If you can see your IUD, it is not protecting you from pregnancy. Use a backup method and see your health care provider to discuss effective options for pregnancy prevention.
No
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.
It is not normal to feel the IUD at all. If you are having pain or cramping, see your health care provider.
The Paragard IUD will not cause muscle strains. See your health care provider for evaluation of your symptoms.
The IUD is not likely to change the odds of UTI. Talk with your health care provider about possible causes.
You should never remove your own IUD. You should seek a doctor immediately to test to see if you are pregnant and have your IUD or a new IUD inserted. Removal of an IUD can almost immediately leave you prone to pregnancy.
A Multiload IUD is a copper IUD.
You need to see your doctor.
Nausea has many causes. If you have an IUD, pregnancy its not the most likely explanation. Take a pregnancy test. See your doctor if the nausea persists.
Because it is securely attached to the IUD, an IUD string is unlikely to fall out. If you find your string is missing, contact your health care provider and use a backup method of birth control until you confirm that the IUD is still in place. A missing string can mean the IUD fell out without you knowing, but typically the string just moved up into the cervix.
Bleeding with Mirena has no special meaning. However, if you're only bleeding after sex with an IUD, it may mean that the IUD is partially expelled or in the wrong place. Contact your health care provider for advice, and consider using an alternate method of birth control until you have determined that it is not expelling.
The ParaGard IUD is T shaped and it contains copper.