Timing. An IUD can be safely inserted at any time during the menstrual cycle. Traditionally, clinicians have been taught to insert an IUD during menses because the patient was very unlikely to be ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small, T-shaped device that’s placed inside the ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD An intrauterine device (IUD) is a small, plastic, T-shaped device that is inserted ...

Brenna Symanski vividly remembers the pain of having her intrauterine device (IUD) changed. "For a split second, it felt like every cell in my body was on fire," she recalled. An IUD ...

The key differences between hormonal IUDs (Mirena, Skyla, Liletta, and Kyleena) and nonhormonal IUDs (Paragard) are what they’re made of, how they work, how long they last, and possible side ...

As an obstetrician-gynecologist in the 1950s, Jack Lippes, MD, ’47, fielded many complaints from patients dissatisfied with their limited options for birth control. “Back then, it was a diaphragm or ...

Brenna Symanski vividly remembers the pain of having her intrauterine device (IUD) changed. "For a split second, it felt like every cell in my body was on fire," she recalled. An IUD insertion is a ...