For more than 100 years, women have had small gadgets placed in their uteruses to prevent pregnancies. Today, intrauterine devices (IUDs) not only provide excellent “set it and forget it” reversible ...

Intrauterine devices are highly effective, but some women find insertion painful. Here’s how to prepare. By Catherine Pearson Ten percent of women in the United States between the ages of 15 and 49 ...

Up against bad PR and a lack of awareness, reproductive health groups are leading the charge to make the IUD a first line of defense against unplanned pregnancy. It won’t be easy. Most women have been ...

Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. I recently got an IUD before having penetrative-vaginal sex for the first time and ...

Medically reviewed by Peter Weiss, MD IUD expulsion can cause symptoms like abdominal or pelvic pain and vaginal bleeding.Feeling for the thin strings every month helps check if your IUD is in ...

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 ...