birth control
"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't my own. He told me how it's mostly for women who have had children and that it makes you cramp, bleed more, and doesn't help with acne, ovarian cancer, and ovarian cysts like the pill and other hormonal based b/c'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't mind at all."