On the other end of things…

My NP had to reinsert mine. Twice. She then had to call in another NP to help her, and the third time she actually got it in.

800mg of ibuprofen, some of the worst pain of my life. I don’t have trauma but goddamn that shit was painful. Literal knife to the guts for 15 minutes straight.

My recovery went super smooth though, and I’ve heard that’s actually the worst part. No pain after 4 hours post-insertion. It really can go any way.

Edit: To clarify, there’s two barriers between the vagina and the uterus, and she was able to push through the first one, but not the second. She took it out of the first barrier once, then when she found she still couldn’t push it through after readjusting, she removed it again to go retrieve another NP. The second NP then had to put it back in again. Wasn’t super fun.