I have had the iud Paragard for almost a year now, my nurse told me the doctor would tell me about it before putting it in, (he did not) I expected it after he inserted it. (Nada) I have noticed that my periods are twice as heavy (I had them heavy before, but this is ridiculous) I can bleed through a S+ tampon in a half hour flat some days. Which is not too much of a problem for me. The constant discharge, however, is. My most previous period was weird, it only lasted 6 days (my norm is 9) and it was light, lighter than before I ever got the iud, probably the lightest of my life. It ended just over a week ago, but today I noticed blood in the discharge... It's been almost a year, that isn't normal is it? I had the blood spotting the first couple months and then it was gone, but having it again plus the weird period is freaking me out, we need a bigger house before I pop out a third baby... (Plus I don't want 2 kids in diapers at the same time again) Any ideas on what this could be?