u/SpotFluffy6896

hi! i just got my iud placed today. i wanted to make a post talking about my experience!

to start, so many people talk about the horror stories of getting an iud and it can be super anxiety inducing for people who plan on getting one. of course, i’m sure these people truly had these experiences, but for many, many people, iud’s are not as bad as it seems.

before the appointment. i was told to call in when i was on my period to get it placed, so that’s what i did. i got an appointment super last minute and the night and morning before, i was sooo nervous. i took 800mg of ibuprofen and had my bf drive me to and from the hospital, which i was really glad about and definitely recommend. it’s really just one less thing for you to worry about.

onto my experience. we were sat in a room and i was completely expecting to get some lidocaine numbing gel so i asked for it and they said no. i was like can i pay for it?? and she was like no we don’t carry it here… and i honestly wanted to cry because it felt like everyone who didn’t get it had such a bad story. but she told me it wouldn’t be that bad and i pulled myself together. and so, i’m in the chair, i scoot down, open my legs up, and i braced for impact by clenching my butt. she didn’t like that though and told me to relax my muscles. i held my boyfriends hand (highly recommend bringing a support person) and covered my eyes. she put the speculum in and it didn’t really hurt it was just uncomfortable. she kind of had it shoved up there and more open than i was used to so it was just a little bit of discomfort, nothing too bad. then she wiped off my cervix and i didn’t even feel that. and then she put the tenaculum on my cervix and it was not nearly as bad as i was expecting. i was expecting excruciating pain but it really was just like a cramp. if you’ve ever had a cramp that makes you feel like you really have to poop, it was like that. not that bad, i deal with that every period. then next was the measuring. that was the worst part really. it felt kind of like the poop cramp i described earlier but also i felt a little bit of a pulling pain, it’s hard to describe, maybe like getting a small shot kind of. it’s a sharp-ish pain, but only for maybe like 2 minutes and only in that one spot. when she was doing that they kept telling me it was almost over and that i was doing great🥳 so when she pulled the measuring stick out i did think that was the actual iud part, it wasn’t. then she said “now the iud” and it was a similar feeling, maybe a little less sharp, but that time it did not last very long, maybe 20 seconds. she was like okay done! and she cut the string and took everything out and it was a big relief. i was a little bit lightheaded afterwards and they told me not to get up yet, but i do think it was because i didn’t have much to eat before and i was doing deep breaths during to keep calm and to help with discomfort. they left to let me relax and a few minutes of laying there i was making jokes with my boyfriend and feeling much better. they told me what to expect, some cramping, irregular bleeding, call if fever or heavy bleeding, ect.

after the insertion, i have been having some cramps that are mostly just annoying, but nothing i don’t usually have, and i wouldn’t consider myself someone who gets bad cramps very often. i’ve had worse cramps than ones caused by this procedure where i couldn’t move, so in comparison, this wasn’t that bad. (even if you haven’t had cramps like that i promise you will be okay)

all in all, it wasn’t nearly as bad as i was expecting. don’t let the scary stories drive you away from getting an iud. i would 100% do that again if it means not getting pregnant. take some advil before hand and be ready for maybe a long 5 minutes, and even then it only feels like 10 mins. pregnancy hurts worse and so many people do that like every day. i don’t think i have a very high pain tolerance, so if i could do it you can too! i hope this helped to ease any anxiety! it wasn’t as bad as it seems, i honestly was expecting it to be the worst pain of my life. (tbh getting out my wisdom teeth hurt more) just breathe and relax! good luck!

hi! i plan on getting a kyleena iud this week! im excited to have it, but i dread the insertion. any tips?? i know it will hurt and i want to prepared for that. my gyn didn’t say anything about a numbing medication. surely they would use that kind of thing these days, right? I will definitely still ask for lidocaine (ive heard bad things about the shot though so probably just the gel??). she also said to take 800mg of ibuprofen, i’ll probably take 1000mg. i’m just not always that great with pain. i want it to be as painless as possible. is there anything else i should do to help it go as smooth as possible? please help, getting really nervous!

hi! i plan on getting a kyleena iud soon. i recently stopped taking bc pills (somewhere between may 24-31). the last time i stopped taking my pills it took 8 weeks to get a period again. my GYN told me i can’t get my iud until im on my period. i had my last withdrawal bleeding on may 31, so using the same logic as last time, it leaves me at around the last week of july to get my IUD. my concern is that if it works out that way, the week after that i start back at school. i know that cramping is really common and pretty bad for the first few weeks and i’m concerned that it will interfere with school activities and my ability to have fun and focus on school. do you think that should be a concern? im thinking i should start my pills again just for this month and cause myself a withdrawal bleeding so that i can get the iud a bit sooner. is that a bad idea or would it work?

