It's the end of an era. August 2017 I got my Paragard inserted. It lead me to find out I had a tumor on my ovary (I like to say it saved my life- but that's another blog). It gave me many months of horrid periods, cramps, and spotting. And it also gave me many months of relatively normal periods. About four months ago I started getting an odd dull tickling/pain feeling on my right side (which is where I had my tumor removed). I started spotting all month long. My periods were getting uncontrollable (I couldn't leave my house or I would leak everywhere). After lots of procrastination, I scheduled my long overdue annual visit with plans of IUD removal. But... as I was getting closer to my appointment , I couldn't bare the thought of getting it out because 1) what was I going to do for birth control? and 2) It was damn hard to get in there. So, with all of the supplies to take it out on display in front of me, I discussed this with my doctor and requested an ultrasound. A