My Copper IUD Experience| 1 Year Journey 

Lol, man all of our options of birth control are terrible

This is crazy. I'm sorry that happened to you. I'm still gonna try it though because hormonal contraceptives have made me SUFFER. Why can't men be the ones who take BC?????

Whew chile. The things we have to go through. 😕

My copper IUD story: I was never on birth control prior, this was my first (and so far only) form of birth control apart from condoms and spermicide. I mentioned during my consultation that I had cramps and bad periods, but I was told that that likely wouldn’t be a problem which I didn’t believe but I wanted to try this. The measuring hurt more for me than the actual insertion (I will remember the measuring for the rest of my life). The insertion definitely wasn’t pleasant though. And then, I was fine! I was told to rest for two minutes. Then I got up to go and wait for my ultrasound to make sure it was correctly placed. And that’s when it started… Very suddenly I felt weak, dizzy, and nauseous, as I spoke to the receptionist to schedule the aforementioned ultrasound. I excused myself to the bathroom and wretched for five minutes, I didn’t need to vomit but my body just involuntarily felt like it should. And I thought I would be ok, and waited for the ultrasound, feeling increasingly weak and sick. Then, the ultrasound. Everything looked normal. But the technician asked me if I was ok, if it was normal to be in pain like this. I said yea, and it didn’t even dawn on me that if the technician was asking me this, this was probably not that normal. I kind of wish she had pushed me harder to ensure I was alight because really I wasn’t, I was in so much pain. But I figured it would be fine in a few days. I finally got home and passed out. I remember waking up to eat a little in bed, but falling asleep after again. I woke up twelve hours later, took a shower (though I ended up mostly sitting down), and…went back to sleep. My hot water bottle wasn’t doing the job, and my at-time boyfriend thankfully got me those back-pain heating belts. I depended on these for like a month, basically, I was in bed entirely for two days, in constant pain, probably the worst pain of my life. And from there, cramps, every single day except a day or two around ovulation if I was lucky. I could hardly get out of bed during my period from these cramps, and even when off my period they would randomly strike. I would have to sit down at the grocery store or work randomly, because I was immobilized and couldn’t even hold myself upright. I was also spotting and bleeding daily, like I couldn’t not wear a pad. My periods went from 5-6 days to 8-10, with blood flow that bordered on unsafe the first days, and inconsistent after. Like days 6-9 were lighter but I would get random flows of heavy blood. I had to take ibuprofen almost every single day, obviously multiple times during my period and before, and I could hardly be without some heating pad. When I went to my 6 week follow up appointment, my complaints were dismissed and I was old to wait 3 months for changes. Nothing changed, and they told me to wait 6 months. Seven months later with absolutely no change, I had it removed. I felt instantly better. I didn’t realize until the week of it being removed how much it had been hampering my energy and mood. One thing though that took longer was being able to have sex again. With the copper iud, sex was painful and difficult. After its removal, it took a very long time for that to not be the case anymore. I have a friend who ended up in a similar situation to myself with mirena. I had a friend who was able to come out for dinner after her copper iud insertion but who wasn’t feeling great throughout, and she got hers removed. And I have a friend who had no problems at all the day of her insertion, and no problems with the copper iud at all after. It’s something I wouldn’t deter people from trying. But if you know something is wrong, and it isn’t for you, don’t hesitate to remove it.

"oh my god... am i with child" I am DECEASED omg i love it

I love your personality. This was so helpful, I needed this!

I just love your sit down chit chats. I laughed all the way through this video. I’m happy it all worked out. 😊

You are a 🌟! Thank you for sharing this with us. Hope you are feeling much MUCH better (acne situation).

Thanks for sharing this was entertaining but also informative .

Thank you for this great video! You're so adorable!! I'm sorry you had a difficult process! Take care?

Wow you went through a lot. Thank you for sharing online for other women 👏🏽

Love this video so much !

I had no pain at all. We were chatting and laughing while I got it. She told me I had a high pain threshold but I didn’t understand till other people have said it hurt. It hurts now tho! Periods r painful on the first day but ok after.

Your video and feedback was very helpful. Thank you ♥️

Omg I truly enjoyed watching your video. I’m currently in my first month having the copper IUD and all I can say is that I totally freaked out when I got my period this month. I never thought my period was going to get this heavy and painful 😩 but oh well, I just hope I can actually feel my strings when I check for them. Thanks for sharing your story, I can finally relate to someone. ❤️

Great video❤️thank you so much, I need to get one and I'm so confused. Are you planning on staying with Cu IUD?

