Three in ten women are afraid of the pain of placing an IUD and have, therefore, avoided this type of contraception in the ...

The Affordable Care Act requires most insurance plans to cover preventive care, including many forms of contraception, ...

It is usually a busy clinic run by qualified nurses and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS). On rare occasions, the attention of a doctor might be needed in the case of a difficult IUD ...

The Affordable Care Act requires health plans to cover preventive care, including contraception. But “grandfathered” plans — those that existed before the act became law and have not changed ...

Anderson, 25, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, asked her doctor how much it might cost. At the time, she was working in a U.S.

While clinicians may be paying more attention to women's pain, it's still uncommon to give patients pain or anxiety drugs ...

You shouldn't have to wait a month,' says one Ontario physician. But her peers lack much financial incentive to use IUD ...

Generally speaking, the cervix of a nulliparous woman has a smaller diameter which many believed could lead to difficult and uncomfortable IUD insertions. It was assumed these people could require ...

As part of an IUD insertion appointment, I tell my patients that they will experience three quick cramps that should resolve quickly. If you’ve had a reaction like this during a procedure in the ...

This process usually takes less than 5 minutes. Many people experience cramping for a few hours to a few days after insertion. “Inserting an IUD requires opening the cervix, and some cramping is ...

My painful IUD insertion fresh on my mind ... he did not have to experience any pain during his procedure. “There was a moment where the anaesthesia wore off and it was painful, but I told ...

I was kicking myself for the fact that I had to go back to the office instead of having planned to go straight home when I felt a rising heat in my body that rapidly turned into a swell of nausea.” ...