How can I prepare?
Leave plenty of time to get to your appointment and make sure you have eaten something in the hour or two beforehand. Arrive 10 mins before your appointment time, this will allow for paperwork and to use the washroom if needed. **During Covid - all paperwork must be filled out prior to arriving at our office.
Insertion:
The IUD is inserted during a simple clinic procedure (the actual procedure is only a few minutes). The doctor will examine you to see which way the uterus is positioned and then insert a speculum (like the one used for a PAP). The cervix is then held in position and the uterus is measured for length and the IUD is then placed inside the uterus. Most women feel cramping during the process of measuring, as well as when the IUD is placed. It is normal for the cramping to last a few minutes, as well as when the IUD is placed, and some will experience cramps for the rest of the day and, perhaps into the next morning. Occasionally some women feel queasy or lightheaded after the procedure. If possible, bring someone to drive you home after. **During Covid, we have a strict patients only waiting room policy. Someone can wait outside our office to drive you home.
Risks of IUD Insertion:
Infection: 0.5% (quoted range 0-5%). Following the insertion of an IUD or IUS it is rare to have an infection of the uterus, usually caused by a pre-existing infection. Screening for sexually transmitted infection may reduce, but does not eliminate, the risk of infection. Serious infection requiring IUD removal or admission to hospital is rare.
Expulsion: 3-5%. Sometimes, the IUD or IUS may partially or totally come out of your uterus. If this occurs, you may become pregnant. Regular string checks will help to detect an expulsion, which usually occurs in the first 3 months.
* If the IUD or IUS is inserted immediately after an abortion, especially if it is a 2nd trimester abortion, the risk of expulsion may be a little higher.
A user who has previously expelled an IUD has a 30% chance of expelling a subsequent IUD.
Perforation: Very rarely (1 case out 700 insertions), the IUD or IUS may be pushed within the uterus wall or through the uterus wall in the abdominal cavity at the time of insertion. This may require replacement of the IUD or, in some cases, surgery.
Failure: 0.8% Copper IUD, 0.2% Hormonal IUS. No method of contraception is 100% effective.
If pregnancy occurs during the IUD or IUS use, you will need to consult a
physician as soon as possible. The risk of ectopic pregnancy is higher if pregnancy occurs with an IUD or IUS in place (overall, you are less likely to get an ectopic than women without an IUD or IUS).
Also, if pregnancy occurs, the IUD or IUS must be removed as soon as possible.
Leave plenty of time to get to your appointment and make sure you have eaten something in the hour or two beforehand. Arrive 10 mins before your appointment time, this will allow for paperwork and to use the washroom if needed. **During Covid - all paperwork must be filled out prior to arriving at our office.
Insertion:
The IUD is inserted during a simple clinic procedure (the actual procedure is only a few minutes). The doctor will examine you to see which way the uterus is positioned and then insert a speculum (like the one used for a PAP). The cervix is then held in position and the uterus is measured for length and the IUD is then placed inside the uterus. Most women feel cramping during the process of measuring, as well as when the IUD is placed. It is normal for the cramping to last a few minutes, as well as when the IUD is placed, and some will experience cramps for the rest of the day and, perhaps into the next morning. Occasionally some women feel queasy or lightheaded after the procedure. If possible, bring someone to drive you home after. **During Covid, we have a strict patients only waiting room policy. Someone can wait outside our office to drive you home.
Risks of IUD Insertion:
Infection: 0.5% (quoted range 0-5%). Following the insertion of an IUD or IUS it is rare to have an infection of the uterus, usually caused by a pre-existing infection. Screening for sexually transmitted infection may reduce, but does not eliminate, the risk of infection. Serious infection requiring IUD removal or admission to hospital is rare.
Expulsion: 3-5%. Sometimes, the IUD or IUS may partially or totally come out of your uterus. If this occurs, you may become pregnant. Regular string checks will help to detect an expulsion, which usually occurs in the first 3 months.
* If the IUD or IUS is inserted immediately after an abortion, especially if it is a 2nd trimester abortion, the risk of expulsion may be a little higher.
A user who has previously expelled an IUD has a 30% chance of expelling a subsequent IUD.
Perforation: Very rarely (1 case out 700 insertions), the IUD or IUS may be pushed within the uterus wall or through the uterus wall in the abdominal cavity at the time of insertion. This may require replacement of the IUD or, in some cases, surgery.
Failure: 0.8% Copper IUD, 0.2% Hormonal IUS. No method of contraception is 100% effective.
If pregnancy occurs during the IUD or IUS use, you will need to consult a
physician as soon as possible. The risk of ectopic pregnancy is higher if pregnancy occurs with an IUD or IUS in place (overall, you are less likely to get an ectopic than women without an IUD or IUS).
Also, if pregnancy occurs, the IUD or IUS must be removed as soon as possible.
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