Our paragard journey is almost identical (except I wasn’t previously on BC pills). Crazy cramps and no longer able to feel strings. Have had it since 2016 and we still good 👌🏼

For me it was a really bad experience the two times i had it in after my children. Yes it does its job, but man was it a rollercoaster for me!!! From extreme painful cramping, inflammation of my ovaries, long heavy periods, spotting after periods, sharp pains at times, mood swings, etc. I don't think ill be doing this ever again. But everyone is different. Im not suggesting not to get it but listen to your* body only you* can decide if its ok with what you put in it. God Bless and Stay Safe. P.s had them both close to 6 years each

Right about the most accurate story. The switch from hormones to NADA is TRAGIC!!! On my fifth month and im having my first heavy period after months of non stop spotting and bleeding

GIRL EXACTLY! ME TOO! Who are these women who say they feel nothing smh

I just got mine inserted. The pain was minimal. It is a very quick and familiar pain. And the doctors were very supportive 💗 YOU GOT THIS. I just kept thinking about the fact that I'll be worry free when it comes to pregnancy. This is a responsibility for some of us.

I just got mine yesterday and I CANNOT believe I really put myself through that. Granted my experience wasn’t as bad as yours but chill the after cramps? The clamps of discharge? constantly taking paracetamol on the day 😩😤

same here, well put

Laughed all through this video Just got one two weeks ago and I’ve been bleeding ever since😩😩

“Your cervix is weird” 😂

I just self removed mine today after two years. (Not rececommended for everyone, but I was desperate.) I couldn't take the cramps anymore. I'd get really bad cramps 10 days before my period, all the way up to the day of my period. Cramps during ovulations, cramps all the time. Not even normal cramps. I could feel the cramps in each fallopian tube around the paraguard. And the the pain would shoot down my legs. It would prevent me from working out. There wasn't enough painkillers I could take in combo to kill the pain. Motrin, Tylenol, Aleve. Nothing worked. My periods went to 5 days total to 2 days of spotting, 2 days of normal bleeding, 2 days of very heavy bleeding to 3 days of light bleeding/spotting. Basically 10 days of a period. I'm 45. This is stuff I used to deal with as a teenager. As soon as I pulled it out, I felt instant relief. No more IUDS for me. I had a Mirena IUD that was also horrible mistake. I took that after 3 months. This was 10 years ago. I think I'll just go back to pill until I hit menopause. It was a better experience for me. I tried the paraguard to try something new. Never again. Foreign objects won't be in my uterus again. BTW I have one child. I'm okay with just my one.

My dr gave me a suppository that dialated my cervix before she inserted so it was easy to get in. 4 days later I felt normal. 3 weeks later my body expelled the IUD. I'm trying again in one week.

I feel like so many woman do the switch from hormonal BC straight to the copper coil and it’s so hard to tell what is from the hormone imbalance and what is from the coil. Sis you had a rough year with the combination of both... it took me an entire year to adjust from birth control to no birth control. The acne was WILD. I’m considering the coil now after almost two years with no steady birth control but I’m really scared 😳 thank you for sharing your experience

Mine is coming up and I’m freaking out about the pain of the insertion 😭 makes me want to never go to my appointment

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My OBGYN actually prescribed miSOPROStol (CYTOTEC) 200 MCG oral Tab for me to take the night before the IUD insertion appointment to soften my cervix. I also had to be on my period. I actually experienced no pain during the procedure. I did have a little bit of pain once I got home but I figured out that when I laid on my left side I had pretty much no pain. I also had a full month of bleeding at first. I came to watch your video because I just finished 1 year with the Paragard and my periods are very frequent although I'm not sure if it's worth calling a period half the time since it's more like spotting for a week and I only have on average 7 days in between. I was on the NUVARING prior to the Paragard. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Waoh, the things women have to do, people think is simple but I think it’s scary and we have to be brave for ourselves

Keep in mind when you do string checks, the strings are softening up towards the cervix. Y'all will be fine. I enjoyed the transvaginal ultrasound... I want to see what I looked like up there. Super funny appointment.

Hi Jay! I'm experiencing those incredibly painful cramps, although I don't feel like I'm gonna die, it keeps me away from doing my daily activities like studying and excercising. I'm taking pain killers but they onky make the pain a little bit better, it doesn't go away. What did you try? What works for you?

I didn't take hormonal bc for nearly as long as you. But after stopping it, it took 3 years for my body to return to a regular cycle. Got a copper IUD recently. Hopefully it works out.

My sister use to have the IUD, she had to get it removed because it was causing her to bleed a lot, and it moved.

after i got it inserted l sat up and threw up EVERYWHERE and started sweating through my clothes and i had to lay down for an hour before i had to leave 😭

I felt a little pressure, and a small cramp. The insertion itself was not bad at all. But I had to lay there for about 45 minutes after cause I got super lightheaded. (I did eat before and took some ibuprofen) good thing my mom worked there so she hung out with me lol. Just very crampy for me other than that.

