Paraguard is the copper IUD that should be effective for 10yrs. My period had always been very heavy and regular and in March it did not come 😖 After being 8days late I decided to contact my obgyn and ask her advise on it. Right away she order a blood test, she stated she doubted it would be a positive test that many times after a few years of period it may go away and that this was probably my case. Well 24hrs later we get the call stating it came back positive. She urged me to come in immediately to have an exam since having the IUD inside with a baby could be dangerous as well as getting it removed could cause a miscarriage. So I went in and and before beginning the exam she advised me that my IUD may have very likely shifted or fallen out which o knew was not the case. Anyways so she checked and what do you know "perfectly in place" not shifted. So my obgyn proceeded to ask if I wanted to leave the IUD in or have it removed, while letting me know that my chances of mis carrying would be very high. I decided to have it removed and I cramped horribly and had spotting for about 2 weeks. Baby is fine we are going on 11 weeks now and he is not going anywhere hanging on tight to momma. Long story short I already have 3 kids we never wanted or expected a 4th child so I went into an immediate depressions and with 24hr morning sickness not helping either many days I would wake up thinking this is the day we need to get an abortion I cannot deal with this. It was such a horrible feeling not wanting your own baby, then bad morning sickness, fatigue, migraines etc etc. Dr put me off a week to try nausea med "Zofran" which did not help, Nothing helped! Let me tell you there were many nights  I told my husband I did not think I was going to make it I feel so horrible. I really did feel many times that I would die. My husband encouraged me to attend church with him on Sunday's and together as a family we would pray for me to feel better and for my feelings to change towards baby. I also started praying every morning begging God to allow me to feel better and forgive me for even considering abortion. Let me tell you it's been 3 days that I feel a lot better and I am so excited for this baby to be here. We already love him so much. Our families are so anxious to meet him and everyone at work has been so thoughtful and kind to me making sure I am fed and I feel ok, constantly bringing me snack and treats.  My belly is starting to show which makes me so excited. The moral of this story is God is so powerful in many ways he did to me what medication could not. It's ok mommy's to have mixed emotions and not feel ok and make it known but hang in to the gift of life, everything happens for a reason.