Positive Insertion

I had recently made a post being very nervous the the insertion of my Mirena IUD (treatment for endo and PCOS). I know that a lot of people here have had a bad experience with the insertion and that people who have good experiences often don’t come back to share. That’s why I wanted to share mine. My doctor was amazing and made sure that I knew that we were in it together and if at any point I was feeling faint or too uncomfortable, I should let her know and she would stop. She walked me through the entire thing and talked to me the whole time. I elected to do it without the paracervical block at the last minute, but it was in the room as an option. The tenaculum felt like a strong cramp. Sounding (measuring) was the worst part for me but felt like a slightly stronger cramp. Lastly the actual insertion was one more strong cramp. the whole thing after the insertion of the speculum took maybe 3 minutes. The rest of the time was me laying down and sitting up slowly in stages to make sure I didn’t faint. The cramps now are also strong but no worse than my cramps with endo :) If anyone is holding out because they are afraid, you got this!

EDIT at add: i’m 20, never had an IUD before this and never had children

I also inserted 200 mg of misoprostol the night before, made sure to go in on my period, took 800 mg of ibuprofen and 1 mg of ativan 45 minutes before and then took 1 more mg of ativan right when they told me to undress.