# getting an IUD (ParaGuard) placed, anxious

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-iud-paraguard-placed-anxious/718291>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 22, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-iud-paraguard-placed-anxious/718291 "2015-04-22T15:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-iud-paraguard-placed-anxious/718291/21 "2015-05-09T15:36:14Z")

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[http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/brief-history-iud-strange-ways-weve-tried-stop-pregnancy](http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/brief-history-iud-strange-ways-weve-tried-stop-pregnancy)  
History of the IUD

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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-iud-paraguard-placed-anxious/718291/22 "2015-05-10T02:23:52Z")

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> [@April\_R](#):
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> I cried, passed out and puked.  
> Super awesome ☹

Sounds like my IUD insertion. Sorry it sucked. ☹  
I was very very nervous when it came time to remove it, thinking it would be just as painful, but removal was super quick and painless, at least for me.

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