This used Copper-7 intrauterine device (IUD) was collected by Dame Margaret Sparrow during her career as a Family Planning doctor in Wellington, New Zealand.; She collected it partly to assess how it ...

Copper IUDs (intrauterine devices) are a safe and effective type of birth control. It works by preventing sperm from fertilizing any eggs. Learn more about how to determine whether it’s right ...

There are currently five brands of IUDs on the market. One, Paragard, distributed by CooperSurgical, wraps a thin layer of copper around the plastic device, offering an IUD option that doesn’t ...

Copper IUDs are small, T-shaped devices inserted into your uterus to prevent pregnancy. The only available copper IUD in the United States is called Paragard. Copper IUDs prevent sperm from ...

especially with hormonal IUDs. The copper IUD might make periods heavier initially. These side effects usually improve with time, but it’s important to have realistic expectations. If you’re ...

I want to share with you a deeply personal and rather unsettling experience I had with the copper IUD, also known as the copper coil. I consider myself someone who strives to live a natural ...

IUDs' side effects are touted as less common and less adverse than those of birth-control pills because of the lower amounts of hormones — or none at all, in the case of the copper IUD.