hi! i plan on getting a kyleena iud soon. i recently stopped taking bc pills (somewhere between may 24-31). the last time i stopped taking my pills it took 8 weeks to get a period again. my GYN told me i can’t get my iud until im on my period. i had my last withdrawal bleeding on may 31, so using the same logic as last time, it leaves me at around the last week of july to get my IUD. my concern is that if it works out that way, the week after that i start back at school. i know that cramping is really common and pretty bad for the first few weeks and i’m concerned that it will interfere with school activities and my ability to have fun and focus on school. do you think that should be a concern? im thinking i should start my pills again just for this month and cause myself a withdrawal bleeding so that i can get the iud a bit sooner. is that a bad idea or would it work?

thinking of getting an iud soon, but i still see people getting pregnant with it and was wondering how many people have gotten pregnant on it just using the pullout method, lemme know!

i’ve had some kind of infection down there for maybe 2 months. i assume it’s yeast as all of my symptoms are pretty textbook definition. my partner and i have only ever been sexual with each other and have always been protected so i don’t think it’s an sti. i’ve used monistats and diflucans to try and rid of it but they only work for a day before it comes back. i booked an appointment with my gyno but it isn’t for another 2 weeks. i’m going to be swimming and maybe even drinking in between that time. which i know can make it worse i think? it’s honestly just miserable and i want it to be normal. i also read that it can maybe spread to other areas and so that’s freaking me out. i don’t want to keep dealing with this. any tips to a stubborn yeast or if it’s something else?

hi, i recently decided i didn’t want to take a birth control pill anymore. im not really good at keeping up with it and i want something a little more permanent. i think ive narrowed it down to nexplanon or an iud. any thoughts?? and if so what brands? i dont really seem to have issues with gaining weight on hormonal birth control, so thats not a worry, but i do seem to be more emotionally unstable, but only sometimes?? (different ones have had different effects). i do hear about like ovarian cysts and stuff and that kind of freaks me out, but i guess that could happen on any bc?? i mainly just want something that is as effective as possible and doesn’t seem too bad. any advice/input would help tons!!

i recently decided i didn’t want to take a birth control pill anymore. im not really good at keeping up with it and i want something a little more permanent. i think ive narrowed it down to nexplanon or an iud. any thoughts?? i dont really have issues with gaining weight on hormonal birth control, so thats not a worry, but i do seem to be more emotionally unstable, but only sometimes?? (different ones have had different effects). i also want something that is as effective as possible. any advice/input would help tons!!

i really need advice/help because something is off and i really don’t know what. so about a month ago i got my first uti. i went to an urgent care and got antibiotics and all was fine for a little bit. after a few days though i started having weird symptoms that when i looked up seemed to be a yeast infection. i had never had one before and mentioned going to the doctor to my mom but she told me i should take a monistat-1, and it helped for like one day and then the symptoms came back again. so i was like okay maybe that just didn’t kick it all the way. so i started taking a monistat-7, but about halfway through i got another uti. i went to the urgent care again and was like this is my second uti this month and i think i have a yeast infection that hasn’t gone away. i did a swab, but when the nurse practitioner came in she didn’t say anything about it so i don’t know if it was tested. she gave me a round of antibiotics for my uti and 2 diflucan pills, one to use at the start of my antibiotics to get rid of the infection i had and a second to take again after i finished the antibiotics to avoid getting another one. i couldn’t really tell if it was working or not because my discharge just was kind of weird while taking it. then i started my period but i think i had a decidual cast? i only had very mild cramping but it was definitely some kind of tissue. it just seems a little bit concerning because i thought they were rare. it says it can be caused by hormonal changes, i do take a birth control pill and this month i was not very regular with taking it, like missing some days and never taking it at the same time. so maybe that could be it?? after my period ended, maybe 2 days ago, my discharge was normal for the first time in so long, i was finally relieved. but sadly i celebrated too soon because the next day it looked like there was yeast again and i really just don’t know what the problem is. i want to book a gyno appointment, but im afraid of what my mom will say about me going. i really just need some advice i dont know how to move forward.