Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as 12, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb - often without consent - as part of a Danish campaign to control Greenland's growing ...

Hormonal coils have become increasingly popular in recent years, but a recent study found an unexpected association between the hormonal coil and an increased risk of breast cancer. Although the ...

A mum, who fell pregnant despite using birth control, was “shocked” to discover her contraceptive coil was in her baby’s placenta when she gave birth. Claire Cowen, 34, had been using a non-hormonal ...

When Molly*, 29, went to get the copper coil, her doctor said that in a previous fitting, they had ruptured a patient’s uterus wall. “They assured me that it had only happened once and it was years ...

A new mother was mistakenly fitted with a contraceptive coil in a surgery mix-up at an NHS hospital in Wales, it has been revealed. The contraceptive blunder came just minutes after the woman had a ...

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Hannah, a 24-year-old student from west Surrey, is among this number. She is now dealing with painful and life-changing vaginismus after a coil fitting which, she says, left her "in agony". Vaginismus ...

An unknown number of women are experiencing vaginismus after painful contraceptive coil (also known as IUD (intrauterine device)) fittings. Vaginismus is a psychosexual condition. For sufferers, all ...