NAME
Caiyuan Wen
INFORMATION
47 years old, female, Shandong
DESCRIBE
For 22 years, I went to the hospital for these abnormalities and was diagnosed with all kinds of "inflammatory diseases", pelvic inflammatory disease, vagin
itis, cervicitis, and the doctors prescribed all kinds of anti-inflammatory drugs.
It never occurred to me that the gynaecological problems that had been with me for over 20 years could be related to the IUD. After many unsuccessful attempts to seek medical help, even I forgot about the little metal ring in my body.
It was always a pain that I could not talk about. My husband couldn't understand it, and I couldn't talk to my children about it, so I just suffered through it.
PERSONAL REASONS
Lack of basic knowledge about birth control and subconscious avoidance of physical health issues.
NAME
Xi Zhou
INFORMATION
56 years old, female, Shanghai
DESCRIBE
A very small operating room with a bed. The whole procedure was quick, maybe two minutes. That's all I remember of the IUD. Everyone did it at the time because you had to have an IUD to go to work after you had a baby. Everyone wore it, I didn't, and I was the weird one.
The colleagues at the factory got together and talked less about the IUD. She learned all about the IUD by secretly asking a friend in the obstetrics and gynaecology department.
She has been on the IUD for over 10 years and her health has always been normal. It was only after the doctor reminded her last year during a medical check-up that she had the IUD removed.
PERSONAL REASONS
The culture of the times is such that knowledge of the birth control ring is rarely mentioned. After professional advice, expired IUDs are removed promptly.
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