Can someone out there tell me why the *F* I went in for this procedure and nobody at the doctor’s office had me take any meds in advance? I went to a very good facility with a reputable and experienced doctor who has been very sweet so far but he is a man and seriously I don’t know what to think. I am devastated reading all these posts about women being told to take “800 mcg ibuprofen” and to bring their partners and shit. My doctor didn’t even warn me besides saying I may feel cramps like a Pap smear. WTF!!?? Not even close. The cramps were nothing. The excruciating, shooting pain was the worst thing I ever felt. In that moment I wanted to DIE. I am not even exaggerating. I felt like I my insides were being sliced open with a pair of surgical scissors like I was in some nightmare alien abduction scene. I am now terrified of even conceiving! How the hell am I supposed to go through the pains of childbirth?