can@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1524arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1519arrow-down1external-linkNew Guidelines Call on Doctors to Take IUD Insertion Pain Seriouslywww.nytimes.comcan@sh.itjust.works to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square107linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours 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-26 hours agoI was gonna say, dip the thing in lidocaine gel first (Or maybe cocaine; not sure if lidocaine’s vasoconstriction would be a problem)
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)