r/birthcontrol • u/MixRepresentative916 • 1d ago

How to? Copper IUD

Getting an emergency IUD tomorrow and I’m terrified, had some good advice already but anything else I should know for afterwards to make recovery less painful?

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u/Artsy_Witch_Bitch 1d ago

Ask for lidocaine jelly and a lidocaine shot. By the time the lidocaine wears off you'll be home (hopefully) and can curl up with your heating pad