Reply #10: I'm on my second IUD [View All]

[noamnety]

I love it. Insertion sucked, and I slept with a heating pad on my stomach for a little while after that, but once you're past that part, it's no contest. The pill made me gain ungodly amounts of weight, despite tinkering with the prescription multiple times, and sent my blood pressure into the stratosphere. Never again. Diaphragm - too danged slimey, ugh, combined with the mood-enhancing "stop while I insert this medical device" - just ugh. Plus if it's time to take it out while you're at work with public restrooms, that's just gross. If you get an IUD, the key to dealing with insertion is to take a huge dose of painkillers before you go in, and have a chilled bottle of wine ready in the fridge so you can pop it open the second you get home. I do that for pap smears, too, though - so maybe I'm just a big wuss. Or maybe it's like a pavlovian reaction - if anyone gets near my cervix, I expect wine. Anyway, if you're getting an RN license, maybe you'll be in a position to advocate for the ob-gyn/bar combo that I've been pressing my doctor for.