birth control
"Had paragard inserted May 2015 six weeks after the birth of my last child. I was breastfeeding so I had no symptoms at all that I had it in place at all until I introduced solid foods to my 6 month old. My period came back very painfully and with a vengeance! From Nov to Feb I have seriously bled every 10 days for 8-10 days in length. I pretty much only have 1 week of no bleeding per month as of right now. My bleeding is so heavy that I am changing my overnight pads every hour for days. Forget tampons! They cause too much pain in my abdomen and lower back . Just tonight as I was in line at CVS buying more pads for my 5th day of heavy flow, a lady pointed out that I had bled through my jeans (so embarrassing) 45 min after changing my pad."