Is an MVA procedure painful?
Women undergoing an MVA generally experience three sources of discomfort: anxiety, cervical dilatation and uterine cramping. These sources require different pain-management strategies. The health-care provider should create a pain-management plan, together with the woman, in advance to reduce any physical pain and anxiety and to minimize medication-induced risks and side effects. Pain during a uterine evacuation with MVA can be reduced with a combination of verbal support, oral medications, local anesthetic to the cervix (paracervical block) and a gentle clinical technique.
