birth control
"Okay,  I'm 25, never been on bc before, typically a 5 day period, never experienced period cramps, pretty high pain threshold. I've had the paragard in for ~ 6 hours & I'm fairly comfortable. I feel very very mild pressure in my lower back but nothing worrisome. Insertion was so painful, I definitely didn't expect that, didn't premedicate & just had to deal with it, but it was so painful! I held my breath the entire time, luckily after 1 min or 2, It was over. I'll say this much, I'm pretty nervous. I actually thought I was getting Mirena & I read up about that & felt pretty comfortable but then I got there & my gynecologist said the insurance only covers paragard & I just went with the flow. But after read the reviews, I'm terrified!"