birth control
"So I've had my Paragard for 6 mos now, after being on Yasmin till pregnancy and then no birth control for a year. Lemme break it down. I consider myself to have a pretty high pain tolerance. I disregarded the advice to take pain meds prior to insertion, and that was a bad move! The pain during insertion and immediately after was prrrrretty horrible. After that, there was some mildly irritating cramping the rest of the day, but nothing horrible. Now, my first period after the IUD - holy moly. It came in the night, and I was not prepared....it looked like a massacre occurred on my couch. My next 3 to 4 periods were HEAVY. Like, super plus tampon every couple hours. I'm happy to say that after 6 months, it's not like that anymore!!"