Introduction:- PPIUCD is preferably inserted within 10 minutes of delivery of placenta, intracaesarean, < 48 hours of delivery .. In India 65% of women have an unmet need for family planning..
Aims and objective:- A prospective study to assess acceptability, safety and expulsion rate during 6 weeks of insertion of Cu T 380.
Methods and material:- Study was carried out in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St. Stephen’s Hospital, Delhi, a tertiary care hospital. PPIUCD was placed in 150 patients irrespective of age for a period of one year. Patients were followed up till 6 weeks to assess-
1).Expulsion rate 2). Safety within 6 weeks of insertion in terms of abdominal pain; foul smelling vaginal discharge, bleeding and perforation. 3). Reasons of removal.
Result:- Overall complication rate in this study was 9.29%, with infection rate 0.7%, prolonged lochia 2.1%, persistent bleeding 3.6%, pain abdomen 1.4 %. Removal rate for the study was 5.0 %. Expulsion rate was 2.86 %. Satisfactory rate was 80%.
Conclusion:- Postpartum IUCD should be widely used as a contraceptive.