A MUM was left horrified after her birth control coil that was lost inside her for 12 years finally turned up in her bum. Daniella Hampton had an intrauterine device (IUD) - also known as the copper coil - placed into her womb in 2009, but was told six weeks later it had fallen out. Doctors told the health insurance worker they couldn't feel the strings attached to it and an ultrasound showed nothing.
But the 29-year-old "never stopped believing" the coil remained in her body and felt "dismissed" by doctors who never took her claims of pains in her bum seriously. The mum-of-two believed she was "going crazy", unable to understand why she couldn't conceive despite actively trying for nine years. All this time, she unknowingly had the birth control inside her.
Daniella got in a car accident in April 2021 and was "shocked" when an X-ray revealed the IUD was inside her colon, having perforated her uterus. Surgery to remove the coil brought "relief" to Daniella and three years later she finally gave birth to her second son, Champion Hampton, in April 2024. Taking to Facebook , the 29-year-old shared photos of her X-rays captioned "trust your body ladies.
I always knew it was inside of me but couldn't prove it". Daniella, who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, said: "It was like playing hide and seek with the IUD for 12 years. It was pretty traumatic.
"For two years I had an implant in my arm at the same time. I felt my hormones were going crazy. I was having mood swings .
"Now I.
