#iud experience

[boldlyawkward]

Got my mirena iud today!! Seemed less painful than my paragard and around the same or less than my recent biopsy. Last time I had 30 minutes of cramps after but this time mild cramps for maybe 5 minutes. Amazing!! I’m hoping since I didn’t before I won’t get any extra cramps a few days after. So far so good!!

[courtchasingstars]

IUD Insertion

Hey, so I just got a piece of plastic shoved up my cervix today, so that’s fun. I got the Jaydess (Skyla), and I figure I would share some tips for y'all if you’re scared. It’s all below the cut:

Eat beforehand, I just had a piece of toast and it helped so much

Make sure to take your recommended pain meds before (if there’s none recommended most people I know just took an extra strength ibuprofen) 

It’s hard but when you go in just tell yourself how badass you are. It sounds silly but I swear it helps. I just kept telling myself that it wouldn’t be too bad and that it wouldn’t hurt and that helped so much.

The pain is short, it sucks but it’s short. 

Don’t plan anything for the rest of the day, you can do things if you feel well but it’s nice not to have pressure.

On hand: Decaf tea, water bottle, hot water bottle, pain meds. Peppermint oil, legit just put a couple drops on your tummy and it’s freaking amazing.

That’s all I’ve got so far, I can’t speak to specifics because each person is different (I’ve been to two friend insertions and my own lol and it was different for all of us)

Ps. For me the cramps after weren’t straight up period cramps, they felt a little period like with muscle cramping (think “growing pains”), the spotting after is more regular blood than period blood, so don’t be alarmed by that either I think I covered everything, keeping in mind that this is just my experience, I'm willing to try to answer questions though

[offlamess]

I'm about to tmi complain so if that's not your vibe, advert your eyes.

I can't catch a break. It's little things in the grand scheme of it all, but let me have my lil mental break down. First not little thing-- I get blood clots in my lungs from my birth control pills at 30 years old. I am on blood thinners for a year, and I can no longer take said birth control pills so I decide to get an IUD because I don't want to risk pregnancy. I rate the insertion pain 6/10 only because after sitting around with blood clots in my lungs for 6 days, that was the worst pain I have yet to experience in my life. With the IUD, I literally have cramps every day for 6 months straight (the suggested "acclimation" period), live with a heating pad attached to me. Not only that, but I develop cystic acne. A big hit to my self-esteem; I feel 15 all over again desperate for reprive when I was first prescribed the pill to treat my resistant acne. Tell my partner I don't know if I can do this if it all doesn't get better. IUD cramps begin to improve with time, and I'm prescribed a diuretic for the acne. Acne improves, too. Now my stomach hates the diuretic and today, I learn I have two cavities, likely from dry mouth via diuretic (I am a teeth freak, brush twice a day and water floss, every single day). Like when does it stop???

[blindlybabbling]

Post appointment

So for my IUD I first got a probe ultrasound, then the IUD while a belly ultrasound was going on, then the probe again The process was terrible in that things being shoved where they don't belong is terrible I can't wear tampons for a month, too bad I'm currently on my period 😒 Perks: I no longer have the ability to get pregnant (probably) Cons: paaaaain

[blindlybabbling]

I'm gonna start a tag on here for my IUD experiences

Just bc I might as well put it somewhere in case someone is curious

[anestheticx]

My Mirena Experience

Yesterday at around 1pm, I had a Mirena IUD inserted. To help others, I decided to post my experience as I go along. So, I got very sick of fghting with my insurance because some fucking, most likely male, shitwit decided that the only BC (B-yaz ) that worked with my body chemistry was a "fashion drug" , and no longer covered it. I could not afford it without my insurance covered, so after trying other BCs that did no worked, I was forced to try an IUD just because I don't want kids. YAY! AMERICA! (No, really, I fucking hate this place and want to move to Canada. Let the "WAHHH THEN GETOUT" whining begin motherfuckers). So, I go to my appointment. I’ve never had children. They let me know this would suck. First, a giant ass local anesthetic shot. That was awful, almost as bad as the insertion. Fellow human beings considering an IUD or curious as to what an IUD feels like. IT FUCKING HURTS. HORRIBLE. BAD. VERY BAD. NO GOOD. Atleast it hurt that badly for me. 8/10, the local anesthetic wasn’t realy enough. Over quickly though. Under one minute. Hopefully this strange T shaped robot thing and I have a happy union, lol. Anyway, it was surivable and I did take all of the pain meds they suggested but it didn’t really help. I feel like I deserve 10 gold stars and a fucking beer. Last night at almost 2am the bastardly IUD decided I wouldn’t sleep tonight. Lovely cramping. Join me on this lovely journey into uterus hell! People with uteruses should get paid to put up with this shit. I really did not sleep due to discomfort more than anything, but also the thought that I had a small foreign object in my body was a bit horrifying. I got over it, for now, Now, at 8am, I’m tired but my insides are no longer devouring my body as badly, however I probably slept for two hours and ended up putting a straight up block of ice on my stomach, and probably gave myself frost bite because IDGAF.

[amber-kyou]

I am still not feeling 100%. But I had it done, and I am alive.

I hated reading this, but its the truth: It hurts. But it hurted waaay waaay less then I expected.

