Much like everyone’s “first time” story, women’s experiences of getting the contraceptive coil — otherwise known as an "IUD" (intrauterine device) — are often completely unique. Some insertions feel ...

Thousands of women and people with wombs are speaking out about the pain they experienced while having an IUD (intrauterine device) fitted - a long-lasting and reversible method of contraception. It ...

Millions of women around the world use an IUD, also known as a copper coil, as contraception. If fitted properly, it can be more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. But for some women, there’s ...

When Molly*, 29, went to get the copper coil, her doctor said that in a previous fitting, they had ruptured a patient’s uterus wall. “They assured me that it had only happened once and it was years ...

If you have a womb and, at some point, have hoped against placing a baby in it, chances are you will have heard some birth control horror stories. And for many, interuterine devices (IUD), or the coil ...

Hannah, a 24-year-old student from west Surrey, is among this number. She is now dealing with painful and life-changing vaginismus after a coil fitting which, she says, left her "in agony". Vaginismus ...

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