"i&#039;ve had the paragard for about a month. i&#039;ve had no problem with it. i had a c section 11 weeks prior insertion. insertion didn&#039;t hurt other than cramping while they were measuring how far to put my iud. i had light cramping for about two days and spotting and bleeding for about 5 days which is expected. after that everything was great. checked the strings everything in place. no problems. now before i got pregnant i already had heavy periods and paragard does not help with that at all. i can&#039;t take hormonal bc due to a blood clotting mutation. when i got my first period after insertion flow was heavy which is normal for me. cramping on the other hand was more than expected. nothing i couldn&#039;t handle though. i give 9 out of 10."