The anticipation was WAY worse than the procedure itself. The weird thing was the prep nurse and I had mutual friends, like her boyfriend is one of my co-workers. The whole thing took less than 10 minutes from start to I was washing the betadine off to put clothes back on. I reccommend it to everyone who is done having kids. As far as the ice thing goes, I am using a double zip lock freezer bad with filtered ice cubes. Been working so far. More to follow. Nick