On tiktok there have been a ton of videos lately about the pain women feel during "minor" procedures like IUD insertion and how we are just ignored and told to take some advil. There are hundreds of comments on these videos about how painful IUDs, biopsies etc are and how we are offered ZERO pain management before, during or after. There are comments from Drs talking about how they were taught that the cervix doesn't have nerve endings (um what??) and that none of these things are any more painful than a period. Of course there are women who commented saying it really wasnt that bad, and others who say it was worse than unmedicated child birth (just a shorter duration). Yet if a man gets a vasectomy he gets numbed and real pain meds. I had 2 c sections and got vicoden for 2 days and sent home with advil... Another thread here made me think about this too and how often women are not really given all the information by medical providers that they need to make an informed decision. I know personally I've had it happen 3 times to me with different drs each time. 1 was a dr blowing off my PPD and saying it was just hormones and it would go away. 2 (maybe tmi) pregnancy left me with horrible hemorrhoids which required surgery. I asked the dr many times about the recovery and how painful it would be after reading about it online. She told me it wasn't really that bad, and that people only write about their negative experinces online and its greatly exagerrated. OMG, I'd rather have another csection before Id do that again. and 3, went in to talk about having long periods and the possibility of an ablation. Dr said sure, while your here lets go ahead and get this test done and then we can schedule it. That test was an endometrial biopsy. She said you'll feel a little discomfort. nooooooo.... I had to have DH come get me because I was shaking so bad I couldn't drive home.
Why is this so common??? Thoughts?
Why is this so common??? Thoughts?