Copper IUD Birth Control (not Mirena)

hello-
ive had the copper iud since 2005 and let me tell you that its been working for me great! no mood swings no nothing. um- some women experience heavy flows with it but thats not my case. i think you should try it!

I have it. Absolutely LOVE it. Best decision ever.
I had terrible migraines for years using birth control. But since I've had it (I got it in April), I haven't had a migraine since.

I signed up for the payment plan on the Paragard website, so they charge me about $60/month for one year, which I thought was totally a good deal. My university health clinic inserted it for free.

The actual insertion was painful, as I'm sure you've read stories about. But it only hurts for a few seconds. It definitely hurts though. I felt like I might pass out. It took about a day to recover. I just laid in bed and watched movies.
But really, the pain was not unbearable. You can totally do it!

The first couple of periods were SUPER heavy. Like lots and lots of blood. And it lasted MUCH longer. I usually had 2-3 day periods, and then they were like 5-6 days long. It seems like now things are evening out again. My periods are still much heavier, but only lasting like 3-4 days now.

Anyway, feel free to private message me if you have any other questions....

I have had no problems with it always been a bit psyco on anything hormone based so its nice just to feel normal. Took a while to convince my Dr to let me have it as the nhs rather you have the hormone one but I kept on and got it.

I had one, it worked fabulous, I never had the initial pain others seem to report and it kept my periods regular. I opted for paraguard because it is a 10 year IUD versus the 5 year Mirena type and my husband and I had decided we were done having kids. Life was grand all the way up until I got pregnant 2 1/2 years into it. Had an ultrasound to see if it was an eutopic pregnancy and where the IUD was positioned, it was where it was supposed to be supposidly doing its job. In my opinion its a wonderful birth control option just keep in mind that there is a 1 in 10,000 (something like that) chance of failure.

busywaterbending > a woman's birth contol choices can have an impact on her weight loss, many women experience weight gain as a result of taking hormone based pills. Thus far there has been nothing offensive or remotely graphic posted in the thread, just a simple question and some answers. The topic was farily obvious as to the content so if you are offended why not just use the magic scroll button in the corner of your screen and roll on by?

wtf is this topic even doing here in general diet and weight loss help? Can't you just keep that stuff on facebook?

tmi anyway.

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I have it. I've had it since June 2007 and LOVE it... it was the best birth control decision I've ever made. I tried the pill before, hated having to remember it and my body can't do artificial hormones. They make me break out and go crazy. I tell everyone how amazing it is.. When I got it inserted, I had minimal cramping and light spotting, but the next day it was fine. Can't even tell it's there and my fiance can't feel it either (which I know some people worry about). And the DR told me if he could, they can just cut the strings shorter. You're suppose to check it once a month right after your period, but I always forget, plus it kind of grosses me out lol. I would definitely say go for it.

And I've heard a lot about Mirena causing weight gain, the shot causing weight gain or even the pill causing weight gain, but with this you don't have to worry about that. I do think there may be a higher chance of developing ovarian cysts with it, but I had cysts at 15 which have disappeared and haven't gotten any back.

Here's my fair warning. My mother had the copper IUD and her body rejected it slowly, hence getting pregnant with my brother. She had the new one put in after my brother was born and her body rejected it also, hence I came along! After that she had enough of birth control and trying not to get pregnant and had her tubes cut, burned, and tied.

I am 18, no children and I got the copper iud put in two months ago. I've tried lots of birth controls, depo, the pill, the mini pill, nuva ring. I gained weight on almost all of them and they all had horrible side effects. Migraines, weight gain, moodiness, awful bleeding etc. My obgyn recommended the copper iud since it has no hormones. I got two other opinions and both doctors agreed. To my understanding, the whole thing with not wanting to give an iud without having children is really something that was practiced in the past, when the iud wasn't as good as it is now. There are a lot of very smart doctors out there who agree with giving someone without children an iud. Anyways, insertion wasn't great. It was very crampy and uncomfortable. I've had worse though. And the next two days weren't great. But I went to the mall and went shopping the same day, if that tells you anything. I still have random occasional cramps but nothings too horrid. The first period I had with the iud was more crampy than normal but things have straightened out. Also, since there are no hormones, your body is running on its natural cycle. So any moodiness, or other side effects (besides abdominal pain) you have really cannot be related to the iud, since it is just a piece of copper without hormones.

I freaked myself out by researching on the internet too much before I got mine put in. But something that I have come to realize is that you hear about the horror stories a lot more than you do the good stories.

Anyways theres my little story! You should certainly get the iud. Especially if you are sick of hormones. Its very effective and lasts ten years! (and you can get it taken out)

I have ParaGuard, it hurt like crazy getting it put in and i have had 2 children BUT the pain only last momentarily and it was completely worth it, Ive had Mirena before and it was awful, my husband could feel the strings and i had awful side effects. No side effects from ParaGuard though, a little heavier flow but it has been wonderful so far, ive had it for about 6 weeks. Id go for it, my insurance completely covered the cost so yours may too. good Luck!