Yeah, she’s currently looking into getting an IUD for the first time, and after all the horror stories she’s heard from friends she thinks it’s ridiculous that men get drugs for vasectomy’s but women get nothing for IUDs. I don’t disagree!
Agreed, however - never had an IUD but from what I’ve heard, localized anesthesia are available and sometimes given but it’s dependent on the doctor. Might be many only give if you insist, some may refuse entirely, I’ve read some encourage it off the bat. I can’t say what proportion acts which way and everybody will have an anecdote. Either way the initial shot would also hurt, just surely less.
Valium. Also depends on the doc, this one said he recommends it off the bat, the specialist we’re going to he said they might offer if we ask but don’t typically. Not planning on it. Doc said it initially feels like getting hit in the nuts with a baseball but soon after, nothing.
ah yeah, Valium. Thanks, couldn’t remember the name.
I joined club V in 2006.
8:00 arrived
8:45 done and out the door after having to wait 10 minutes.
9:15 home on the couch with a bag of peas
10:00 i’m not really experiencing any pain to speak of
10:30 hello i’m looking for a bridge partner today
12:00 playing bridge
It was much ado about nothing.
Hmm, doc made it seem like day 1 should be little unnecessary movement, but also seemed to want to discourage us. It truly doesn’t seem like a big deal though. Guys can be really weak about that kind of stuff (see above, re: colonoscopies.)
maybe do both at the same time - fix you up coming and going
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Hmmmm, are we going to allow that?
Easy Pee-zy!
I played poker that night - just sat with with a bag of frozen peas down there.
My doctor didn’t even warn me it was going to be excruciatingly painful. About a thousand times worse than a colonoscopy. (Which I’ve done twice with no drugs, so i can compare.)
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From what I can tell comparing notes with friends… it’s worse if you’ve never had a kid than if you have. Apparently the uterus is pretty tender until it gets used for its intended purpose, which toughens it up a bit.
I stopped on the way home and bought Advil liqui-gels and took 3 in the drug store… I think before I even paid for them. I was pretty miserable for the weekend. But then it was totally fine. And they’re good for 7 years now instead of the original 5.
But definitely ask for whatever drugs they’ll give you and if not have plenty of Advil on hand, and take some before the procedure if you won’t have stronger stuff.
I did not get the V. told mrs frazier “what if my trophy wife wants ‘real’ kids?”
I wasn’t 100% serious about that but she had complications that led to her having a much more invasive procedure that rendered future pregnancy moot.
everyone I know who got the vasectomy was frozen peas and chilling. plan your TV time well. March madness. masters. delivery of walker texax rangers 9 season DVD. whatever. the impact on men is negligible compared to blocking actions on women. even the stories listed above where follow up included testing for no swimmers - like the guy wouldn’t have masturbated within that time frame anyway?
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My husband would never do that!! Not even for the post-procedure testing. Immaculate ejaculation.
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Yikes! All of my colonoscopies have been no-questions-asked knocked out. Maybe if I asked it would be possible to not but it’s never been even contemplated. I have no idea what it feels like, honestly.
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yeah, I never heard of someone being awake for it, though I have woken up during it.
I would think it is more about making sure someone doesn’t move, rather than pain
Best I remember is saying something like, “I think I need more-”
I don’t think that doctor’s take women’s pain seriously. this is one of many of my annoyances with doctors. they also seem to think that an endometrial biopsy is nbd (while it’s the most painful thing ever and i stopped them before the actual biopsy part) and a women should be given nothing for that either. medical professionals suck for the most part.
lol no way i’d get an IUD. good thing i’m old as dirt and likely don’t need birth control.
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Pain is weird. I haven’t had an issue with procedures on my girl parts although they were after having kids. Had my first 9 lb baby without an epidural (not my choice) and the meds they gave me did nothing but make me loopy. I had so many friends into “natural childbirth” at the time and all I could think was their experience was different than mine. (Their babies also weren’t 9 lbs.) I told hubby the second time that his main job was to be sure I got that epidural.
yup, they don’t like to warn you. assholes. need to make super sure you do your own research for every single procedure.
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have we done unnatural births for so long that we can no longer produce babies naturally?
we’re turning into bull dogs.
If pain relief is unnatural, then for me, yes. My second was too big for newborn diapers. I was just thankful my kids didn’t “triple their weight” by age 1 like they were supposed to.