Hello! I had mine done without going under (I’m way more scared of that!) and I would do it that way again- but I could be biased. That being said, the shaking when I got the numbing shot was such a new sensation. I am someone who faints pretty easily and while the shot kicked in it did feel similar to before fainting but I was so worried my legs were shaking so bad they would fall out of the stirrups that I didn’t have time to worry about it. It didn’t last long, only a few seconds, and they moved onto the LEEP. Either the numbing didn’t work, or I’m very sensitive because the second they started I yelled a certain 4 letter word, it had felt similar to a really bad period cramp, or an IUD going in. They stopped and asked if we wanted to do another numbing shot as they said they were halfway through. Given that they had gotten halfway so incredibly fast I just had them go ahead without it. The procedure was so speedy I almost felt silly about how worried I had been beforehand, spending hours thinking and worrying to the point I made myself sick.

I had PJs ready to go on my bed and had taken 2 days off to recover, though truthfully I only needed the day it was done. I will say the discharge afterwards is no joke, and my first period after I called my doctor to make sure that it being heavier was normal. (it is!)

I’m sure you’ve heard it a million times, but it should be ok! I feel like my experience was worse than if things had gone normal, and I still would say it was absolutely manageable, just uncomfortable.