I had it done 3 hours ago, and the pain is nearly gone now. Im enjoying my hot water bottle and some 94% cocoa chocolate and a warm bed.

I aparantly did it without a painkiller, cause after I got it done.. I puked and up came my intact painkiller I took an hour before my apointment. So yeah, thanks body. -.- So if I say it didnt hurt as much as I throught and I even did it without painkillers. Its easy. And I never had kids.

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My IUD Experience

I got my IUD inserted yesterday. I’m going to give a full explanation of my experience. 

If you’re interested read on!

So I’m going to start from the beginning to give a full account. I can’t take oral birth control because of migraines. I talked with my doctor briefly about IUDs and they recommended for me the Mirena or the Jaydess (also known as Skyla in some places). The difference is basically that the Mirena is good for 5 years and the Jaydess is good for 3 and is slightly smaller. I chose the Mirena because I wanted more longevity. After having it inserted I really don’t think the size difference would matter. I decided on the Mirena. 

So I booked an appointment to officially talk about it with my doctor and they told me all the risks and things. They gave me a prescription for the IUD and cervical softening pills. 

I went to the pharmacy and was happy that the doctor warned me about how HUGE the box is for the IUD. I wish I had brought a bag to conceal it in. The box was about the size of my forearm. The box is big but the IUD is small so don’t worry. 

I was very nervous because I had read lots of stories online and a lot of them freaked me out (I think unnecessarily). 

The night before I inserted the pill into my vagina as directed by my doctor. 

Now I’m going to talk about the insertion process. I want you to keep in mind this is my experience only. All bodies are different and people have different pain tolerance levels. My experience was also classified as a “difficult insertion” by my doctor. I was on day 3 of my period. 

I went in and I had to pee in a cup for a pregnancy test (even though I was on my period). I didn’t know they would be doing this and had JUST gone to the bathroom so make sure you get the cup before you go pee! Then I went into the dr room. The beginning process was very much like a pap smear (in fact I also got my pap smear done at the same time). So they use the opener thing to hold your vagina open. Then they need to measure your uterus to make sure it will fit. 

Here’s where I had some problems. My doctor tried for a bit to get it in but said my cervix was moving too much. So they needed to basically clamp it in place so it doesn’t move around. Up until here it felt the same as a pap smear to me. There was no pain. 

Before using the clamp (which kind of looked like tongs from what I saw) they froze my cervix with a spray. This wasn’t covered under Alberta healthcare but only cost me $10 at the end. The doctor clamped on and it felt sharp to me so I told them and they moved it right away to a position that didn’t hurt. I only felt the sharpness for about 5 seconds and it was only slightly painful. Once they moved it it wasn’t painful. It did feel like cramping though.

My doctor pressed the measuring thing against my cervix for quite a long time. Apparently there are basically 2 openings to the cervix and he was having a lot of difficulty getting past the second part. As they tried and tried it did feel uncomfortable and crampy but the pain level I would say was only 2/10. Very very manageable. 

After a lot of trying my doctor told me that we were at the point where it is not going to be inserted today. We might have to try again another day or try a different method of contraception. 

As he was explaining this he goes “Oh wait!” and boom. It went in. So that felt very painful. And I immediately felt very nauseous and faint. I even yelled a little bit because it hurt quite a bit. He took out the measurer and put in the IUD. I actually did not notice the IUD going in at all and was surprised that it was in when he said it was done. I don’t want you to get scared about the pain though! Even though it was painful the pain only lasted 20seconds to a minute (I’m not good at guessing time). 

They cut the strings and then gave me a juice box. They told me to stay until I was feeling better. After drinking the juice box I didn’t feel faint anymore. And the nausea went away once they were done with me. 

A note about the pain - I really really don’t want anyone reading this to be afraid. A lot of the stories out there say how horrible the pain is and that really freaked me out! It isn’t painless but the pain only lasts such a short amount of time! And my experience was not normal, mine was “difficult”. My dr said they usually take 10-15 minutes and mine took 30-40. 

I felt light cramping for the next hour but nothing even as bad as I get with my period. They told me having someone drive me there would be best. But I think that’s because of the nausea. I would have been 100% ok to drive. If you’re someone who gets really dizzy then maybe you shouldn’t but I would have been ok. I went to work immediately after and was totally ok. It feels like… almost like the first time you wear a tampon. Not painful or anything, just a little weird and uncomfortable for a bit. And sneezing feels a little strange. By the evening I felt 90% normal. And one day later (today) I feel almost totally normal, though I haven’t tried exercising or sex yet. They did recommend I go for an ultrasound to confirm it’s in place properly because of my “difficult insertion”

So in summary - It was really not that bad! There was pain for maybe about 1 minute and then it was fine for me. The way I see it those small 40 minutes of discomfort for 5 years are totally worth it!

If you have any questions at all feel free to message me and I will answer!

[edit] After the ultrasound results I was told it is not in correctly. It was too low and implanted in the left side. (Explains the sharp cramps). I've since had it removed since my body was trying to get rid of it anyway. The removal didn't hurt at all. The dr got me to cough and it was over. If you feel any sharp cramps I advise you to get it checked by the dr. That being said, I plan to get another IUD once I can get into the dr again. Even after the bad experience it still wasn't bad enough to turn me off of it. Even the bad experience wasn't that bad (for me).