I've never used any kind of birth control besides condoms. I'm thinking about getting the copper IUD paragard since it would last for up to ten years and I wouldn't have to take something every day. But lately I've been thinking about my period being irregular a lot and how some of the things that come with my period affect my daily life. I'm not a big fan of hormones though, they have a lot of side effects and there's not much research into the long term effects of using birth control for years.
Should I at least try the pill to see how I will react to it before I decide to get a IUD? less

A LOT of people have really bad experiences with both. A classmate's Mirena moved inside of her and needed to be surgically removed and caused scarring and damage and intense pain for a long time. Another friend's sister has problems with Yaz that landed her in the hospital more than once.

I know these side effects are not very common, but who ends up in the hospital because of condoms? less

When the condom breaks and the woman as a baby? lol
I know condoms are good when used correctly but I hate not having control over any of it. The guy could be leaving the condoms in his wallet or glove department to get damaged in the heat. I also had a time when a guy I was dating already came inside the condom but it stayed inside of me when he pulled out so worried some of it could have leaked somehow.
They IUD moving around I hear is very rare but it's a higher risk to someone that hasn't giving birth yet so it's a possible that it might happen to me. I've also heard the bad experiences with some of the hormonal methods and those scare me a lot. less

I might bring that up if I go to ask as doctor about the IUD. The problem I see there though is it's even more hormones than taking the pill for a month and if you get side effects I would think they would be worse because of the high dosage. I could be wrong about that though, I haven't looked into the shot for a long time. less