can@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1526arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1521arrow-down1external-linkNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.comcan@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square107linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days 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-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day 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-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 day 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)