So didn't anticipate not wanting to reach for my camera
at all during this appointment.
Vlogging was the last thing on my mind
when I got into the doctor's office.
So I'm going to tell you about my IUD
story of getting it.
I'm also going to be eating my breakfast.
So I got my IUD Thursday, the 15th.
My boyfriend took me to the doctors at like 9 in the morning.
I waited in the waiting room for like 45 minutes.
And then I went in, they gave me this
like paper dress to wear because I also had to get a pap smear.
So my doctor's really great, she discussed
everything that we were going to be doing with me.
I laid down on my back, I had to scoot my butt to the very edge
and put my feet in the straps.
Which that is the most unnatural position
I have ever been put in.
So she got that clamp thing, I don't
remember what it was called.
But it opens your vagina up.
She put that in, that felt fine.
She did the pap smear.
I didn't feel that whatsoever.
And I think that has to do with
some nerve damage I probably have in my vagina.
But the kind of confirmed it a bit for me.
Then we were getting ready for the IUD.
So the first thing she had to do for my IUD
is she had to, she had to look at my cervix
and then dilate it.
That was painful but it wasn't unbearable.
It was an uncomfortable kind of pain.
When she dilated it, she told me "you're going to feel
period cramps right now."
And as soon as she said that, I felt period cramps.
It felt like just a pretty bad period.
I also felt like I had to poop.
Which when I'm on my period, that's a feeling I always have.
But it wasn't too bad.
After she did that,
she told the nurse to give her the Skyla box
because that's the IUD I picked.
Mind you Skyla is like this big
and the box that it came in was like this big.
And even sh- like I guess I made a face
and she laughed at me, she's like "I know,
I don't understand why they put it in such a big box."
So she got the IUD out and
she told me the worse pain is over
from when she dilated me but
it wasn't really that painful for me.
But she said this is going to hurt a little bit.
So she put the IUD in,
that pain was also very uncomfortable.
But it wasn't excruciating.
I was just doing breathing stuff like I normally do
to handle pain.
It was just so uncomfortable
and I could feel my uterus just not wanting things
to be done to it.
Uh, after she put it in she cut the strings.
Because you have little strings hanging in your vagina
close to your cervix.
She told me my body was going to have cramps and contractions.
And oh boy was she right.
So the whole insertion of the IUD
was not that painful for me.
But the period cramps and the contractions
that came the rest of the day sucked.
It would fluctuate for me, I would feel fine
and then I would get very bad contractions.
I would feel fine and then again bad contractions.
And it was the most annoying thing.
My boyfriend had to go and get me medicine.
I did spot for a little bit
and then the next day I didn't really bleed or anything.
And then um...
the day after that I started bleeding.
Which is normal, apparently you do spot and bleed
for a while, sometimes for months.
Uh cramps are also normal.
So I was getting still cramps after that.
And now I'm on my period.
So I don't know if I'm still bleeding
from getting the IUD.
But I'm definitely on my period.
And that's pretty much it for me, I have a 1 month appointment.
Next month so she can check and make sure everything is good.
I'm hoping uh skyla gets rid of my period
for a while because that's apparently a thing.
But I'm happy.
Uh my mental state, the day after
I got the IUD
I felt such a difference.
My head started feeling clear,
I started just feeling happy again.
And feeling like me.
You know I told my boyfriend that I still have anxiety
I still have depression but
the problem was when I was on the patch
my coping mechanisms to get through my anxiety
to get through my depression that I personally use
they weren't working and that was hard
on the patch, it was hard to do and deal with my mental state
but so far being on this IUD
all of my ways to get through my anxiety
and my depression, they have been working.
And I just feel free.
I chose Skyla which is a low hormone IUD
and since it's low hormone it's just centralized in my uterus.
It's not going anywhere else, which is fantastic.
But that's my IUD...experience.
I think it wasn't extremely painful like everyone told me it was going to be
probably because I'm disabled.
I have a higher pain tolerance than most people.
So I think why it wasn't painful for me
is because I've felt way worse pain than getting an IUD.
Honestly my brain surgery was the worst pain I've ever had.
So the IUD was just...it was still painful
but it was uncomfortable.
And it wasn't like I couldn't deal with it.
But that's it, if you have any other questions
about my experience with my IUD
the type of IUD I chose,
let me know in the comments below.
And if you got an IUD whether it be Mirena, Skyla or the copper one
let me know your experience with it.
How do you feel after getting it?
That's it, I barely touched my breakfast
so I'm going to get to eating this.
And I will see all of you next time.
Bye!
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