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.

Removal of an IUD is usually easier and less painful than insertion. An IUD can be removed at any time, but it might be easier during your period. You can have a new IUD put in right after the old one ...

When Carli removed her own intrauterine device while sitting in a warm bath, she was elated. IUD in hand, “I threw on a towel and ran to my partner,” she told me. “I was just like, ‘Holy crap, I did ...