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Long-term birth control should come without a price tag of pain, say Kentuckians

Kentuckians told the Lantern they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose ...

I Was Excited for a Vasectomy to Transform My Sex Life. Uh, That Was Wishful Thinking.

My wife and I have two children. I’m 40 years old and we have been married for nearly 20 years. After our second, I got a ...
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Who’s Afraid of Little IUD?

For the first time ever, doctors are being encouraged to take IUD pain seriously. Will it be enough to convince women to get ...

Advocates calling for improved pain management for IUD insertions in B.C.

When IUDs are inserted, health-care providers first put a speculum into the patient’s vagina, which widens the vaginal walls, and then a tenaculum — a scissor-like type of forceps — is used to ...
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Your labor, your voice: 5 ways to center informed consent in the delivery room

Labor moves fast, but your consent should never be assumed. Use these 5 practical strategies and ready-to-say scripts to keep ...
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Birth control should come without pain, say Kentuckians

Kentuckians say they got intrauterine devices, better known as IUDs, because of concern that they would lose access to birth ...