Wow, I've read all the post here and I, too, am thankful for this thread.  I just started working out four times a week and thought my Pilates class was the culprit.  Well, I started to think I know I had a hard workout yesterday but would that cause the abdominal pain and UTI to occur.   Then I started thinking again.   Oh, to myself -- I had an IUD.  Maybe that's what's causing the pain.  So, of course, I started Googling and came up with all this feed. 


I've called my doctor and to my surprise she's not available until Tuesday.  So next step will be to get medication for the UTI and then on Tuesday; that's right have the IUD removed.  I figured the person who put it in will be the person I'll allow to remove it.


Shucks, it's the weekend and I have to wait four more days.  But finally I will have it yanked right on out.  NO need for the aggrevation, pain, nor to stop me from exercising.  Thank you ladies, for the feed.  And yes, like you I too will have it tested once removed.  I never like the IUD but decided I needed something to protect myself.