Dr Jacqueline Coombe

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815 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 1 Jul

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Steph & Laura · An explainer on different contraception - with Dr Jacqueline Coombe · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

Yeah.

Yes, there has.

So probably the first thing to say that if you've given birth vaginally, women who have done that and then go on to have an IUD inserted, it's typically less painful for them.

Whether it's because they've given birth and they're like, look at me, I'm amazing.

Pain thresholds changed.

Yes, exactly.

Or whether it's, you know, because their body has actually changed and the insertion process is easier.

Yeah.

So yes, there's that.

And then there has been quite a lot of chat recently over the past few years about the pain during IUD insertions.

I was thinking about this the other day.

So I did my PhD probably 10 years ago now on IUDs and in long-acting reversible contraceptives more generally, but...

it was around why people don't use them.

And I didn't talk about pain.

Pain wasn't a thing.

It didn't come up.

And that's just wild to think about.

It has changed so much in the past few years.

So in Australia, we have, I guess, some more acknowledgement of the pain that can be caused when you have an IUD inserted.

It's an invasive process and some pain is expected.

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