Wonderful IUD insertion experience

You always hear about the horror stories, so I thought I’d share a good insertion experience.

I had an appointment to replace my old IUD and get the new one. I’ve had iuds as my form of birth control for over 10 years and I’ll never go back lol.

But the one I got in 2019 was extremely painful and traumatic, keeping me from going to get a PAP for years.

This time around I found a practice that offered benzos for anxiety and laughing gas. I also had like 600mg of Motrin beforehand.

I definitely felt pain, but with the combo of meds, I barely remember it at all. I honestly couldn’t tell you how I was as a patient – I hope I wasn’t dramatic or something.

But it was such a stark difference from 2019 and honestly it was quite healing. I even emailed the provider after and thanked her.

I did have to have someone with me, and I decided to schedule it for when my mom was in town visiting. That’s a big caveat.

But yeah – you always hear the horror stories, so I figured I’d offer another perspective.

I’m having some mild spotting and cramping, but my period has stopped altogether with my two IUDs, and this is just from the insertion.

Part of me feels stressed and scared that I was being neurotic, but that’s between me and my shrink I guess lol