Viral TikToks about intrauterine devices (IUDs) tend to portray negative experiences more often than positive ones, recent research found, and often focus on physical pain and mistrust of doctors.

If accidentally pulling out your own IUD (intrauterine device aka the coil) when you meant to remove your tampon sounds like the stuff of nightmares, then we 10/10 can relate. Unfortunately for one ...

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Earlier this summer on Naga Munchetty’s BBC Radio 5 Live show, the presenter shared her experience of having a coil (IUD) fitted. While the procedure is safe and effective, for Naga, like plenty of ...

Thanks to modern technology, we now have better methods for family planning, preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), improved sexual health, etc. Contraceptive technology has come a long ...

Your choice of contraception is important. It can make or break your sexual health experience – get it right and you can be a baby-less, hormonally-well balanced, pain free woman. Get it wrong and you ...

When I was first introduced to the world of intrauterine devices (IUDs), I had decided that I no longer wanted to take birth-control pills and had began looking for ...

Doctors have condemned a controversial TikTok trend in which women remove their own contraceptive coils to save themselves money and pain. AFP via Getty Images ...