Discussion
This study of PPIUCD use in India showed that most
women were satisfied with their choice of immediate insertion
of an IUCD and that the rates of problems and complications
were relatively low. Most of the women made
the decision to use a PPIUCD as a method of contraception
during the antenatal period or before delivery, signifying
the importance of counseling in the antenatal period
and before delivery. While about 54% of the women used
the method for spacing their pregnancy, the remaining
women accepted this method even though they did not want any more children. The large proportion of women
accepting the method to limit future childbearing indicates
the important place PPIUCDs hold, as a long-acting reversible
method, within the basket of PPFP methods.
A majority of women (87.6%) reported the acceptance
of PPIUCD as a contraceptive method due in part to the
fact that it is a long acting method. Additionally, 22% of
women accepting a PPIUCD cited the free-of-charge
services as one reason for choosing the method. Some
women, about 12.7%, also stated that they were at least
partially influenced by the infrequent follow-up trips to