IUD experience?

betrothed123

If the IUD is so painful to insert, why don't they give the patient some kind of anesthetic? The day before I had mine inserted they had me take some pills to open up my cervix a bit (I don't have children).  When I went in they put some topical lidocaine on my cervix, let that work for a minute, and then gave me 2 shots of a local anesthetic, like novacaine, in my cervix before inserting the IUD.I had severe cramping after having the IUD inserted.  It lasted about 4 days.  The first few hours were really bad and then they started to slowly fade.I had the Mirena IUD inserted 11 days ago.  We went with Mirena because my doctor said it was more likely to help with my severe menstruation cramps.  She said the Paragard would probably make my cramping worse.