You can schedule an IUD removal close to the IUD's expiration date and at any point in your cycle. The removal process involves a doctor inserting a speculum and pulling the IUD out by the strings.

A long lasting birth control option, IUDs can remain inside your body for anywhere between 3 and 10 years, depending on the type. But when time’s up, that sucker has to come out! Ditto goes if you ...

In most cases you pull the strings and out it comes—but doctors say it's not always that simple. Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and ...

• Fertility can return quickly after IUD removal, often within the first menstrual cycle.• Both copper and hormonal IUDs do not affect ovulation, so pregnancy is possible right away.• If you don’t get ...

You can try to get pregnant the first month after intrauterine device (IUD) removal, and fertility usually returns to what was typical before insertion. Monthly odds of conceiving vary by age: about ...