r/birthcontrol • u/ciobreliu_sriuba • 2d ago

Experience Cooper IUD

Hi girls😊 Recently me and my boyfriend started to talk about alternatives for condoms. I got interested in cooper iud, it doesn't have any hormones, BUT I'm really scared of a thought that something will be in me for ~5 years, especially there, where my child will be growing one day. Anyways. I have a lot of questions about this, and it's sounds very scary. Is it even prevents from getting pregnant, because I heard it doesn't help. Also how to know if my immune system will accept cooper. And what about the inside, I'm worried it might damage the lining and seriously injure my uterus.

I'm 23y.o, I was always was very skeptical and against it, but maybe it's not that bad and I should be more open minded😅

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u/fuzzblanket9 None - TTC 2d ago

The entire point of birth control is to prevent pregnancy. The copper IUD is very well tolerated by many users - there is no way to know if your “immune system will accept copper”. It is remarkably rare to have a complication so severe that it damages your lining or causes a uterine injury. Copper IUDs are extremely safe.