Yahoo

IUD placement can be painful. These women used their phones to record it.

As Nicole Marpaung lay on an exam table, the 22-year-old turned on her phone camera to record the experience of getting an intrauterine device, or IUD. In the video, a clinician tells her to expect ...
Yahoo

I Heard IUD Insertion Can Be Torture, So I Filmed Mine And Put It On TikTok

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A screenshot from the author's IUD insertion TikTok. (Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Perry) A screenshot from the author's IUD insertion ...
Philadelphia Tribune

Painful IUD placement recorded by these women on their phones

As Nicole Marpaung lay on an exam table, the 22-year-old turned on her phone camera to record the experience of getting an intrauterine device, or IUD. In the video, a clinician tells her to expect ...
The Grio

A gynecology physician assistant told patients IUD insertion was ‘a little crampy’ — then she got one

In 2020, Sharhonda Blue, a Black gynecology physician assistant based in San Antonio, Texas, posted a video on TikTok explaining the process for having an intrauterine contraception device inserted, ...
Teen Vogue

Does IUD Insertion Really Have to Be So Painful?

I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that I put off getting my IUD for so long because I was terrified by the horror stories. But I’m also not alone in that fear. Every so often, I’ll see young people on ...