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[–] 53 points 1 week ago* (7 children)

My SIL was on an IUD, like 17 years ago or so. I remember because my nephew is getting his drivers license soon.

(They aren't infallible)

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    Wow she's the .1% of the .1%. When it does fail the vast majority of pregnancies are non-viable ectopic. So your nephew really beat the odds

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    They can just fall out or migrate too.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    True, still they are 99.8% to 99.9% effective depending on the kind. Insane odds, since it was so close to insertion there must have been some kind of mistake during insertion

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