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IUD’s….Caitlin Moran article

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MayBee70 Sun 27-Jun-21 13:50:32

I’m just catching up on a lot of old articles and one was about IUD’s and the fact that, with most other painful medical procedures we’re offered pain relief but with IUD fitting it’s a case of ‘well, m’dear, this is going to hurt a bit’. She said she’d had no end of letters about it: I think at the time I thought it was just me. And, when you’re young you don’t think to complain about things. It took me back to the only time I had one fitted and it totally traumatised me. I felt violated and when, after weeks of pain and bleeding it fell out anyway there was no way I was going to have another one. I had forgotten about it till I read the article but I know it had quite an effect on me at the time. I guess smear tests as we get older are almost as bad. Do you think, as women, we’re expected to put up with pain more than men are because we have been through or will at some point go through childbirth.

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MissAdventure Mon 28-Jun-21 21:53:15

mokryna
I can't bear the thought of being poked around "down there", specialist or not.
I'm of the ignore it and it'll be ok school of thought. blush
I ought to know better..

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Whatdayisit Mon 28-Jun-21 21:56:09

Yes OnwardandUpward that is a shocking violation of that poor woman. Absolutely awful what Britney Spears has been/is going through.

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Shandy57 Mon 28-Jun-21 23:24:19

@valdali, I hadn't had any kids yet when I had mine fitted, I think that was the problem.

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Dryginger Tue 29-Jun-21 04:58:22

I had one fitted because after I had my daughter I was getting terrible headaches on the pill. Had no trouble at all. Dont need it now obs if I got pregnant now I would be in the papers. Ha ha.

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mokryna Tue 29-Jun-21 17:12:02

MissAdventure

mokryna
I can't bear the thought of being poked around "down there", specialist or not.
I'm of the ignore it and it'll be ok school of thought. blush
I ought to know better..

I feel for you but I have it done as there is history in my family.

I have looked for articles on the web and this came up but I must say I have not joined - Facebook group called Do Not Fear The Smear- . Maybe it could help.

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Barmeyoldbat Tue 29-Jun-21 17:24:12

I have had two fitted over a period of time. Didn't feel painful being inserted but the first one was removed because of heavy bleeding and that hurt. The 2nd one was the same, no pain but I became pregnant and it came out with the baby.

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timetogo2016 Wed 07-Jul-21 09:26:42

I had one fitted arouns 40 years ago.
It was the worst pain ever,i couldn`t stand up straight for over a week and my periods were horrendous and sex was straight out of the window.
Had it removed,never again.

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