Got my IUD inplanted today (boys might want to stear clear of this one!)
Well, since this post involves family planing I thought it would do well in the parenting section.
After ten months of humming and hawing about weither to have another baby so close to my son in age, DH and I decided that an IUD would be the way to go and put off another child for a bit. I am terrible at remembering my birth control pill, and when I got the Depo shot I had three month long periods.
So I went today to get it done. I got Mirena, the small plastic one, not the old school copper like back in my mum's day.
First off, for all you ladies planing on getting one, take ibuprofin before your appointment! No one told me to do this and the cramping was terrible.
So the whole procedure was quick. I mean, I was in the chair from start to finish for about 7 min. That included a pap smear, biopcy, cervic stretching (not a common step aparently) and the insertion of the IUD. The rest of the time was spent taking care of a nicked capalary that bled a bit.
I was able to control the pain for the enitre procedure. Pretty easy all in all. Ya, it sucked, but it was over so quickly. The thing that was the worst was the cramping afterwards. It was so painful that I vomited ten minutes after when I was sitting in the office discussing a followup.
I had to rest for about a half an hour before they would let me leave to make sure i wouldn't faint.
So I am at home now, four hours after the procedure. I am still having nasty cramps (they said period cramps, but it is worse than that). I am using a heat pack, and the pains are shooting into my legs.
So, all in all, quick procedure, crappy recovery. For all you ladies who are curious about the IUD insertion procedure, there you go. I am sure the pain will be gone in a day or two, so I can suck it up til then.