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Calls for better pain management for women choosing IUD as contraception

One patient describes having an IUD inserted as the 'most painful experience of my life'.

When Jess Holmes spoke to her GP about getting a routine contraceptive procedure, she never expected the process to end with excruciating pain.

"It was definitely the worst pain I've ever felt in my life, and it was quite traumatic," she said.

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