Fertility After IUD Removal

Abstract

The article attempts to study the fertility pattern of 208 patients, previously wearers of IUD; the device was removed to permit pregnancy. 88% of patients became pregnant, most within 3 months, and 12% did not. Average retention time of IUD was 29.8 months for patients who got pregnant, and 25.1 for patients who did not. Age was 27.6 for patients in the first group, and 28.4% of pregnancies came naturally to term, with 7 multiple births. 10.4% of patients requested induced abortion. The possible difference in conception rate after use of medicated IUD in comparison with nonmedicated ones requires further investigation. Results of the study show that neither ability to conceive, nor outcome of pregnancy are modified by interruption of IUD use.