The modern IUD hit the market approximately 60 years ago. On Tuesday—for the first time ever—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began to address IUD insertion pain. Updating their selected ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Placing an IUD within 48 hours of a complete abortion appeared safe and was associated with lower pain scores ...

New guidelines issued by the CDC are advising physicians address the pain for IUD insertion with various medication options. Misoprostol is not recommended for routine use for IUD placement. Lidocaine ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Intrauterine devices, ...

When recent TikTok threads about surprising and extreme intrauterine device (IUD) insertion pain popped up in my social media channels, I had a visceral reaction. My uterus basically shouted: me too!

Your work wife. Your sister. All of #IUD TikTok. And anyone else part of one of the loudest whisper networks in the health space. They’ll tell you about the pinching, the stabbing, the searing cramps ...

Unless you’ve had all of your group chat notifications on Do Not Disturb for years now, there’s a high probability you’ve heard an IUD insertion horror story from a friend, sister, or colleague.

I'm a home-birth midwife, and my child's birth lasted 34 hours. Before I got an IUD, I used misoprostol to soften my cervix and make the process more bearable. My second IUD insertion was so painful.

"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 ...