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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/hungry_catto on 2023-09-15 14:47:29.
2 years ago, I (24F) had a copper IUD put in for the first time. I was told the pain would be like period cramps. However, the minute my cervix was clamped, I was crying and hyperventilating on the table and it got worse once the IUD was inserted. I thought this was the worst pain I could ever feel.
Since then, my period has been excrutiatingly painful, and recently I decided to change for the hormonal IUD. My appointment was today.
I was told I wouldn’t feel the removal. I did feel it. My eyes started to water almost immediately and I stopped breathing for a few seconds. The insertion of the new IUD was supposed to be easier than the first one. The doc tried at least 15 times to get it in, even switching position etc, it wouldn’t fit. I was shaking and crying on that table, biting my own arm and hand to try and diffuse the pain. I saw the clamps, there was blood everywhere, at some point my mind started to escape somewhere else and I thought I was going to pass out, but I was quickly brought back to reality by the pain.
Turns out, my cervix is bent, hence why the removal hurt so much in the first place, and why the new one wouldn’t get in. That can change along the cycle, so I’ll be trying again next week during my period.
However, I think I’m a bit traumatized. How can this procedure be so barbaric? I took painkillers before but it was still so awful. The doc told me she would try to find an anesthetic, but I just got my prescription and there is nothing on it but the IUD. I’m so scared for my next appointment. I don’t know if I should go or not.