Goodbye HBC

I got a Paragard!!

No more hormones!

No more rapidly changing moods!

More wanting of the sex!

No babies for as long as 10 years!!

Yeeeeah.

All this for only my copay - $20.

I arrived at the doctor's office expecting:
1)not to get it inserted today
2)to have to put up a fight to get it.

Instead, right when the nurse walked me back, she said "I've already gotten all the stuff for your IUD out. First we'll do you're exam and then we'll do the insertion." Needless to say, I was suprised, but kind of thankful that I didn't have much time to anticipate/stress over the, as I had read, excruciating insertion.

My gyno is AWESOME - which is a kind twist of fate considering I selected her off my insurance's website, simply because she is located two minutes from my house. When I met her, she struck up a conversation about yoga with me. Then she proceeded to talk about how awesome IUDs are, and how her 23-year-old daughter has one and loves it! She talked about how perfect a candidate I am and explained, in detail, how she was going to do it and what I was going to feel during each step. I was so giddy over how pleased I was with my choice of doctor that it made the whole experience very easy. The insertion itself was relatively painless (except some sporadic pinching and cramping.)

However, about 10 minutes after I left, the adrenaline (I'm guessing) wore off, and I fucking cramped like never before. I won't downplay the cramps - they were the worst I've ever experienced. I loaded up on ibuprofen, took 45 minutes with a heating pad to try and sleep it off, and then came to work. Been here 5 hours, still have 3 more, but the pain has pretty much subsided.

Moral of the story: I love IUDs and my cute little gynecologist.