A failure with her contraceptive method: she had her IUD in her abdomen for 11 years

Melinda Nichols, a woman from Ohio, discovered that her IUD (Intrauterine device) he remained for eleven years in his abdomen and not in the region of his body where he would probably have remained.

In 2007, Melinda's doctor told him that his IUD was gone and he explained that sometimes they could fall without the carrier noticing.

Nichols, who is now 40, was pleased with the explanation and thought it was her fate, but a recent X-ray revealed a truth that hid her body: the contraceptive method has ended in his abdomen.

The woman decided to try this method of contraception after the birth of her youngest son, but Once the IUD had "disappeared", he opted for another type of birth control.

She no longer knew the device until a back pain brought her back to the doctor., last December.

Because of the muscular problem that I had An X-ray was taken to reveal the area where the IUD was located.

Nichols posted the picture on his account FacebookHe circled his device and into another circle where he should be. Your publication has already been shared thousands of times.

"I did not know, he was in me almost 11 years," said the woman at the New York Post.

Dr. Stephen Chasen, specialist consulted by the Post, said that the The "migration" of the IUD is due to a "perforation" of the uterine wall and this can happen when the device is inserted by someone who does not have the required experience.

It can also happen that the device itself "erodes" the wall of the uterus and ends "floating" somewhere in the abdomen.

However, this is not a common situation, because according to the specialist, it happens One case out of a thousand users of the device.

The only strange sign that Melinda noticed after IUD insertion was a pain from one side, but he did not consider it sufficient to go to the doctor.

Last month the woman He underwent a laparoscopy to remove the device from his abdomen. She does not know how much time would have pbaded with the IUD lost in her body, but for the other health problem that brought her to the doctor.

Nichols hopes her story will be useful to other women. "Make sure they have something like that, they can check it andI tell them it's fallen, make sure it's fallen! "