@can@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agoNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square101arrow-up1532file-text
arrow-up1532external-linkNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.com@can@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-21 month agomessage-square101file-text
minus-square@bss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 month agoPerhaps at least a prescription pain killer taken orally? I would certainly support some sort of local, along the lines of what dentists use.
minus-square@SabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoMaybe bathing the IUD in a numbing lubricant, and coating the lady’s internals using a gentle wand with the same stuff? Assuming that sort of thing isn’t already done.
minus-square@Revan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 month agoI was gonna say, dip the thing in lidocaine gel first (Or maybe cocaine; not sure if lidocaine’s vasoconstriction would be a problem)
Perhaps at least a prescription pain killer taken orally?
I would certainly support some sort of local, along the lines of what dentists use.
Maybe bathing the IUD in a numbing lubricant, and coating the lady’s internals using a gentle wand with the same stuff? Assuming that sort of thing isn’t already done.
I was gonna say, dip the thing in lidocaine gel first
(Or maybe cocaine; not sure if lidocaine’s vasoconstriction would be a problem)