IUD Pain Control Options | What Causes Pain During IUD Insertion? | Dr. Ali OBGYN 

No, women need to start DEMANDING anesthetic and pain relief. They also need to demand that insurance companies cover it. Don’t wish pain on men who being responsible partners in family planning.

@@wpatrickw2012the point of ops comment completely flew over your head. If you know anything about the medical industry you’d know that until the late 90’s medical trials for medications and treatments were not required to have women in the trials, and even today research lets would rather do trails on all men bc they don’t want to have to factor in the hormone changes women go through on a daily basis into their research results and so that means 80-90% of treatments and medications on the market today that are being prescribed to women have not been tested on women, this means that doctors have been prescribing meds / treatments to women with no knowledge of how they work on a woman’s body. And if you know anything about biology then you’d understand that men and women’s bodies are completely different from one another despite what popular opinion says about it today. On the biological level men and women cannot be more different and this can have deadly consequences when concerning medical treatments / medications. Women are often treated as less than when it comes to pain relief, I myself can personally tell you many many many stories of how I have been denied pain relief when my male counterpart has been given more than the standard 5 to 14 days worth of pain meds. I have suffered severe migraines almost daily for 28 years, it’s only been in the last 2 years that I’ve actually been taken seriously by medical professionals and this only happened when I started brining my kid in for migraines as well and the doc who had been treating me for years at this point (but never would acknowledge my migraines as anything other than “that time of the month symptoms) looked me dead in the eyes and asked if anyone in her family history has an issue with migraines 😑 you could’ve knocked me down with a feather, I responded with “Really?!?!?!! I HAVE A HISTORY OF THEM! Almost every day of my life since I was ___ years old I’ve had them & YOU know this” they looked dumbfounded like I had never seen them multiple times for this issue begging for a referral to a neurologist. Then there’s the time I broke both my legs & was given 3 days worth of the lowest dose of the weakest narcotic pain meds & told to take Advil after that meanwhile my (now ex) husband went into the same clinic for what turned out to be a broken toe and got 2.5 weeks of one of the STRONGEST pain meds 😑 These are just 2 examples. I know women who have gone to docs begging for them to be tested for this or that and them denied time and time again only for that woman to end up in the ER dying of the issue they tried to get treated, or finding out that they have late stage cancer & had their docs listened they could’ve caught it in time. Where I live obgyns do not believe in giving any type of pain meds out for any reason other than surgery. But yet men regularly get general anesthesia and 2 weeks of narcotics for getting a vasectomy. This would not be the case if the men were the ones giving birth or getting these iuds placed. We women have to deal with the pain even tho historically we are the ones bearing the greatest burden in the home, especially now when it’s more common for women to work outside the home AND cook, clean, raise and care for the kids, take care of all paperwork like bills, taxes, appointments, pta meetings & getting the kids to / from school & their sports activities so basically we’re having to work the 24/7/365 job of being a mom & wife on top of a 40+ hour work week, god forbid we get any type of pain relief be it narcotic for whatever reason or migraine medications. All the while watching our male counterparts get more pain relief options for lesser symptoms, lesser surgeries and overall get better healthcare while we get treated like the afterthought the medical system thinks we are.

​​@@wpatrickw2012they are not necessarily wishing pain on men. It's just males are coddled and babied way too much in Healthcare compared to women. They get numbing stuff before caths and women don't. Not all, but it is common practice. There are very barbaric practices in female medicine and it is unfair. On top of Not being believed by professionals. There should be more pain free or less painful practices that are generally available to everyone not just men

@@wpatrickw2012 We can DEMAND all we want… but that does not mean that we will necessarily get what we need.

That’s horrible. I’ve been reading so many comments of women with a similar experience to yours. Obstetrics needs to do a better job with pain management for gynecological issues and procedures. I recently had a missed miscarriage and after several weeks of waiting for the baby to pass, my OB gave me medication to force the miscarriage basically… she said it would cause “some cramping”. I should have known better than to take it. It was hell. Within minutes I had a fever, painful diarrhea, vomiting and those weren’t even close to the worst symptoms. The pain was severe. Labor contractions were so much easier because they come on for a short minute and gone for 5.. this was almost unbearable for so many hours and then miserable for the next three days. Tylenol and ibuprofen didn’t touch it and when I asked the OB for pain meds she said they couldn’t prescribe anything stronger than Tylenol but maybe go to the er. So, I went to the er and they couldn’t have given a shit less about pain management. Guess what they gave me… lol. Tylenol. It was ludicrous and traumatic. Maybe that whole story doesn’t belong here but the point is they need to do better. We shouldn’t have to suffer in silence anymore.

