So this post was inspired the readers/followers on social media. This past week, there has been an Instagram post making the rounds online about the unfortunate case of a young woman who has suffered quite severe side effects from an Intrauterine device. I don’t have all the details of the case but I noticed that the post generated a lot of comments from women who were either glad they were not on any sort of hormonal or device contraception or women who vowed to stick to the withdrawal method for contraception. I conducted a survey of 100 Nigerian women mostly in Nigeria and I found that about 21% of women were using a contraceptive device (3% - Implant and 18% for the coil or IUD). A lot of their decision was based either on the fear of hormones or the fear of a foreign device being. Whilst I’m all for autonomy and women having the right to decide what works for them, I am also passionate about women making well informed medical decisions based on facts/evidence but not fear...
...Taking control of our health
