General anesthetic for IUD insertion?

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Has anyone gone private and been put to sleep for an IUD insertion?

I refuse to go back on hormonal contraception after years of feeling awful and depressed. DP seems unfortunately to not be getting on with condoms despite trying for 7 months and so for me, an IUD seems like the best option.

However, there is absolutely no way in hell that I can go and have it fitted without sedation or something. No. Way.

I had to have a colposcopy a couple of years ago that left me traumatised afterwards and I have a very low pain threshold. It's just not going to happen.

Thinking of contacting some private clinics but is this something they would offer?

I barely felt anything when i had my coil fitted stomach felt like mild period pains for a little while after but notjing whilst it was inserted.

Nothing near having a colposcopy.

I don't remember it hurting at all having an IUD fitted. The general anaesthetic would be more risky.

It was no worse than a smear test for me. Has 10 years of amazing contraception out of it.

Yes. I needed a GA for Mirena Coil replacement due to excruciating pain and local anathesics not working. After 6 months of faffing about I did finally get agreement to have it done on NHS but went private to get back some control. It was the same surgeon by the way just had a private room and people were nice to me.

I would ask your gp whether it would be possible, you may need a referral to gynae?I was not like the above PP and getting it inserted was painful. I'm not getting another one. I think they do a specialist clinic for smear tests here where you can have gas and air, but not sure about contraception.

I had a GA for combined hysterescopy and IUD insertion - after a colposcopy (that left me bleeding continuously for literally months), I couldn’t bear even a smear.
What I really wanted was a hysterectomy, but that’s another story.

I did. It was to have my old one out and a new one fitted. I had had a lot of pain with the insertion of my first one, and I’m not generally fussy about pain, more of a “meh, suck it up how bad can it be” approach, but it had been very unpleasant. My dr was neutral about me having it done under a GA but told me afterwards it had taken about 20 mins and there was no way she would have been able to do it without me being under. I had an unusually tight cervix or something - there was a specific reason for it being so painful. I’m extremely glad I went down the GA route.

I know people are saying they didn't feel a thing but I have read too many horror stories including a particularly graphic one on the Telegraph website that I could not bring myself to make the appointment let alone actually go. Even thinking about it makes me feel queasy and light headed.

Ive emailed the only private health care place I can think of to see if it is something they could offer - is there not something like what you used to get at the dentists to put you out for just a few minutes as opposed to a full GA which I admit seems overkill?!

A little off topic but isn't IUD still hormonal contraception?

@albama, it'll be the copper coil which is hormone free

op you might be able to contact one of the family planning clinics like a Sandyford and see if they have any contacts in the private sector, I'm sure they'll have had people needing GA so you might get a quicker response.

Errrrr I think the IUS is hormonal but the IUD releases copper.

Yes the copper coil is not hormonal.
You could see if there was an option of having a sedative and a painkiller - you will recover much faster and it will be less risky than a GA.

I think it depends who does it. A gynaecologist is surgically trained to a higher standard so possibly gentler.

Yes had GA for mirena coil due to tight retroverted cervix and being in too much pain when they tried inserting a normal coil last time.