@@cmunch7473I had a similar experience with a missed miscarriage at 11 weeks and needing either medication or a D&C after waiting to pass things naturally for 2 weeks. I wanted to avoid surgery so I opted for the medication. I consider it to be worse than my labor pain because of how quickly the pain and pressure came. Thankfully for me the pain went away after my water broke and I passed the pregnancy, which took about an hour after contractions picked up. I’m so sorry it lasted so long for you! I did end up needing a D&C anyway as I had some retained tissue/clots. I wish I had just gone with the D&C. I had absolutely no pain whatsoever. There’s so little consideration and warning about our pain. It’s just gross

I'm getting mine on Wednesday. My obgyn said that each doctor has their own method. She reassured me that she will do the spray and local and in addition, prescribed me a cervix softener since I've never had a kid which can make it harder to get in. Also taking ibuprofen before hand. If your obgyn says most of their patients scream I would get a different obgyn to do it. My obgyn said she was working with another doctor and the patients would walk out like nothing happened and so she asked that doctor to teach her how she does it and it's made a whole lot of difference for her patients. So sorry you experienced this!

Omg love I felt the same exact thing you felt and experienced I hate that I did that to myself I should have just stuck with the implant 😔 and I’m sorry you had to go through that as well.

I’m so sorry this happened to you! My experience was, sadly, the same 😢

thank you. going in 2 days. 🥹🫶🏻

@sarah7081 you've got this!! I almost didn't do it because I was so nervous. And now I'm so glad I went through with it. 🩷 best of luck!

Going tomorrow for an IUD, your comment is honestly so comforting for my mind thinking about all the pain. Thank you!

@oananiste97 you got this! 🙌 try to bring a ride with you. After I was feeling all anxious it was a relief to just relax and have someone to drive me home.

I’m getting mine tomorrow and I needed to see this, thank you!!😭🙏🏻🙏🏻

you are hilarious, I'm glad the insertion went well for you!!

😂😂❤💯

After 5 deliveries your uterus was probably really glad to see that IUD coming in.

I was gonna say because I’ve never had a baby. The pain for me is insane. It’s doable Just not something I look forward to.😅

😂 so funny ❤

Thank you😂

Yes I broke my tail bone and holy cow it was the worse. Blinding pain shooting up your spine at the slightest shift of your weight. I can't even imagine going through that after having a baby. God bless you.

Five month old comment, but you just made me feel so validated. My first IUD wasn't bad at all, a brief, intense cramp during the sounding (measuring the uterus) and the insertion itself, and then I was fine, just very minor cramps for the rest of the day. I had it switched out with a new one recently and it was some of the worse pain I've ever experienced. I have multiple tattoos, had have debilitating back pain, migraines, and bruised a lung. This was worse. I actually had to ask the provider to wait after the sounding before insertion because I was so taken aback by how painful it was. So I was laying there in the stirrups, the speculum and everything still inside me, for like, three to five minutes. The only reason I got through it was how kind the provider and nurse were. It's worth it in the end, I think, because I absolutely do not want kids or a period, but man. I was so taken aback by the sudden change in pain level, I cried afterward. Information is power; everyone with a uterus should know this stuff before consenting to an IUD!

I didn’t even know that was possible!!! Wow!!! I wish I would have known that when I got my C-section

Because they are MEN and LOVE to see Women get so much PAIN !!!

i heard that the cooper iud isnt the best option

Yep, that procedure is barbaric and should definitely be done with pain management. But the medical industry is at least 50 years behind modern science when it comes to pain management of women. As someone who lives day in and day out in chronic pain due to illness but can’t get it treated bc of this BS I am forced to suffer.

Are you talking about the colpop? I had one and told them flat out that I would not do it unless I am given anesthesia or something for the pain. She said the insurances generally don't pay for that for this type of stuff. However, idk what she had to say or do, but thankfully, i was put under when this procedure was done. Maybe it is because I have terrible anxiety over normal paps, that keeps getting worse, despite having 3 children vaginally without really any physical traumas and my obgyn being gentle.

Same, insertion was awful but the pain for weeks after was even more unbearable - so bad it made me nauseous, dizzy and faint for weeks after and then again every month with cycle. Late labour and c-section recovery and breaking a bone were nothing compared to IUD pain for me. The pamphlets say, “mild discomfort” 😧 - I don’t understand. I wondered if maybe something was wrong like perforation (1 in 100 chance is not that rare when lots of women have these fitted 🤔) but I couldn’t ask them to check as I knew they would just label me hysterical. Not saying all docs would of course but there are enough docs who still stereotype women as hysterical that I just couldn’t face it and was so traumatised by insertion that I was afraid removal would be just as bad. Removal was really easy and pain free though - wish I had known that when I got it because I just took painkillers like tic tacos for months because I was too scared to go back to doc. I ended up with very severe anaemia that caused other health issues.

