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If you feel the strings, and don't feel the plastic of the IUD, it is not likely to be expelling. The fact that you feel the strings to the left has no clinical significance. If you have other reason to believe the IUD is expelling -- for instance, if the strings are significantly longer, or if you have pain or bleeding during or after sex, then contact your health care provider for an exam and don't rely on the IUD for prevention of pregnancy until you determine if all is well.

As the moisture and warmth in your body soften the IUD's strings, they are often felt most easily not at the cervical opening, but elsewhere in the vagina near the cervix.

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