Copper
birth control
"I'm 23 y/o, never been pregnant/given birth. Had Paragard for 3 years and I'm so done with it. What's the point of being on birth control if I can't even have sex because I'm bleeding all the time? I can rarely have sex with my boyfriend of 4.5 years—sometimes when I think I'm done bleeding, we start having sex and then I start to bleed and it ruins the mood, so we stop. Before IUD, my periods lasted 5 days, now they last 7 days + I have HEAVY spotting almost the entire month. I've also experienced EXTREMELY painful cramps throughout 3 years (& I have a high pain tolerance) & the cramps did NOT "just last a couple weeks after getting it inserted"—it happened for years. On the bright side, it requires no maintenance & I never got pregnant."