For thousands of women, getting a coil fitted is not just uncomfortable, it is agonising. Yet campaigners say more than three-quarters are still undergoing the procedure without any pain relief at all ...

Earlier this summer on Naga Munchetty’s BBC Radio 5 Live show, the presenter shared her experience of having a coil (IUD) fitted. While the procedure is safe and effective, for Naga, like plenty of ...

Naga Munchetty has opened up on her excruciatingly painful experience having a coil fitted – in a bid to highlight the lack of anaesthetic offered to women. The BBC Breakfast host chose to speak out ...

A terrified woman was left fighting for her life after she contracted sepsis twice from her contraceptive coil. Jess Cowgill, 25, had the copper coil fitted to stop her from getting pregnant about ...

"You sweat profusely and you feel violently sick and you're crying out, the pain is so bad." Gail Adams, 48, says delays in having a coil fitted left her in "excruciating" pain with endometriosis, and ...

Hannah, a 24-year-old student from west Surrey, is among this number. She is now dealing with painful and life-changing vaginismus after a coil fitting which, she says, left her "in agony". Vaginismus ...

There are so many different contraceptive options out there, ranging from the pill (of which there are two varieties: the progesterone-only and the combined) to patches, injections and, of course, ...