@@naomi5495 same here and I have had numerous gynecologists not take my pain seriously and not do any proper investigation into what I may have wrong with me! Pretty much every doctor I've ever dealt with especially male doctors have assumed that I'm being hysterical when I actually have an incredibly High pain tolerance

So I had my hormonal IUD inserted about 3 weeks ago. Definitely have it inserted while you're on your period! Tell the Dr to *slow down* if anything hurts! The pain was beteeen a 3 or 4 out of 10. I've had a period since then, but only needed pantyliners, and the pain was drasticallly less than a regular period. My bf and I are monogomous and ditched condoms for the next 7 years, wooo!

Lidocaine exists.. why is that not an option? Thats a big leap from some glorified orajel to twilight sedation

They did trials but stopped because men didn't like the effects on thier moods. Not like ours can kill us or anything.....but that's OK.

The only thing I know about is the vasectomy.

Thank you for mentioning getting the IUD placed during your period. No one ever mentions that. My doc asked me to bring in a pregnancy test for the day of insertion. My question is, when can you have intercorse after placement?

​@@jackiearroyo21 7 days :) Dr. told me, she said "I know you're not sexually active but I have to tell you anyway" when we went through consent and aftercare 😂 (Well it's 2 days for intercourse to limit risk of infection, but 7 days before it's working as a contraceptive for the hormonal one)

Just today on the phone i asked thst oncologists nurse what woukd be given or used for pain she said nothing im like ....how dumb is THAT

I heard this is nothing like a Papsmere it is a whole other type of pain paps for most people have discomfort but this is supposedly a lot more painful

Perception of pain is so different. A pap smear is just them "wiping" something around the cervix. The IUD is inserted through the cervix into the uterus. I usually just feel slight discomfort during a papsmear. Usually it's just the knowledge that they are wiping around in there that makes me queasy. 😅 If a papsmear was already painful to you, an IUD insertion might be more painful as well. 😊

Oh man that would suck I didn’t get a period after having a mirena both times.. so I didn’t have a period for 6 years and then 7 years after that… my niece had the same experience and was told she may have fibroids or uterine cysts asks your gyno for an ultrasound to see if that may be the cause of cramping?

@vgarcia1992 I have pcos, so I definitely have the cysts. They keep telling me it should stop soon, but it's been over a yr. It's not a normal cycle, but when it happens, it's some of the worst pain.

Had the same procedure done and was offered zero pain meds but was just told to pop an ibuprofen before the appointment. It hurt more than 10 hours of intensive labor.

@@lalahobbes i am so sorry you had to go through that. I do remember the pain being short-lived but excruciating.

I also have fibroids so will this scratch or make them bleed

What is that?

@@Ipleadthefifth It’s a form of sedation.

I have stage 2 kidney disease so i cant take ibuprophen nor advil

Similar experience. I listened to a podcast though and no anxiety medication. I also had a really good doctor and nurse who gave me a heat pack (I also brought my own just in case) which helped a lot even if just as another distraction. I yelped for the tenaculum, which took me by surprise more than anything, though wasn't more painful than a cartilage piercing. The cramping was probably 1/3rd - 1/2 more painful than my usual cramps. I think many bad experiences are because what was going to happen wasn't disclosed to people, including not being told about potential vaso-vagal reaction (which can occur up to an hour after). And then of course there's people who do feel severe pain - and having experienced it, I can 100% understand how it could be extremely painful for some people. There should be options for sedation at least available to people though. Surely GP clinics can be registered to use the green whistle or something.

It was terrible. Wish I got the spray

How old are you?

@@susansmith493 I am 24

I got pregnant a year and a half after removing the Nexplanon. I even thought I wasn’t able to get pregnant again ks it took so long and I was gaining weight like crazy even after it being removed 🤦🏽‍♀️

IUD’s do not affect the risk of cancer from having HPV, but the Mirena decreases the risk of endometrial cancer. I can’t find any information on whether or not the Kyleena or the Skyla can also decrease the risk of endometrial cancer.

@@RuthMoreno-se8wi So, what you're saying is, it doesn't lead to specific cancers and therefore that negates the possibility of all other cancers? That's a wild leap.

I have grade 1 endometrial adeno carcinoma i will be getting an IUD soon my uterus is tilted backwards i also have many fibroids