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Menopause and running

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Velociraptor 17 May 7:08pm, 17 May 2025 75,416 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor That's a shame, @KatieB It does happen from time to time and it's impossible to predict beforehand which women will be tricky to put a coil in. I gave everyone local anaesthetic to the cervix no matter how relaxed they seemed to be or how many babies/coils they'd had in the past.
fraggle 17 May 7:22pm, 17 May 2025 4,015 posts	Quote Pin fraggle Ah my bad, it’s just typical that we often get ‘blamed’ when there are difficulties
sallykate 17 May 7:26pm, 17 May 2025 17,072 posts	Quote Pin sallykate I hope mine goes OK; having had an appointment cancelled at short notice and then rescheduled for March 2026, I then had that one cancelled in favour of a 21 July appt. Which has now also been cancelled and it's now supposed to be 14 July. I wonder if someone's have a bad time with the system, as I've had eight messages about it on the NHS app in the last two days!
ITG 🇮🇸 17 May 8:02pm, 17 May 2025 18,667 posts	Quote Pin ITG 🇮🇸 March 2026? 😮😮😮 you could gestate a whole baby by then.
KatieB 17 May 8:39pm, 17 May 2025 8,916 posts	Quote Pin KatieB @Velociraptor the dr did put some kind of gel anaesthetic on my cervix and although it wasn’t the most comfortable thing I’ve ever had done I felt like I was relaxed. However my uterus/cervix were not. I’m not totally sure why or how that stops the process.
Velociraptor 17 May 8:45pm, 17 May 2025 75,418 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor If the internal cervical opening is tight sometimes putting gel into the cervical canal relaxes it, but not always. More effective local anaesthetic with an injection into the nerves that supply the cervix lets the person fitting the coil dilate the opening without causing pain and makes successful fitting more likely, but it's a procedure that needs specialised training and equipment beyond standard coil fitting.
KatieB 18 May 6:14am, 18 May 2025 8,917 posts	Quote Pin KatieB Thanks for explaining V’rap. That makes sense. I had an injection when I had a uterus wall biopsy and they had no problem with getting in to where they needed to go. That was at the hospital though.
KatieB 30 May 10:27am, 30 May 2025 8,918 posts	Quote Pin KatieB Had my second go at having the mirena coil fitted yesterday. Different dr and not a work day so much more zen for me. The technique and explanation for the fitting was definitely more suited to me. I also felt a higher level of calm from the dr. Anyway it was successful and I am hopeful it will suit me. Mild-moderate stomach cramps since but taking pain relief and using hottie.
runnerbean 30 May 11:02am, 30 May 2025 47,373 posts	Quote Pin runnerbean Good news Katie. Takes a few months to settle but worth it if it works for sure.
Velociraptor 30 May 11:11am, 30 May 2025 75,544 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor That's good, Katie ION, I've been off my HRT for almost two weeks now. My stash was going to run out before my GP appointment, and although the brand I've been taking can be bought from online pharmacies and isn't expensive I'd have had to have lied about having had a consultation about HRT with my GP in the last 12 months and an ethical provider would check. I reframed it as, "It will be useful to have had a month off it before I see the GP because that's long enough to know whether the symptoms I started taking it for come back." So far, no problem.