every one of my transfers/IUI's and internals has been painful - my cervix had, until recently, been "difficult" as everyone labelled it. it was twisted off to one side and was higher than normal even at ovulation. it was horrible - i'd end up bleeding from cervical bruising at almost every transfer, and each transfer took at least three of us working together (my with hands under my butt to change angle, hubby with his hand on my stomach pressing down (again for angle - when it was FET or fresh, this was replaced with the u/s pressing down), nurse or FS (depending on whether it was iui or ivf) with the speculum (usually upside down) and swabs to flick the cervix into view. was awful!
our 7th IUI (7 IUI's, 3 embryo transfers) resulted in BFP and towards the end of that pg, and during labour, internals were horrific. my ob ended up knowing how to find my cervix - by pushing DD's head down onto it! the registrar couldn't find it at all! he ended up having to get middie to do the internals while i was being induced after i told him to get his flippin hands away from me cos he was causing me so much pain trying to find it.
on the upside, labour and birth appear to have corrected the positioning of my cervix somewhat - my pap at 8 weeks was simple (omg, i was soooooo geared up for pain and bleeding again!), and i can now find my own cervix which i've never been able to do before.
hopefully your next transfer (or the practice one to start with) is much less painful. keep those things in mind that i had done - hands under butt to lift it more inline with where it needs to be, pressure downwards etc. small things, but they help a bit...
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