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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 ...

In sex education at school we're told that contraception methods are never 100% effective - but no photograph has ever shown it more than this one. Lucy Hellein, from Alabama, posted a photograph of ...

Question: I’d like to get the contraceptive coil but I’m very squeamish and not great tolerating pain. I’ve heard so many horror stories of people being in agony. Is there any way you can ask for pain ...

A strange case in Brazil has shocked everyone. A newborn baby was found clutching a contraceptive coil immediately after birth. This was the very device that was supposed to prevent his mother from ...

Bethany, 26, was on the contraceptive coil when she fell pregnant (Image: Burton Mail/BPM Media) A mum on the contraceptive coil was stunned during lockdown when she was told she was expecting ...

In the “ThemenCheck Medizin” procedure offered by the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), interested members of the public can submit proposals for the assessment of ...

Getting the contraceptive coil, also called an IUD, is one of the worst pains that Lucy Cohen has ever felt. ‘After the procedure, I said to the receptionist, “sorry if you heard me screaming!” ‘I ...

A baby born in Brazil has captured attention online after a photo of him holding a contraceptive coil went viral. The device was originally meant to prevent his mother from becoming pregnant. Mother ...

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 ...