... pregnancy or induce a miscarriage. Generally, they consumed the seeds of herbs and other products made up of plants and herbs which served them as oral contraceptives. But these things were dangerous. Therefore to prevent this intrauterine device (IUD) was introduced. This was done by some ancient people who inserted small pieces of stone into the camels' uterus to prevent pregnancy. The intrauterine device (IUD) is a small device which is inserted into the women's uterus to prevent them from being pregnant. It is generally made up of plastic. IUD can restrict the pregnancy in many ways. By using IUD the movements of the female and the male egg is stopped and it also prevents the egg to fuse with the male egg. IUD must be used only when recommended by doctor. But there are certain risks while using IUD because it does not give complete protection against STD's and ...

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