Doctors are warning against a controversial TikTok trend in which women take their own contraceptive out.
A New York-based OB-GYN Dr Anar Yukhayev told NBC that it is better to get a medic to perform the procedure as they have the right tools.He added: “The thing is, you have to know exactly how much force to use.“When you pull it, you can actually lodge it in a different part of the uterus and make the embedding of the IUD even worse.”
For those who managed to get it out, the whole process took less than 4 minutes. The main difference between those who got it out and those who didn’t was the length of the IUD string. Strings that were at least 7 centimeters long were easier for women to feel and grab onto. Women who tried taking it out while propping one foot on a stool also had more trouble getting their IUDs out.
She added: 'When we take it out in the office, everything is visualised as you are doing it more or less blindly .
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