Text: Basically, my cervix grew over my strings. They couldn’t pull the I.U.D. out without the strings, and they couldn’t pull the strings without ripping the skin (called the “epithelium”) of my cervix. How did this happen? My best guess is that the strings irritated the surface of my cervix, kind of like rope burn. As the area started to heal, the cells of the skin grew and attached themselves to my strings, holding them in place. Kind of like moss grows on a rock over time.
