Insertion is hell. Not unheard of for the doctor to tear the cervix during the procedure. Thankfully most doctors still refuse to offer any pain management for the procedure so you can know exactly what that feels like
Not risky as in you’ll get pregnant. Risky as in, if something goes wrong with it, like causing you pain or hormonal issues, you can’t just “stop taking it.” You have to schedule an appointment and have a professional remove it, and who knows how long they might make you wait. It’s probably not that common, but I’ve heard of them becoming slightly displaced and “stabbing” people.
You have to schedule an appointment and have a professional remove it, and who knows how long they might make you wait. It’s probably not that common, but I’ve heard of them becoming slightly displaced and “stabbing” people.
Yeah… as a dude who has broken two of them (different partners), I’ve been told its not a pleasant experience. Thankfully, both partners were able to get in to see their providers pretty quickly, so they didn’t have to deal with it for very long.
A lot of doctors are absolutely dogshit at inserting them, causing a lot of unnecessary pain.
If you have a low/tilted cervix, or your partner is a bit too well endowed, it also makes sex uncomfortable or outright painful for both parties.
IUD’s only work for people with no other issues or health problems, and only if you get a doctor that cares about not making their patient uncomfortable.
Ok the other hand, for people with painful period cramps they can actually help things quite a bit when installed (is that the right word here?) correctly
Mine was trying to expel itself and it was so painful I was apparently “ashy colored” according to colleagues and sweating due to aforementioned pain. The cramping was about as bad as labor pain.
The string was wrapped around the device and wasn’t accessible from outside of the cervix, so the doctor had to dig it out with forceps (?)
At least after it was out, certain symptoms I had for years disappeared… So yay for that!
It turns out that level of pain is not normal. Oops.
My friends told me I should try the arm implant. After the rotten luck I’ve had with hormonal birth control, no thanks!
At least they give a local (or whatever it’s in English) for when you get the implant… I had one (3 year one) for like 2 years and 2 months. Had no issues until I hit the 2 years mark, after that started having bad, bad side-effects. And it took the 2 months to get it removed… It was hell. But it was also alright for the 2 years and it healed very fast and well. Kinda recommend it, but yeah, it won’t last the “promised” time and removal can be a hassle depending the healthcare systems.
Decided to not get anything hormonal for now, and boy is my body messed up after about 10 years of hormones… I guess it’ll get better within a year. Now I just gotta listen all the nurses and doctors panic and pressure me back into hormones, I guess they really are afraid of some latex lol. (Waiting for a vasectomy for the partner.)
Also, IUDs are not particularly risky. That’s just bad marketing.
Insertion is hell. Not unheard of for the doctor to tear the cervix during the procedure. Thankfully most doctors still refuse to offer any pain management for the procedure so you can know exactly what that feels like
I had my first one 6 weeks after having a baby. Cervix was still soft and I think they could have baseball pitched that thing in from across the room.
I got my most recent one in last year, 10 years after having my final child, and goddamn now I understand what people were complaining about
Hormone free IUDs are something like 99.9995% effective.
They’re better than the pill and condoms at preventing pregnancy, lol.
Diabolical Lies podcast has a good episode on it.
Not risky as in you’ll get pregnant. Risky as in, if something goes wrong with it, like causing you pain or hormonal issues, you can’t just “stop taking it.” You have to schedule an appointment and have a professional remove it, and who knows how long they might make you wait. It’s probably not that common, but I’ve heard of them becoming slightly displaced and “stabbing” people.
Yeah… as a dude who has broken two of them (different partners), I’ve been told its not a pleasant experience. Thankfully, both partners were able to get in to see their providers pretty quickly, so they didn’t have to deal with it for very long.
I still get shit about that from my wife lol…
A lot of doctors are absolutely dogshit at inserting them, causing a lot of unnecessary pain.
If you have a low/tilted cervix, or your partner is a bit too well endowed, it also makes sex uncomfortable or outright painful for both parties.
IUD’s only work for people with no other issues or health problems, and only if you get a doctor that cares about not making their patient uncomfortable.
Ok the other hand, for people with painful period cramps they can actually help things quite a bit when installed (is that the right word here?) correctly
Mine was trying to expel itself and it was so painful I was apparently “ashy colored” according to colleagues and sweating due to aforementioned pain. The cramping was about as bad as labor pain.
The string was wrapped around the device and wasn’t accessible from outside of the cervix, so the doctor had to dig it out with forceps (?)
At least after it was out, certain symptoms I had for years disappeared… So yay for that!
It turns out that level of pain is not normal. Oops.
My friends told me I should try the arm implant. After the rotten luck I’ve had with hormonal birth control, no thanks!
Honestly some of the horror stories I’ve heard, hysterectomy seems kinder and safer.
At least they give a local (or whatever it’s in English) for when you get the implant… I had one (3 year one) for like 2 years and 2 months. Had no issues until I hit the 2 years mark, after that started having bad, bad side-effects. And it took the 2 months to get it removed… It was hell. But it was also alright for the 2 years and it healed very fast and well. Kinda recommend it, but yeah, it won’t last the “promised” time and removal can be a hassle depending the healthcare systems.
Decided to not get anything hormonal for now, and boy is my body messed up after about 10 years of hormones… I guess it’ll get better within a year. Now I just gotta listen all the nurses and doctors panic and pressure me back into hormones, I guess they really are afraid of some latex lol. (Waiting for a vasectomy for the partner.)
Pros: It’s how I found out my spear is indeed long
Cons: it shrivels into my body when recalling that experience because painful is putting it mildly.
I’d rather the male pill contraceptive be on the market already.
They used to be, but then again old forms of many things were more dangerous than they are now.
IEDs sure are, though.