I've got to say, I think your doctor was utterly, completely, wrong.
IUDs can be absolutely ideal for nulliparous people. ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19896396 ) They definitely don't 'slip out'. The insertion can be more painful - you're putting something in via the cervix, which has potentially never been subject to anything going in or out, apart from fluids, before. Whereas obviously if you've given birth, it's potentially a little easier to get a tiny thing through it, given a baby has already gone the other way!
But I'm not sure the expulsion rates. This article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/563222_4 seems to think there isn't a much higher chance of expulsion if you're nulliparous.
I've got an IUD myself (copper, for me) and the benefits definitely outweigh any risks, and if I had expelled, I would definitely have had it re-inserted.
iud_divas is all about pros and cons of IUDs of all sorts, if you're interested, OP.
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IUDs can be absolutely ideal for nulliparous people. ( http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19896396 ) They definitely don't 'slip out'. The insertion can be more painful - you're putting something in via the cervix, which has potentially never been subject to anything going in or out, apart from fluids, before. Whereas obviously if you've given birth, it's potentially a little easier to get a tiny thing through it, given a baby has already gone the other way!
But I'm not sure the expulsion rates. This article: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/563222_4 seems to think there isn't a much higher chance of expulsion if you're nulliparous.
I've got an IUD myself (copper, for me) and the benefits definitely outweigh any risks, and if I had expelled, I would definitely have had it re-inserted.