• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    When I got one inserted in Canada I was given Tylenol with Codeine, a valium and a cervical dilator (Misoprostol). My appointment included time to let the medicine kick in, recovery time in a comfy chair with a juice box and making sure I had a ride home (because of the valium).

    When I got one placed in the USA I got told that it doesn’t hurt and I’m imagining the pain, because I saw blood on the spiked forceps that they clamp onto your cervix. I was begrudgingly given an instant heat pack and told that they need the room.

    https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/tenaculum

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qG2gUnP4c8

    • Plum@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      My favorite cervix fact that I hear from far too many US gynecologists is, the cervix doesn’t have pain receptors. Only pressure receptors. Big pinch!