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I have been on all sorts of birth control and i can honestly say that as myuchas i liked the IUD it is not for everybody. there are three types of iud's the very first iud i believe has been put out of business because it was from the 70's and because nothing is ever positive it caused problems since then they have mde them much better. now there are two different types of iuds that are more recent one lasts for ten years but causes major cramping around that time of month and the other is plastic. thats the one i had. its called a mirena iud. thats lasts for five years. it almost completely eliminates periods even though you will have spotting from time to time and it also causes some cramoing during that time of month. but not bad. like i said before its not for everybody. my body rejected having it in there after a few months and made me terribly sick. and it had to be removed. and since then i have tried to have it put back in place but its too painful for me to even attempt. so we had to move on to different things. and yes it is painful to have the iud put in place. maybe more for some than othersbut you feel it being put in after that you dont know its there. anyways the other things that i used was called a nuva ring and i loved that. it worked great and it was easy to dealwith. you dont evenknow its there. its just a little blue ring that goes up there for three weeks a nd then you take it out for your monthly visitor. during the three weeks its in you dont even know its there. as for the shot i wouldnt suggest it makes you put on weight and sometimes if you take it too long and decide to go off to have more children you might notbe able to. good luck