About Those CDC Guidelines Around IUD Pain Management

I haven't had an IUD because I've just been too afraid to do it based on a lot of the stories of pain.

Last year I had to have a colposcopy and later a LEEP. I was terrified. I have a lot of medical trauma from other stuff and this was all something new and my brain just couldn't handle it. I melted down in my doctors office, hysterically crying and explaining my history to her and did the most amazing thing I've ever seen a doctor do.

She listened. She was empathetic and promised me I didn't have to do these procedures unmedicated. For the colposcopy, she did it in her office but prescribed me stuff to calm me down and gave me permission to max out on OTC pain killers. I was fine after. I felt relief that it had gone ok.

For the Leep, I went into the hospital and it was treated as outpatient surgery. I was fully sedated, felt nothing and was delighted in recovery at how it went. I can't fathom that there are still doctors that do LEEPs in their offices, its barbaric and I am SOOOO grateful my doctor listened, and acted based on my fears. At this point I would trust that woman to do anything.