When Jessica Hart went to get her first intrauterine device (IUD), she expected a routine procedure: the doctor would secure her feet in stirrups, stretch her vaginal canal with a speculum ...

At 16, Andrea did not expect her IUD placement to hurt and her clinician didn’t warn her, she said. But during the procedure, she was crying and squeezing the hand of the medical assistant.

Some discomfort or pain may occur with an IUD insertion. However, the insertion process is usually quick, taking less than 30 seconds. Some older research suggests that more than 70% of people who ...

Anderson, 25, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, asked her doctor how much it might cost. At the time, she was working in a U.S.

When an IUD is no longer desired or needed, or expires, a medical professional removes the device. This is an in-office procedure, in which the clinician pulls the device out by tugging on the ...

The Medical Procedure According to Planned Parenthood ... A physician or other practitioner uses a tube to insert the IUD, ...

Three in ten women are afraid of the pain of placing an IUD and have, therefore, avoided this type of contraception in the ...

This is also your chance to ask any questions you have about the procedure or recovery. Alternatively, you might have an initial appointment at which you review the risks and benefits of an IUD ...

Katie Gansle, who underwent an intrauterine device (IUD) insertion ... but it definitely did help with the anxiety of the procedure," Gansle said. Dr. Laura Van Wyck, an obstetrics and gynecology ...

If you're thinking about getting an IUD, you're probably wondering about the cost of an IUD. Though 99% effective as birth control, the small, T-shaped devices known as intrauterine devices (IUDs ...

The symptoms of a displaced intrauterine device (IUD), or expulsion, include abdominal or pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding. It typically happens if strong uterine contractions cause the device to ...