Fortunately IUD pregnancy failures are rare. But if you have an IUD for contraception, and you get a positive pregnancy test, you probably ask yourself, what next? Well, make your gyno appointment promptly, this is a condition that is not typically an emergency, but it can be and it’s not handled over the phone or on a blog, or through self diagnosis! That being said, some researchers from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas decided to look back at over 4100 women who had IUDs and of those 42 cases who became pregnant in their institution, over about a year period of time, to help understand what these women could expect when they got to their gyno and what actually happened to their pregnancies. Accurate pregnancy diagnosis, pelvic examination, and pelvic ultrasound were the cornerstones of the evaluations. They had very specific ways they looked at their ultrasound to prove there was no pregnancy in the fallopian tube, or partially in the fallopian tube...
This is a surprise from what is found in the popular press, but not surprising from hearing actual stories from young women.
ReplyDeleteAs in you are surprised people would want ablations not hysterectomies or as in you are surprised people would want ablations not menstrual periods? Not sure of the comment. I should be clear, uterine lining ablation is a treatment for women not desiring further childbearing. It is not technically for "young" women. Although we are all young, yes?!
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