The effects of smoking and drinking are the same with and without hte IUD.
Smoking does not affect the IUD. The IUD can be a great method for smokers, because it contains no estrogen.
No
There are no side effects of having your tubes tied and leaving an IUD in place. There is no pressing need to remove the IUD if you have other pregnancy protection.
There are no activity restrictions when using the IUD.
Yes, you can take prenatal vitamins while an IUD is in.
If you continue the hormonal IUD past its useful life, you may be at risk of pregnancy. There are no other side effects from leaving an IUD in the uterus.
Yes, you can have spotting without a period while using an IUD.
No, that wouldn't normally happen.
It is very very rare to conceive while using a IUD but if this should happen, then you need to contact your health care provider immediately to have the IUD removed. You can then choose to continue or terminate the pregnancy. If you choose an abortion, you can get another IUD after the procedure, or choose another method of birth control. For your safety, however, you can't leave the IUD in while pregnant.
Yes and it can cause serious problems if you become pregnant while the IUD is in place.
The doctor can't see if you are pregnant while inserting an IUD. Your health care provider will ask questions and probably do a urine pregnancy test to make sure that you are not getting an IUD when you are already pregnant.
Pregnancy on the IUD is unusual. Bleeding with the IUD is not a special sign of pregnancy. If you think you might be pregnant, take a pregnancy test.
It could but the IUD would need to come out asap.
While the hormonal IUD can't be relied on for birth control after its removal date, there is no harm in leaving the IUD in place after its removal date.