Were you told about the potential risk of your IUD (esp. arm implant) traveling?
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@Raqi that’s amazing! After talking to friends and others who’ve had the IUD, many were never told. One of them didn’t know until she had to get surgery to get it out cause it moved and for years she didn’t know till recently she felt ready to remove it. This IMO is gross negligence from medical professionals.
I did have an nexplenon and I was told of this but what I was not told was the potential complications of full blown depression/psychosis. Within two weeks I was a completely different person and suicidal and my husband was scared he needed to take me to the hospital. He took me back to the primary care doctor after about a month or so of it in and asked him to remove the implant and I was back to myself within literally a week. What’s funny is that the female resident he had who was rounding through family med for psychology (and I mean she was a new resident,.. so I get it) but she completely dismissed my concerns and said it’s not the implant, but my primary doctor knew me and my husband so well, and he corrected it right away and said it can cause severe depression in up to 10-12% of cases and did not hesitate to remove in that very moment.
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Yes I was definitely told
I did a ton of research before getting my copper IUD and had to be my own advocate to even get it in since back in the day they were more reluctant to place them in people who hadn't given birth before. My doctor made sure I was well informed of the risks in addition to all the knowledge I came in with. I had to sign waivers and everything saying that I understood the risk