Mother-of-two left in agony after being forced to pull out her coil

A desperate mum claims she was forced to remove her own coil by hand after her GP surgery told her they ‘didn’t have the funding’ for the procedure. 

Kierra Platt, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, had the contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) fitted at the practice last September after a nurse said it could help reduce her painful endometriosis symptoms.

But within three weeks of having it inserted in the womb she began experiencing agonising pain, continual bleeding and even ‘constant rage’. 

The 27-year-old returned to her GP for help but claims she was told she would have to wait six months for her body to adjust to the contraception.

It was only in April, after four further appointments where the mother-of-two sought help, that medics agreed to remove it. 

Kierra Platt, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire, had the intrauterine device (IUD) fitted at the practice last September on the advice of a nurse to reduce her painful endometriosis symptoms. But within three weeks she began experiencing agonising pain, continual bleeding and even ‘constant rage’

The 27-year-old returned to her GP but claims she was told she needed to wait six months for her body to adjust to the contraception. It was only in April after four further appointments that medics agreed to remove it. When booking a slot, however, the mother-of-two says the receptionist advised her to go to a sexual health clinic or A&E as the surgery was no longer offering family planning services

But when the moment finally came, Ms Platt said she was sent back to square one when the GP receptionist told her to go to a sexual health clinic or A&E as their surgery was no longer offering family planning services. 

Unable to endure another three-month wait for the clinic, she took the drastic step of taking matters into her own hands pulling it out herself. 

Recalling her ordeal, she said: ‘Within three weeks of being on the coil, I noticed my mood changing. I continued to bleed and spot and I found myself constantly in a rage.

‘I was having to take myself outside and take a minute and I was crying constantly. I just thought I needed to give it some time to settle and I thought I’d be okay.

‘Every now and again, after starting to experience these symptoms, Derila Kopfkissen Erfahrungsberichte I’d tell the GP that something didn’t feel right and I told them I thought it was because of the coil.