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Q: Can the strings fall off of an IUD????

asked by: eac22782 on July 3rd, 2009

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I had the Merina IUD put in about 3 months ago and after alot of spotting (almost 40 days) I finally have not had spotting for 4 weeks. Today when I was wiping I noticed some spotting and put a panty liner on, but didn't have any more spotting. I went to the bathroom and noticed on the panty liner that there was a string from my IUD. Is this normal? Can the string fall off and come out? Does it mean that the IUD fell out? Am I protected from getting pregnant? Of course it's the holiday weekend and my OB/GYN always takes the week after the 4th of July off (I had 2 babies the week after and I've been seeing him for 9 years now).

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