An Ohio mother who went in for an X-ray after injuring her back was shocked to discover that the scan picked up an intrauterine birth control device (IUD) floating in her abdomen that her doctor ...

The X-ray showed no IUD. In late 2007, Melinda Nichols of Chillicothe, Ohio, decided she had delivered her last child. ... (IUD), a semi-permanent form of hormonal birth control.

I got an IUD called Mirena during my first year of college to help me get through school without worrying about a surprise pregnancy. An IUD is a flexible, T-shaped device with strings tied to the end ...

But as with any form of birth control, the IUD can come ... Her doctor used a speculum to check on her IUD—it had disappeared—then performed two ultrasounds and an X-ray before scheduling ...

For all women using birth control, the effectiveness of various methods is a key factor in the decision-making process. Beyond that, however, the choice gets personal. Some women focus on how much ...

What is an IUD? Intrauterine devices, or IUDs, are a long-term, reversible form of birth control that lessens the ability of sperm to reach and fertilize an egg.

Smith said she was offered birth control six weeks after her daughter’s 2014 birth. ... Smith said she was taken for an X-ray, which showed that her IUD had wound up in her stomach.

The pinching pains Sandy Hill felt in her abdomen were a pretty good clue: Something was definitely not right. A few days earlier, Sandy, a 36-year-old marketing executive from Boston, had been ...