05/13/2026
"All pain options should be discussed with every patient, every time [...] Comprehensive pain management counseling includes offering patients the option to undergo gynecological procedures under intravenous sedation or under monitored or general anesthesia when and where available..."
At NECPH, we offer conscious sedation and other anesthetic options for routine exams as well as procedures like colposcopy, IUD placement and pap smears.
Patients’ experience of pain during birth and ob/gyn procedures may relate to a perceived loss of control or a clinician’s lack of concern.