I hate when i tell people this, because there’s always “it didn’t even hurt for me.” Becky and “it literally just felt like a pinch to me.” Sandy.

If it didnt hurt for you, good I’m glad. But my IUD experience was so painful it traumatized me and i want it out but I’m so scared of removal.

I feel like it’s so wrong that we are not offered to anesthesia or pain management for this. Because… I usually can’t put it into words.

But here you go. Felt like this was a pretty good explanation.

I had a massive ovarian cyst full of blood rupture and I bled internally onto all of my organs. I felt it rupture and I felt the blood spread throughout my abdomen, it felt like liquid fire had ignited my insides.

Your organs aren’t supposed to have blood ON them, like that’s not ever supposed to happen. So they swell and rub up against eachother and get raw. I looked 7 months pregnant, but it wasn’t a baby, it was blood and swollen internal organs. This pain was so excruciating I had to be driven to the hospital and given IV morphine.

It is #2 in my life’s most painful experience list.

#1 is my IUD insertion.

I would 110% rather go through an ovarian cyst rupture if it meant that I wouldn’t have to feel the pain of IUD insertion.

Best part? The IUD is the ONLY birth control my body will accept.

ETA: it was done once, and was done properly. I had an ultrasound to have it looked at and it’s in the right position. I’ve had it for years and it’s given me no issues. And to also add: I want it out because over time it just completely stops your periods and I don’t like that. I want to give my body a hormonal break for a while and let my body regulate its hormones back to normal.