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Birth Control Rollercoaster

My IUD Odyssey and Why You Should Ask More Questions

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I’m a very natural, healthy woman who’s birthed five beautiful children without an epidural, so the idea of putting a long-term birth control device in my body for 10 years — even the non-hormonal one — felt foreign and invasive. But, the thought of life being upended by baby number six persuaded me to try out an intrauterine device.

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