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As mentioned in my post "If anyone is interested to Carrie" IUDs can be custom made, but you need to find a gyn who knows how to do it. Dr.Jason Gardosi is working very hard to have the butterfly IUD brought into the US via Planned Parenthood, but our bureaucracy is impeding the process. I'm sure if you lived in the UK you could visit his clinic and have him give you one.Dr's will typically tell you not to have one inserted prior to having children if that is in your plans because an IUD will modify the lining of the uterus and the uterine arteries(see medscape.com for articles on this) sometimes making it more difficult for certain women to conceive or carry a fetus, however, once past the age of 30 or so, and provided you are healthy and in a monogamous relationship, most MDs will feel better about giving you one since you are more "mature" so to speak and less likely to have complications and as far as size, well, it is true that some women experience heavier cramping and bleeding but if it is not too severe during the first 4 to 6 months of wear it can be minimized with painkillers such as vicodin or the IUD removed if you so desire. Also, those horror stories of perforation usually are due to faulty technique at the time of insertion and you might ask your DR to sonogram you as many will do that now. To find out more, check out the search engines and also "IUDs" at http://www.onelist.com there is a great group presided over by an MD who has had contact with Dr. Gardosi and for awhile she was letting us know of the progress of the butterfly IUD and it's distribution. Other good sites are http://www.birthcontrol.com and http://www.keeper.com (for menstrual cups if you wanted to try it!) I think you will find in corresponding to our european counterparts in places like Norway, Finland, and Germany, that the IUD is truly favored over other methods of bothersome contraceptives.

Posted on May 3, 1999, 8:35 PM

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