Women's Health Support Forums - View Single Post - New Paragard user, have a few questions for the other users

Kai · 11-04-2009, 05:08 PM

Well it's been quite a year. I'll give you my experience and am happy to answer any other questions you have.

Before I had the implant, I got PMS about 12-24 hours prior to the onset of my period, and my periods lasted about 6 days... Since having the implant I was getting PMS symptoms up to 4 or 5 days prior to onset and my periods last about 7-10 days (1 day of lighter, 2-3 of extremely heavy, the rest tapering to EXTREMELY light).

I did notice something very interesting though - I moved last month, and it was right around the same time as my time of the month. I noticed that while I was doing the physical activity (going up and down stairs, hauling boxes, etc), my PMS was much closer to the onset - like it used to be - and my period was shorter.

As for taste - I have asked my boyfriend about it and he has not found any odd taste. To be honest, we were only together once before I had the implant, so he can't really judge a change in me. But he has not noticed any coppery taste or anything like that.

Hope that helps.

11-04-2009, 05:08 PM	#3
Kai Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3	Well it's been quite a year. I'll give you my experience and am happy to answer any other questions you have. Before I had the implant, I got PMS about 12-24 hours prior to the onset of my period, and my periods lasted about 6 days... Since having the implant I was getting PMS symptoms up to 4 or 5 days prior to onset and my periods last about 7-10 days (1 day of lighter, 2-3 of extremely heavy, the rest tapering to EXTREMELY light). I did notice something very interesting though - I moved last month, and it was right around the same time as my time of the month. I noticed that while I was doing the physical activity (going up and down stairs, hauling boxes, etc), my PMS was much closer to the onset - like it used to be - and my period was shorter. As for taste - I have asked my boyfriend about it and he has not found any odd taste. To be honest, we were only together once before I had the implant, so he can't really judge a change in me. But he has not noticed any coppery taste or anything like that. Hope that helps.