More than just a pinch: IUDs can cause excruciating pain, but in N.L., there’s no standard to deal with it

More than just a pinch: IUDs can cause excruciating pain, but in N.L., there’s no standard to deal with it

Shannon Driscoll struggled with painful and heavy periods her whole life. Like a lot of people, she tried birth control pills to mitigate the pain and regulate her cycle. But nothing worked — until she got an intrauterine device, known as an

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