Paragard IUD consistant month long cramping?

[lisa1008]

I constantly get mild, month long cramping that feels like PMS cramping. Does anyone else have this? This IUD is freaking me out that it is effecting my future fertility.

[asoulunbound]

omg me too. although sometimes it gets bad though- one time I went to patient first because it woke me up! It's really weird because it just comes and goes, beore, during, and after my period.

[NicaG]

I had that for the first month after insertion, then sometimes randomly after that. I just had mine taken out because I could always feel it there, just barely.

[lisa1008]

i am getting this thing out of my body ASAP. I cannot explain, but I feel like it is affecting me. Not just the cramps, but I feel really bloated and achy and have no motivation for exercise, I cannot understand it.

Plus, each period is so strange. A couple days of spotting then bleeding like a faucet. I never had hard or long periods before this. I am done.

[NicaG]

Originally Posted by lisa1008

i am getting this thing out of my body ASAP. I cannot explain, but I feel like it is affecting me. Not just the cramps, but I feel really bloated and achy and have no motivation for exercise, I cannot understand it.

Plus, each period is so strange. A couple days of spotting then bleeding like a faucet. I never had hard or long periods before this. I am done.

I had mine out a couple weeks ago and I feel so much better! I can't explain, but there was just something yucky and creepy about having that thing inside of me. IUDs are such a good idea in theory....not so much in practice.

[asoulunbound]

I wish I could take out my iud. but there's no other bc for my family.
So far no bc, withdrawal, condoms, hormonal, and diapraghms are all out for various reasons. next stop is tying or snipping things which really bothers me, and abstaining. um yeah, no thanks. lol

.... if i could rant for a second it really upsets me that there's nothing like this for dh... i hate having a foreign matter chillin inside of me and causing me to have month long cramping... on and off and varying in severity. Can't wait until dec to reevaluate. We said we'd give it a year to see if my body just needed to get used to it. Right now I'm having these random aches in the same spot as it has been- sometimes it feels like its poking my uterine wall or something... ::::

ok sorry i just have no one to talk to about this.

[trauerweidchen]

Originally Posted by asoulunbound

I wish I could take out my iud. but there's no other bc for my family.
So far no bc, withdrawal, condoms, hormonal, and diapraghms are all out for various reasons. next stop is tying or snipping things which really bothers me, and abstaining. um yeah, no thanks. lol

.... if i could rant for a second it really upsets me that there's nothing like this for dh... i hate having a foreign matter chillin inside of me and causing me to have month long cramping... on and off and varying in severity. Can't wait until dec to reevaluate. We said we'd give it a year to see if my body just needed to get used to it. Right now I'm having these random aches in the same spot as it has been- sometimes it feels like its poking my uterine wall or something... ::::

ok sorry i just have no one to talk to about this.

I know, right? It's like our choices are between "bad" and "worse" sometimes. This reminds me of a great spoof ad for a male contraceptive (quoted on pg. 12 in the book "Taking Charge of your Fertility" by Toni Weschler) that describes a new device with side effects for a male that are similar to a female IUD. It's depressing to read because it is hard to picture a man choosing this method, yet women deal with these potential side effects every day. (And it's not like all men would be unwilling to take more responsibility; my DH certainly would, but there just aren't many good, easily reversible options yet. )

[lisa1008]

*****UPDATE

I ended up in the ER with severe cramping and bleeding and exhaustion. The doctor said my cervix was swollen and my body was rejecting the Paragard. He took it out and within hours, my heavy bleeding stopped and it has taken almost two months for the cramping to subside. Those copper IUD's are scary, scary things, I am so worried I permanently damaged my body! I regret getting it, really. I cannot understand how there are not more safe non-hormonal methods out there that do not require placing a metal rod in your uterus! If men had to be the ones on birth control, I bet there would be some amazing new technology out there

[fresh_veggie]

I previously took ortho tricyclen lo, which i couldn't handle, and then got my paragard just days before I got married to DH. Bleeding like a faucet is an understatement, almost...I never had periods like this. This period, my bleeding wasn't as bad, but the pain was so intense (and still is at this moment!) I took a pregnancy test just to make sure I didn't have a random ectopic pregnancy that I still bled through.

The part that scares me about my paragard is that when I have food (poop) passing through my intestines by my uterus (pressing up against), I get the most intense stabbing pain I've ever felt. I literally double over and cry out. I'm just so afraid that I'm building up scar tissue that will affect my future fertility, which I desperately want to preserve. Does anyone else experience anything like this? Please PM me. I just don't know what to do anymore, because hormones wreak havoc on my body and my husband and I know about 3 couples currently pregnant because of condom failure. I've had the paragard 8 months. 8 painful, anemic months.

[LStarlet]

I am sorry to hear that you ladies have not had great results with the ParaGard. I had mine placed three months ago and it has been just wonderful for me. I have only had one cycle during the three months and while it was a little heavier, it only last 4 days. That was actually the week that I had it placed. The first two weeks I was sore and could sense that it was there, not a painful experience, but just a feeling. Since then the only time that I can feel it is if I increase the weights or my workout routine. After a day I go back to almost forgetting that it is in there. I have not had any children so I was worried that my body would reject it (the chances are higher for those who haven't had children) but so far it has been a great experience for me.

[*MamaJen*]

Originally Posted by LStarlet

I am sorry to hear that you ladies have not had great results with the ParaGard. I had mine placed three months ago and it has been just wonderful for me. I have only had one cycle during the three months and while it was a little heavier, it only last 4 days. That was actually the week that I had it placed. The first two weeks I was sore and could sense that it was there, not a painful experience, but just a feeling. Since then the only time that I can feel it is if I increase the weights or my workout routine. After a day I go back to almost forgetting that it is in there. I have not had any children so I was worried that my body would reject it (the chances are higher for those who haven't had children) but so far it has been a great experience for me.

I'm having a good experience with mine too. I'm having light spotting about four days before my period is due, but no bad cramping.
It seems like some people love their IUDs and some have really bad experiences. I can't do any kind of hormonal birth control, so my options are pretty limited.

[MamaMelanie2013]

Hey Ladies!  I just got my Paragard IUD yesterday.  I almost passed out in the waiting room (I guess that is somewhat common?) and had some cramping as well.  Light bleeding yesterday.  Today, i'm still light headed but did get thru about 25 min of my workout this morn.  I can totally tell it is inside my uterus and am having some crapming, which concerns me.  I am also feeling bloated along with the cramping. But my main concerns is I am still a bit dizzy and light headed.  Has anyone else experienced the light-headedness? 

Gosh, I really hope my body adapts and am glad there are ladies with positive experiences, too.    More to come as days progress...

[Amy Lachney]

I just got my Paragard removed after about 7 months, because the cramping during periods was just continuous and out of this world painful! And then I would remain sore/crampy down there the rest of the month as well. It just always felt like something was IN there (which obviously, something was!) I was really disappointed because I had Paragard for about a year prior to having children and it was wonderful...never felt a thing, period cramps were maybe a tad stronger than they were before I had it put it, but nothing crazy! I am sad that I am going to have to resort to the more labor intensive NFP because I do not want anything to do with hormonal BC. Oh well!