Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Copper IUDs are small, T-shaped devices inserted into your uterus to prevent ...

Regardless of where the procedure is performed, all IUD patients are encouraged to rest for the remainder of the day. “Those receiving anesthesia should not return to work, drive, consume alcohol, or ...

While the Carevix aims to solve one part of the pain problem, several others remain: the actual insertion of the device ...

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Unfortunately, an unexpected pregnancy is currently my biggest fear, and it's many of my friends’ biggest fears. We all just ...

Traditionally, clinicians have been taught to insert an IUD during menses because the patient was very unlikely to be pregnant and because they have been told that the cervix "dilates" during ...