this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
78 points (100.0% liked)
Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related
3190 readers
160 users here now
Health: physical and mental, individual and public.
Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.
See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.
Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.
Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.
Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.
Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who didn’t have their iud removed before its expiration date due to pain.
I've had two partners receive it, and it's difficult to put into words how upset I am at their pain not being taken seriously. Like, existential anger at the human race levels of frustration
It’s frustrating because of the gaslighting. “You’ll just feel a little pinch” - uh no. Sent home with nothing, “take some Tylenol” while I changed several overnight pads to deal with the bleeding.
I don’t care if it’s not “supposed to hurt” - it clearly does. People have been saying this for years - why wasn’t that enough?
Mine is late, and I’ve been putting off getting it taken out in part because no insurance but also the pain.
When I was on my OB Gyn rotation for my 3rd year of medical school, my preceptor offered local anesthesia for IUD insertion as well as a prescription for valium to take before the procedure to all of her patients. She's a younger physician though and very adamant about keeping up with the best/most current recommendations.
My wife kept both of hers for over five years.
The last one had gotten stuck and required surgical extraction. This was awful and hurt despite her getting all kinds of drugs.
Good opportunity for me to get snipped, I don't want her to go through that again.