Dear Friends:
     Liz Brooks' has generously shared some conference tidbits with us. She
made this comment about IUDs.
> IUDs come in copper (preferred) and progesterone-only models, but all types
> suffer from poor P.R. ... perhaps not deserved in 2003.
>
>
IUDs are have been advised only if a mother is monogamous and has completed
her family, as the string hanging down is a ladder for germs and IUDs have
never totally recovered acceptance after the Dalkon Shield debacle.

I also remember from a long time ago, something about the risk of perforation
with an IUD if a mom is nursing. But maybe that is no longer current. Anybody
know?

Warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health:
Lactation Consulting
Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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