Since you are no longer able to check your strings, do you just trust the IUD is in place doing it’s thing? How often do you go and have them checked that makes you feel comfortable? I guess changes in your period would be an indicator of any shifts in its placement. My provider told me she doesn’t even recommend her patients to check the strings because situations happen so often where people can’t feel the strings, they coil up, etc and they freak out when everything is completely fine.

I love her😅

I’ve had my copper IUD for about 9 months now and I’m going in for a transvaginal ultrasound today because I’ve been having severe cramps on and off for weeks now while not being on my period… and I can’t check my strings myself because I can’t reach them, my OB/GYN could still see them, but she wants to make sure that the IUD hasn’t moved at all. I’m kind of nervous. She said it could just be that my uterus is “angry” about a foreign body being inside of it considering I’m still under the year mark of having it, but I’m still freaking out 😩 I just wanna get my tubes tied already

Yes this bc is something I’m currently like 2 or 3 months in a this been hell literally the periods are so long and the cramps I’m still tryna give it a chance but I don’t know 😩 my body has been so weird with this

Do you get cramps everyday throughout the first 6 months?

I’ve had it about 6 years now and recently joined a group on Facebook all about this birth control. Some women that had it removed saw that the copper was not on the iud anymore and had it less than 10 years. Multiple women have experienced it and many have copper toxicity. I’ve experienced heavy periods and super painful cramps that feel like real contractions. I can’t wait to get it removed!!

I use to have a Mirena iud and I experienced some of the same things. I do wanna get a copper iud now because I don’t think my body responds well to hormonal bc

Mine was not really painful just a sharp pain when they inserted the measuring things and and the actual iud. I only felt pain after

Okay... so I got mine last month and I got my first period since the insertion and it has been constant for almost a month... is that normal? Is there something wrong??

your cervix IS NOT softer when youre on your period. It is dense, but it is lower and easier to handle. its also more open

I got pregnant at 39 years old on the copper IUD. My IUD baby is three going on four now. Thankfully the baby wasn't in my tubes because I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was three and a half months. I was still having a menstrual cycle so I didn't know I was pregnant right away

Uhhh I had pretty much the same experience with the BC Implant!! I hate men are still not on any BC!!!

Has anyone else experienced swelling of the womb after sex or ovulation after they've inserted it (about a month after)?

Jay is so sincere, but im having a hard time finding experiences from ladies who weren't previously on the pill. It sounds like some of these symptoms may be caused by going off the pill, and i dont know what is just from the IUD.

Never had an iud, gonna get one in 2 weeks. After decades of heavy periods, endometriosis pain, thyroid problems, difficult pregnancy and son’s birth 23 years ago, and large difficult fibroids……I don’t think my copper iud will make a dent in what I’m already used to. I’m 46 and do NOT want to start over with raising a child! I have to have non hormonal bc my BC pills are lessening the effects of my hypothyroid meds and also making my fibroids worse. So all the horror stories I hear about these….I’m like, we’ll that’s nothing new to what I’m used to any way

I had mine today I nearly died omg I dint knew it would be so painful

Did they have you take a pill to open your uterus/cervex before the procedure? How is it sexually?

I never did a string check in 2 years and a half, it’s been the most painful thing in life up to now and I’ve got it out cause the pain was disgusting... hell not getting into that ever again ... taking it out it’s also grrrrrr so painful!

I’m getting my copper iud removed . I’ve been spotting in between periods and I’m officially sick of it

Can’t they just do it under anesthesia??! Or numb you!!! Like I would die doing it RAW 💀 😂

My cervix is weird too I guess

What is the string test for???

I'm getting mine paragard IUD when December 26 come off nexplanon 2019

Can I get it as a virgin or do I still need to take the pregnancy test?

I'm getting kyleen IUD in 27 year come off the implant 2022

I just took my copper iud out today 😪 so happy. That stupid thing caused me so much inflammation, 8 day-long HEAVY periods, debilitating cramps, painful sex. Alll the bad things 🙃 I’m on zoely now and i hope my period can go back to what it was

Does it make someone fat 🤔

So for the women saying their periods are painful, are pain pills not working?

So funny “Period freak the freak out”. Omg, sorry

The marena will give you anxiety, hormonal problems, weight gain, fits of rage over sensitivity to everything. DONT DO IT. MY doctor refused for 4 years to remove my marena even after I kept telling him every year something wasn't right

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I would prefer you get right to the point but otherwise thanks for sharing

Well I'm not getting it lol

IUDs are not recommended for woman that do not have kids. It will be uncomfortable and cause pain daily. You are so funny, this video had me on the floor laughing. 😂😂

Over dramatic

I just got mine yesterday and I CANNOT believe I really put myself through that. Granted my experience wasn’t as bad as yours but chill the after cramps? The clamps of discharge? constantly taking paracetamol on the day 😩😤