IUD insertion and removal can be painful. But new medical guidelines are focused on ways to make the procedures more comfortable. Women have taken to social media to share their stories of painful IUD ...

People experience different amounts of pain during IUD insertion, but there are a number of pain-relief options available to ...

Medically reviewed by Laura Young, MD Key Takeaways Hormonal IUDs prevent pregnancy by releasing progestin that thickens ...

IUDs are a safe and reliable form of birth control, but many people struggle to get simple answers about the device. NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Mia Armstrong-Lopez, who wrote about this for Slate.