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Starting New Post - Calling All Paragard Users
Tell me more about it!
How long have you had it?
How much did it cost? Does insurance cover any/all of it?
Did you experience heavier bleeding/longer periods?
Did you experience bad cramping? Is this every period or just the first couple months after getting the Paragard?
Tell me other things you like about it.
Tell me other things you dislike about it.
Thanks all!
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Re: Starting New Post - Calling All Paragard Users
I have had it for about 2 months. I can't remember the exact cost, but all I had to pay was $25, insurance covered the rest.
Insertion was rough, but over quickly. I almost passed out. I had terrible cramping for about 12 hours, by the next day I felt much better. I took 800 mg of motrin and a xanex before the procedure. She also numbed my cervix, since I have never had children.
I immediately had a period from withdrawal bleeding from Implanon 2 days later.. It lasted about 7 days. I am currently on my third period. The last one was about 6 days. My bleeding is heaver than it was, but not terrible. I saturate at super tampon in 4-6 hours. I have not experienced any cramping since the day of insertion.
When I went back to have my string checked, my doctor told me to take aleeve or motring around the clock, even if I am not cramping. She said it should shorten the number of days I bleed. I am trying it this time to see if it works.
Even with the extended and heavier bleeding I would do it over again in the blink of an eye. Thats a small price to pay for 10-12 years of maintanence free birthcontrol.
Kristi and Kerry June 21,2008
This seems like questionable advice. I wouldn't want to get dependent on painkillers....
How long have you had it? I no longer have it, but I had it for about 4 months
How much did it cost? Does insurance cover any/all of it? My insurance covered it all
Did you experience heavier bleeding/longer periods? My periods were MUCH heavier and more painful. They also lasted about 8 days instead of my normal 5.
Did you experience bad cramping? Is this every period or just the first couple months after getting the Paragard? I had pretty terrible cramping during my periods and had to take ibuprofen non-stop. I also would get cramps when I wasn't having my period. Nothing debilitating, but enough to be annoying.
Tell me other things you like about it: I guess it was nice to not have hormones or worry about condoms.
Tell me other things you dislike about it: Terrible periods...and cramping in between.
I did use it at one point in time a few years ago.
My cost was $90 plus the co-pay for the insertion.
I know they are saying it is okay to get the IUD if you have not had a child, but I would say otherwise. My insertion was an experience I also almost passed out, but from what I was told this is fairly common. I had terrible cramping that never really went away. My period was out of this world heavy (I was going through a super tampon every hour). After a month I decided I wanted it out since I never felt right after it was inserted. The doc went to take it out and couldn't find it. I went through so many tests to "find" it that I spent probably close to $400 total. In the end they determined my body got rid of it on its own (spontaneous expulsion). There is a higher rate for this if you have never had children.
My experience was one of the worst in my life. They won't ever prescribe an IUD for me again because of the expulsion, not that I would want it anyway.
My husband and I use NFP now and couldn't be happier. Been using NFP for 3 years and we had one planned pregnancy that ended in miscarriage and no other pregnancies planned or unplanned since.
Hi Meg! I wanted to answer your questions because I was a Paragard user and cannot say enough good things about it.
How long have you had it? I got the Paragard put in during the fall of 2005 and just recently (about 1 month ago) got it taken out because my DH and I are ready to start a family.
How much did it cost? Does insurance cover any/all of it? For me, I could not use hormonal bc so insurance covered all of it for me
Did you experience heavier bleeding/longer periods? While having Paragard as my bc I noticed heavier but shorter periods. My periods were usually 5-6 days, but with Paragard it shortened to about 3-4 days.
Did you experience bad cramping? Is this every period or just the first couple months after getting the Paragard? Before Paragard I never had cramping, and after I didn't really notice anything but a slight back pain around day 1.
Tell me other things you like about it. I love the idea of no pill every day, it lasts for 10 years, and it gave me complete piece of mind
Tell me other things you dislike about it. I honestly don't have anything bad to say. The only midly annoying thing is having to check for the strings every month, but other than that, it's definitely worth it! At least it was for me!
GL!!!
All in all, I still like it better than hormonal BC. It gives me better peace of mind, and every month has been a little bit better than the last.