I got my Paraguard

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-06-2003
I got my Paraguard
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Fri, 09-15-2006 - 10:26am

Thanks to all who responded to my previous questions about the IUDs. I got my Paraguard yesterday. I haven't had AF since April. But, since I have had 4 children (2 by c-section) things went very well. Very minimal discomfort, I wouldn't even call it painful. She made me take a "deep cough" and I felt something. Then there was a little discomfort. Apparently I did have a little bleeding with the insertion, as I heard her ask for the silver nitrate sticks. The most uncomfortable part of it was when she was moving around the speculum doing that and trimming the strings. I did take the ibuprofen before going. I took another dose last night as I did have some mild cramping. But, so far nothing this morning. Very minimal spotting on a pantyliner.

Once again, thanks to everyone who answered questions before. So far, so good. She did tell me before that if I can tolerate any problems for the first 3 months or so, it gets better after that.

Sallie

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-30-2003
Fri, 09-15-2006 - 2:11pm

Hi Sallie, welcome back!


      Jill