Table 3.

Visibility of strings, LNG‐IUS position and vaginal bleeding patterns in patients who received LNG‐IUS at caesarean and postpartum

	LNG‐IUS postpartum	LNG‐IUS at caesarean	P‐value
Strings visible, %
Six weeks	100.0 (19/19)	29.2 (7/24)	<0.001
Three months	94.4 (17/18)	30.4 (7/23)	<0.001
Six months	82.4 (14/17)	31.6 (6/19)	0.003
Correct LNG‐IUS position, %
Six weeks	88.9 (16/18)	91.7 (22/24)	>0.99
Three months	94.4 (17/18)	91.3 (21/23)	>0.99
Six months	88.2 (15/17)	95.2 (20/21)	0.58
Frequent vaginal bleeding, %
Six weeks	10.5 (2/19)	50.0 (12/24)	0.009
Three months	55.6 (10/18)	26.1 (6/23)	0.11
Six months	17.6 (3/17)	9.5 (2/21)	0.64