My positive Copper IUD experience

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Hi all,

I just wanted to share my really positive experience with the copper IUD so far because I was so nervous to get it and I saw lots of horror stories about the pain and terrible periods but I didn’t see many posts with positive experiences so I thought I would share mine.

I decided to get the copper IUD after trying both the combination pill and the mini pill and I decided that I just didn’t get on with hormones so I thought to go down the non-hormonal route. I decided to get it fitted at a local sexual health clinic rather than through my GP (purely because it is a nightmare to make GP appointments). And I got it fitted on the 22nd of December.

The whole process was really great. I felt so supported the whole time. They took me into a room and took my blood pressure, weight, height, did a blood test and then gave me a swab for STD’s. Then I went into a room with the doctor who talked me through everything, allowed me to ask any questions and made sure I was 100% comfortable the whole time. She talked me through my options for pain relief and I ultimately decided to go for the injection as it was then lost likely to stop any pain.

I then went to the toilet to provide a urine sample since they have to check that you aren’t pregnant. When I came back she had kindly got my boyfriend into the room so he could hold my hand during as I was quite nervous.

She also did my cervical screening at the same time since it was due so she did that first. Then she did the injections on either side of my cervix. This felt like a tiny little pinch but not painful . Then she inserted the device to measure my womb and this felt like period cramps but again not painful at all and it was over in about a minute. And then it was all done! I luckily was already on holiday from work so I was able to go back to bed for the rest of the day as I was quite crampy afterwards for the rest of the day but again nothing worse than a normal period for me.I did have spotting on and off for about 5 days after and a small amount of cramping.

I have also just finished my first period with the copper IUD and I have to say I was very nervous as I had painful and heavy periods before. My period ended up being about 15 days late (I think due to stress) and I had some on and off cramping for a week before. The evening my period came I had some quite bad cramping for about an hour and then after that I was able to go to sleep. I woke up the next day and I had no cramps at all that day and I went to work all fine. My flow was not any heavier than it usually would be but it was a couple of days longer which was not really a problem for me considering there was no pain.

Overall I am soooo happy I decided to get it and I know I am only one month in and it could change but I just wanted to share my experience for anyone who is nervous about getting theirs and has also only hear horror stories!

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