birth control
"LOVE my copper coil. I spent a number of years going through different pills and always suffering some majorly upsetting side-effect. Although the doc suggested the Mirena (because I have pcos irregular periods) I opted to steer away from hormones entirely and risk the heavy bleeding. I have had the coil for about 5 months now and oddly my periods have been the most regular they've ever been  -- though I don't think I can put this down to the coil itself. The first period was VERY heavy, long and about as painful asIi've experienced. I also had some spotting in between periods. HOWEVER, in the past three months all of these negatives have been gradually decreasing. My periods are no longer painful. Insertion was NOT that bad."