A woman’s photo of her newborn baby — just delivered, and with the intrauterine device (IUD) that failed to prevent her pregnancy clenched in his tiny fist — has gone viral. But how does a woman get pregnant while using an IUD? The woman, Lucy Hellein of Fort Mitchell, Alabama, posted the photo
DIRECTLY FROM MIRENA’S WEBSITE: Q:What if I become pregnant while using Mirena? A: Unfortunately, no birth control method, including Mirena (levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system) or tubal ligation (getting your tubes tied), is 100% perfect. If you do get pregnant while using a birth control
Following Tuesday’s election, people are urging women to run, not walk, to their gyno and get an IUD before Donald Trump takes office. The thinking is a Trump White House and a Republican-led Congress could significantly change women’s ability to access birth control, and IUDs last anywhere from
The ParaGard IUD doesn’t have hormones. It’s wrapped in a tiny bit of copper, and it protects you from pregnancy for up to 12 years. The Mirena, Kyleena, Liletta, and Skyla IUDs use the hormone progestin to prevent pregnancy.
Many women today are opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants to prevent unwanted pregnancies. This “fix it and forget it” method of birth control is not only easy to use, it’s also highly effective for years at a time. Doctors typically recommend women keep IUDs such as Mirena for up to
After having the IUD for 2.5 years after the birth of my teen, I started having chronic back pain only on my right side So I called my obgyn
Many women choose to use birth control to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Some forms, like the birth control pill and injection, contain synthetic forms of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Olympic running hopeful Sarah Brown, 29, got pregnant after her IUD failed. Here, doctors explain why that’s extremely unlikely (as are all other IUD complications).
The IUD is a little, t-shaped piece of plastic that gets put in your uterus to mess with the way sperm can move and prevent them from fertilizing an …
Whether you can get pregnant after stopping the birth control pill depends on where you are in your menstrual cycle. Here’s what you need to know.
