[UPDATE] My doctor encouraged me to remove my own IUD if I feel comfortable doing so.
This is an update to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/birthcontrol/comments/3yd7wq/my_doctor_encouraged_me_to_remove_my_own_iud_if_i/
I ended up not being able to get it out on my own. When I went to my primary to have her remove it I learned that the midwife at my family practice was the person who taught my doctor that it's reasonable for women to remove their own IUD if they feel comfortable doing it.
When she removed mine, she said it was the most difficult removal she'd ever done. It was enmeshed in my tissues, she thinks, and one of the strings even snapped the first time she tugged! Anyway, second time, she got it out with some elbow grease and said it was the most difficult removal she'd ever done. But it didn't change her policy that if a woman feels comfortable removing their own, she can go ahead and do it. I didn't end up feeling comfortable doing it (because it hurt like a sonofabitch and wouldn't budge), so I went to her.
And now I'm 5w pregnant :)
Posted Mar 24, 2016, 2:14 AM UTC
I had an IUD several years ago that was fused to my uterus and actually had to go into the hospital to have it removed because my gyn couldn't take it out in the office. Congrats on the pregnancy. But recently my husband and I didn't want to pay the doctor 250 to remove the IUD so he took it out and it took like 5 seconds and it didn't hurt at all. yesterday I had my tubes removed and the Novasure so you are pregnant and I am not having anymore babies and no more periods..good luck