Every year, thousands of women in Australia choose an IUD as a form of contraception, many like Jess Holmes say they were unprepared for the pain associated with the procedure and more needs to be done.
When Jess Holmes spoke to her GP about getting a routine contraceptive procedure, she never expected the process to end with excruciating pain."I think the only thing that could ever rival it would be childbirth."
Experts say this is part of a broader issue with the treatment of women's pain in Australia's healthcare system. A recent study in international medical journal, Fertility and Sterility, found ibuprofen and paracetamol — the most popular and often the only form of pain relief offered for IUD insertions — work no better than a placebo.
"Evidence tells us that around 15 per cent of women who haven't had a vaginal delivery will experience severe pain."Even a past childbirth didn't protect Liz Neist, 31, from significant pain during the insertion and removal of her IUD. "This made things very awkward … it felt like I had done something wrong by voicing that I was in pain."
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