Originally published in The Globe and Mail on Dec. 16, 2013
When 21 year-old Kristi was deciding what kind of birth control to use, the young Vancouverite did what a lot of women her age would do – and what a lot of Canadian women over 40 wouldn’t do: She conducted an Internet research and chose an IUD.
“I wanted something reliable but not stressful to use and [that] didn’t have all the side effects of the pill,” said Kristi, who didn’t want her last name published. B.C. physicians are reporting record numbers of IUD insertions across the province, mirroring a trend playing out across North America. One Vancouver-based IUD distributor, Bill Carter with Medisafe, said his sales have doubled since 2011.
Maryse Zeidler 