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 ...

Bridget, 22, who asked not to use her last name for privacy reasons, said she experienced “the worst pain of my life” during ...

When can I use an IUD? and so there's a string with the IUD that allows for bacteria to go up into your uterus and out the fallopian tubes and cause a possibility of pelvic inflammatory disease ...

One in four adolescents with heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) since menarche may have an inherited bleeding disorder (IBD).

Midcycle insertion avoids this potential hazard. When an IUD is chosen as the contraceptive method after a first-trimester abortion, the device can be inserted at any time so long as infection is ...

To understand the risk of pelvic infection with an IUD, one must first understand how clinical infection occurs. The bacterial milieu of the vagina sits in a steady-state equilibrium in women who ...

It's easier than ever to get an IUD. Since the leading body of OB-GYNS declared intrauterine devices the gold standard for contraceptives in 2009, there has been a nationwide push to increase ...