The contraceptive coil, or IUD, has become a subject of discussion following calls for pain relief to be offered during insertion procedure. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

The contraceptive coil: something that gets a whole lot of airtime – but not much uptake. Around 3.1 million women in England take either the combined or mini contraceptive pill, while just 31.8 ...

Hormonal coils, which release low levels of hormones into the body, are one of two types of contraceptive intrauterine device ...

And Fran is not alone in ditching medical contraception methods. Last year, a survey of 4,000 women conducted for the Channel 4 documentary Pill Revolution found that 77 per cent experienced side ...

A MUM was left horrified after her birth control coil that was lost inside her for 12 years finally turned up… in her rectum. Daniella Hampton had an intrauterine device (IUD) – also kn… ...

Bebiane was struggling to fall pregnant before the coil was discovered inside her Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as 12, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb ...

Hormonal coils, which release low levels of hormones into the body, are one of two types of contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD). The other is the so-called "copper" coil, which doesn't release ...

The coil isn't the only contraceptive device that appears to have been inserted in some of Greenland's female population without their knowledge. Annita [not her real name] ...