If you have an IUD, you should read this
Hormonal birth control, autoimmune disease, and the dismissal of women’s pain
6 min readMay 19, 2021
“You’ve been getting sick a lot!” my sister texted. I shrugged it off. We’re close. We worry about each other. I wasn’t worried though. My mind landed on the obvious reason for my consistent illnesses. I have two young daughters in elementary school; they’re germ…