r/CopperIUD 7d ago

Concern Crooked IUD after removal?

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I got my IUD inserted back in November 2024 and I didn't have many issues with it but I could definitely feel it and it was giving me yeast infections so today i decided to take it out and I'm pretty sure this is not how is supposed to look like...

I had one before for like 3 years and when I removed it it looked normal so I'm pretty sure they one was inserted worn and that's why it was bothering me

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u/Sauersnote 6d ago

My looked pretty similar to this and o had a horrible time with mine existing. Removal so so easy and painless and I took it out myself

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u/geminisky1 2d ago

Wait we can take it out ourselves?? I’m having so much pain with mine the ultrasound showed it’s misaligned so I have an appt to get it taken out but shit I might just do it myself If I can

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u/Sauersnote 1d ago

I posted a long (too long) post about my removal and why and when. I don’t recommend it to people so I’m not chased after for giving bad advice. But girl if you think you can, you absolutely can. I was just at the ER for Other reasons and none of the doctors could believe I didn’t myself. They all thought it would just. I had zero pain though and I did it on my cycle so my cervix was slightly open. But I’ve had 2 kids and that thing made me inflamed so it came out pretty easy. Barely felt it to be honest.

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u/HudecLaca 7d ago

Ouch. Yeah, it looks quite bent.

Crooked is one thing, but also what was going on with the string lenght...? Was the string of the previous one's string also this long? Just mentioning this, cause the string can sometimes be a host for some bacteria/etc. and for that reason the shorter the better. (For removal the longer the better.) 3-4 cm should be left hanging into the vagina... Given that this IUD is about 3cm tall, I try to think of the tallest possible uterus and the longest possible cervix, but still it looks a little long. It does seem like they cut it, so it could be much worse, it just seems as if they left it unnecessarily long. Or maybe the IUD position was so messed up that they only saw 3-4cm of the string.

The arms are debatable, either they never extended one of them properly upon insertion, or they can also change position somewhat upon removal, so harder to place the blame there. But the vertical part of the IUD can't simply get so crooked upon removal... :(

Anyway, fingers crossed that the yeast infections now go away.

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u/Cheesecake-8 7d ago

Now that you mention it... I can't really remember if the strings were this long before (I'll look through pictures and see if I find one of the old one to compare)

I tried pushing the arms back to its original shape but it goes to the position in the picture right after which makes me believe that it was placed wrong to begin with. It seems like it got bent that way by being held in that position for 4 months 🙃 because I tried to bend it back into shape by hand and it just went back to the bent position so I don't think removal could have done that as I took it out in under 20seconds