Are there reasons you should avoid the Paragard or Mirena IUD if you have not had children?
None of these are generally needed for parous women.
The opinion was based on clinical research that, up until 2005, was largely lacking.
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Failure Rates
Intrauterine devices have a low failure rate in both parous and nulliparous women.
The response rate was equal whether the respondents were parous or nulliparous.
The rate was statistically unchanged whether a woman had given birth before or not.
However, with Mirena, the perceived pain was more severe.
In all such cases, the risk is considered low to negligible.
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