Shocker! IUD insertion really isn't "just a little cramping"

If you've ever had an IUD, you cringe at the memory of insertion. Pain relief now recommended after decades in the R&D category of "just women do that, so..."

After decades of painful IUD insertions,* the obvious-to-many pain of the procedure is finally being looked at seriously. Doctors followed outdated medical guidance, largely unsupported by research, that the pain was not significant. The true pain of a procedure that (for the doctor) is quick, relatively easy was commonly minimize, resulting in signific…