone. so far, i haven&#039;t experienced any other adverse effects, but i suppose i will have to wait until next month to see how my first cycle goes with it."