How do you know if your IUD is placed right?

How do you know if your IUD is placed right?

When your IUD is in the right place, you should only feel the strings. You shouldn’t feel the hard, plastic part of the IUD poking out. Your partner feels the IUD. When the IUD is in place, you and your partner shouldn’t feel it.

Can you get pregnant if your IUD is in the right place?

You can get pregnant while using an IUD, but it’s very unlikely. Less than 1% of women with copper or hormonal IUDs get pregnant each year. An IUD should stay in your uterus to prevent pregnancy. But sometimes it can move out of place and slip into your cervix, which is below your uterus.

Is the IUD in the center of the uterus?

The bright equally spaced lines in the center of the myometrium are the IUD. This appears to be in place with the tip of the device near the fundus. The next image is also transabdominal but now we are in a transverse plane. Here you only see a single echo in the center of the uterus. This is the stem of the device.

How can you confirm the placement of an IUD?

The first image you can see the IUD inside the endometrial canal. And the next image you can see the arms deployed. Sweeping from fundus to cervix when you are in a true coronal plane on the uterus can give you all the information you need to confirm placement. You can identify that the device is centrally located and high enough in the uterus.

What happens if I change the location of my IUD?

SYMPTOMS: If your IUD changes location, you might experience cramping, heavy or irregular bleeding, a poking sensation in your vagina or your partner might actually be able to feel the strings during intercourse. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? So how do you know if this happened?

Why are the two arms of the IUD so important?

That is because this uterus is anteflexed, meaning it points anterior then inferior. Another reason why image orientation is so critical. If you need to, go back and re-watch the lecture on image orientation. When you reach the fundus, you should see the two arms of the device. This is a Mirana IUD.