Are all IUDs bad now? I am going in for a procedure called NovaSure to cotterize the inside of my uterus and then my doctor wants to put in an IUD to make sure I don't get pregnant. (The chances of getting pregnant are very slim with the NovaSure procedure, but if you do for some reason, it can be very complicated and will always end in miscarriage or necessary abortion. The baby wouldn't live anyways and could cause major problems for the woman.) I am concerned about IUDs because my mom had one at age 45 and she had horrible cramps and pain from it. But that was over 20 years ago. Are they any better? Just wondering...
Tonya
>From: klischma@foxinternet.com
>Reply-To: adhesions@adhesions.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS
><adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Re: Infertility & Adhesions
>Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:23:28 -0600
>
>Dear Amanda,
>I had a Dalkon Shield IUD inserted for contraception in 1970, when they
>first were available. Around 1973 I started to episodes of terrible
>pain (which now I realize was adhesions). When I tried to conceive in
>1977, it was discovered that my fallopian tubes were not open and the
>fibria (on the ends, the finger like things that are supposed to catch
>the ovum were all adhesed together. I had reconstructive surgery that
>was unsuccesful. We instead adopted two children, one from Korea and
>one from Mexico. There was a class action lawsuit against the Dalkon
>Shield around 1986, because many women became infertile because of it,
>some conceived while using it and delievered children with birth
>defects, and several women died. IUD's are still being inserted into
>women but I don;t know why!!!
>My suggestion to you if you already know you have adhesions is to avoid
>ANY surgery because it could likely cause more adhesions and much bigger
>problems than infertily.
>Mary Lou
>
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>mary lou
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