Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the time, I was a senior in high school in a small town in Alberta, Canada, and there was only one doctor at a nearby college ...

Getting a doctor who would give me, a childless and never-pregnant woman, an IUD took some wrangling. An entire generation of American medical professionals were made suspicious of IUDs thanks to an ...

Gynecology nurse practitioner Stephanie Edwards-Latchu has performed over 450 intrauterine device insertions. Some women will barely notice when the device is placed, she said, but others report the ...

Anyone who watched Olympic bronze medalist Ilona Maher giving her rugby opponents the stiff arm knows she is tough as nails. Yet she recently posted a video on social media exhaling deeply, clutching ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Carli removed her own intrauterine device while sitting in a warm bath, she was elated. IUD in hand, “I threw on a towel and ...

Bleeding, intense cramping, even fainting: These are some of the experiences women are sharing across social media about IUDs—especially with the pain they feel during an insertion. IUDs—short for ...

Pop Quiz: The average IUD is about 3cm wide. How wide do you think a cervix is? Credit: Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images The appeal of the IUD is undeniable: When you can get pregnant and don’t want ...

"Excruciatingly painful" — that's how PS producer Jordan Shalhoub describes their first attempt at getting an IUD. The insertion was so uncomfortable that ultimately it failed and Shalhoub left ...

Intrauterine devices—IUDs—are called a “set it and forget it” form of birth control for a reason. Once one of these small T-shaped devices is implanted in your uterus, you’re pretty much covered on ...

Getting pregnant with an IUD is exactly how things aren’t supposed to go. After all, if you decide to get an IUD, the entire point is to have an incredibly reliable form of contraception that allows ...

Many women ask, “Does IUD cause weight gain?” The honest answer is: an IUD usually does not directly cause major weight gain ...

You can get pregnant with an IUD, but it's rare. If you think you're pregnant with an IUD, take a pregnancy test and see a healthcare provider. Removing the IUD when pregnant reduces the risk of ...