Can you remove your own IUD?

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You could seriously hurt yourself. Have your ob/gyn do it.

to all the girls out there that are having isuess with you IUD like i was. You can remove it at home. This is how i did it.. I layed down on the bathroom floor had my boyfriend use his middle and index fingers to locate the strings. Gently pull on the strings ( it may take awhile for him to get ahold of them or with a couple of tries.) but then he finally felt the tip of it grab ahold of it and slowly pulled. The next thing i knew it was out. Afterward i had a little cramping and i little lite spotting but trust me it was worth it. I was worried and scared but just relax and breath and trust me it will be just fine.

I wouldn't try it, I have been told(I also have one) that it does hurt when removed because the "wings" have opened inside. So it would be like pulling it out and they must go up, so to speak. It is hard you must also find the string to pull.

Yes you can! I removed mine just Friday (and started my normal period on Sunday). It didn't hurt like it did having it put in, however, it was uncomfortable, and you do have to be careful trying to pull it down. It is hard to grasp, but certainly not impossible. I was tired of all the side effects, so I removed mine on my own.

Yes, my husband tried to remove it but the string is very slipperly but at second time he got the string and pulled it very very slowly. It came out perfectly. After it was removed, I got more orgasm.

I will say that I took mine out on my own as well, i pulled upward and VERY slowly on mine and it came out with no issues... Otherwise I would have had to wait a month or more on my MD and time is obviously of the essence when you are trying to plan a pregnancy. I don't recommend this for everyone, but i also had an OB nurse, who is my friend, talk me through it on the phone. Just use lots of care if you decide to do this on your own. Oh and btw, you only pass through the cervix.... not the uterus. The cervix is the opening of the uterus, come on people get your basic anatomy correct!

yes, thank you for the help. my obgyn was going to charge $175 to remove my minera IUD and i don't have insurance. I read up online. The danger seems to be if it's not in the right place. Since I'd just been to see the obgyn and she'd said it was in place, i felt safe attempting to remove it. My boyfriend is better at finding the strings (usually with an "ouch!" when we're intimate. the things they don't tell you...) First we tried him getting the strings. I think he relaxed me with his fingers and he found the strings. he showed me where they were. I put my finger behind them and then pushed with my muscles to make them come forward. this worked really well. i was able to grasp them between my fingers. then i just relaxed and breathed and pulled gently and very slowly. i thought about pushing more but we decided that with the wings, i was better to stay relaxed. he lay down next to me and i continued to pull gently. it didn't hurt at all. it probably didn't take long but i wasn't hurrying. there was a pop-release and walla. there it was. it was gooey. i think my body was protecting itself. i was very surprised that it was so easy and didn't hurt.

I pulled out my own IUD. I got criticism for doing so, but i really didnt know what the harm was, as long as when you pull it out you dont feel resistence. My strings were on the longer size and i had my husband just pull on them gently and it came out with no force. I haven't had any problems from doing so.