As a jolt of pain shot through her body, Shona Spencer felt faint. A nurse started fanning her, as her doctor finished inserting her intrauterine device (IUD), a long acting form of birth control with ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you ask a group of women if they’ve ever had an IUD placed, their responses about the experience will ...

"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 ...

When TikToker Bridget Goes took a video of herself getting her first IUD removed and her second one inserted in June, she didn’t expect the video to go viral, drawing nearly 900,000 views since. In ...

After years of lobbying, the CDC has issued guidance to doctors about pain management for women during IUD insertion. Liudmila Chernetska Getty Images The sharpest memory I have of my appointment to ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued updated clinical guidelines last month underscoring the importance of effective pain management during intrauterine device (IUD) ...

Welcome to Culture Clinic, MedPage Today's collaboration with Northwell Health to offer a healthcare professional's take on the latest viral medical topics. Young women are filming their faces during ...

When it comes to navigating long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) options, intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, are one of the most talked about options. These T-shaped devices have ...

So you got an IUD and dealt with the insertion process (ugh). The pros? Now you don’t have to set a daily alarm to take your birth control pill, or remember to change your patch every week, or swap ...

Taking charge of your reproductive health is a personal priority for many women. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are a form of long-acting contraception and the reasons women choose them are as personal ...