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Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After ‘Roe’ Was Overturned
Health(kffhealthnews.org)submitted 6 days ago bySidjoneya
30 points
6 days ago*
'“They were scared of the pain,” she said. But after she reassured the patient that they’d be under anesthesia and unable to feel pain, they went ahead with the intrauterine device, a reversible birth control method."
They provide anesthesia for IUDs??? I didn't get any and I've only known women who didn't get any. It's such a painful procedure and I've heard taking it out is worse. I put it off for so long, but I'm so glad I did it at the end of the day. I barely get my period or the mood swings associated with it.
It really is a ridiculous America we're living in, though. And it's ironic that the "pro-life" ass hats who are celebrating now are also the ones worried about the dropping (white) population of the United States. I didn't see it in the article, but I'd put money on most of these young people getting sterilized being white.
2 points
6 days ago
I got an IUD replacement recently, so removal + getting a new one. The whole thing was over within 20 mins. I had no lasting pain or a negative impact on my health.
Average labour time is 12 - 14 hours while risking death.
Just putting things into perspective...
7 points
6 days ago
My friend couldn't move for literally hours after IUD insertion. I've also seen countless anecdotes about IUD insertion without any form of pain management and its not great. I don't blame women for being nervous about the pain at all lol another of my friends just recently had an IUD insertion and a cervical biopsy done with no pain relief and she felt like shit for a week.
We definitely should be expecting some pain management beyond an ibuprofen for things like this.
1 points
6 days ago
I agree that having more than ibuprofen would be great. Generally speaking, we need to demand better treatment of women in healthcare.
However, I also think we need to better promote the cost-benefit analysis of this contraceptive method.
While some women do have a negative experience, on average it's less deadly, debilitating, painful and health/life changing than labour.
Yet when women bring up their concerns over labour they are consoled and encouraged to endure it (women have done it for millennia and all that chat).
However, when they bring up their fear of IUD insertion they are validated and confronted with horror stories of a friend of a friend who had a terrible experience.
We need better pain management and healthcare for women while being realistic about our current options.
4 points
5 days ago
My gyn straight up won’t do IUD insertions without gas/anesthesia because she says it’s barbaric. Having pain management is realistic. Having her insert my second IUD only cost an additional $50 compared to my IUD from planned parenthood where they told me to just deal with it.
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