If there’s one pelvic care procedure people seem to universally dread, it’s an IUD insertion. The most common words I hear when describing an IUD insertion are excruciating and traumatic. It does not need to be this way! With careful and respectful handling of the body, and knowledge of the natural mechanisms of the cervix, an IUD insertion can be as gentle as possible.
To say this process has been, is, painful would be a gross understatement. The coupling of being a midwife and being unwillingly infertile is a brutal existence. While I can easily compartmentalize my individual clients’ joys, fears, and experiences from my own, the simple juxtaposition of spending all day around pregnancy and babies feel ironic at best coming home to a quiet house.
