When recent TikTok threads about surprising and extreme intrauterine device (IUD) insertion pain popped up in my social media channels, I had a visceral reaction. My uterus basically shouted: me too!

In 2020, Holly decided to get the copper IUD, and while being monitored after insertion (which is standard procedure), she told her nurse that her pain was getting increasingly worse. "I was like, 'Is ...

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are known as one of the most convenient and effective forms of birth control, but it's true that the IUD insertion process can be unpleasant, uncomfortable, or downright ...

Intra-uterine devices, or IUDs, are a very popular method of birth control. Planned Parenthood explains that an IUD is 99.9% effective in preventing pregnancy, whether you choose the copper variety — ...

Fear of pain can deter some patients from choosing intrauterine devices (IUDs). In a study appearing in The Annals of Family Medicine, researchers investigated whether intrauterine device (IUD) ...

I’ve always hated going to the gynecologist. No offense to gynecologists, of course, but every time I would go, I’d have an incredible amount of anxiety. Because, point No. 2, I have an incredible ...

Intrauterine devices are highly effective, but some women find insertion painful. Here’s how to prepare. By Catherine Pearson Ten percent of women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 49 ...

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are small T-shaped plastic devices containing either copper or a low dose of progestogen hormone. Lasting five to ten years, they provide highly effective contraception and ...

My IUD insertion experience was a debacle of the highest order. It happened in the fall of 2015 in New York City where ob/gyns taking new appointments are hard to come by. And after waiting months for ...

A woman in her early twenties recently shared her plan to frame her removed IUD as a trophy in her bathroom, but her boyfriend is not on board with the idea. After enduring the pain of two IUD ...