Obstetrics - Traumatised by IUD removal : ♥♥ Health care

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Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.

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My experience over Obstetrics "Traumatised by IUD removal"

So, I know I am sounding a bit dramatic but that’s the only way I can describe how I’m feeling right now - traumatised and violated.

I had my IUD removed yesterday after months of pain and I am so glad it’s out. I just didn’t expect to be feeling so damn awful. So a bit of a back story, I had 3 different nurses try to get it out over the last week. I ended up going to a specialist place yesterday where it was finally removed.

I had to have an internal ultrasound and I honestly didn’t know what to expect, I went in there thinking it was going to be a tummy one. I thought it was going to maybe be like a smear test (something really small) once she said internal. I was unpleasantly surprised to find out how big the damn thing is, is was uncomfortable and painful and it was even worse just staring at the ceiling having no idea what’s going on. I just found that entire thing so incredibly invasive, no fault of the nurse of course, and I honestly feel so yucky now. The thought of sex is repulsive to me after that.

The second thing that has left me feeling shaken is that the nurse had said she was going to look for my strings, I then felt this horrific pain and I literally shouted and swore out loud (embarrassing) and she said “it’s done!”. I think the lack of warning that it was about to be pulled out is what has bothered me the most, I just feel like I wasn’t given a chance to prepare myself for it and I just feel like there was a bit of a shift in the power dynamic and I’ve lost a bit of control over that “area”.

So that brings me to my question, when you’ve had an IUD removed, were you told before it was pulled or did they just go ahead and do it? I’m wondering if it was something I should have asked them to tell me? I just feel that I could have benefited from being spoken through the procedure. The lack of communication and invasive instruments have left me feeling pretty traumatised.

It may be worth mentioning that yes, I do have some issues to unpack and perhaps I am feeling triggered by some unpleasant experiences from the past. I’m just not sure how I get over this now, it sounds so stupid but I genuinely don’t want my partner to touch me at the minute let alone anything else (he is of course very understanding of this).

I also am not trying to scare anyone, this was just my experience. Insertion was very painful, but I didn’t feel violated or icky as I do right now.

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