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Having my first HSG/Hysterosalpingogram..Added Update pg4 with outcome of my HSG

Hi Wanna, I don't know if I have already put on lttc1 but I had mine a couple of weeks ago, and I was so nervous, but there really wasn't any need to be, The worst bit was when they put the catheter in it was like a really deep smear, unluckily for me the balloon on the first catheter didn't work so they had to take it out and put a new one in, but apart from that it was absolutely fine, I would do it again if I had to. They will explain it all to you and go through it with you in detail before hand but really there is nothing to it. I wish you luck and hope everything is clear for you :)
 
'unlike Twinkle my husband wasn't allowed in due to the radiation so I am guessing it depends on each Hospital as to weather they can come in, so it was a good job I didn't need him xx
 
@Twinkle & MsHowley, I am glad that you girls had good experiences when you got your HSG's done. Unfortunatly my dr's office wont alow for DH to be in the room well I get the X-ray done. I also have to take an antibiotic and start it one or 2 days before the HSG to prevent infection. They are having me sign a consent form for the HSG and it says that there is a 1% chance that the procedure could cause an infection, so that is low and with me taking antibiotics I would assume it is highly unlikely that I could get an infection. They also are recommending that i take tyelnol or advil before the procedure, which I will definatly be doing... Wish me luck girls... I will be sure to update the thread after Friday to let you girls know how it went...
 
Best wishes on your HSG. I had one done this summer and it wasn't too bad. They had me take I think 600mg of ibuprofen an hour or so before, but no antibiotics.

For me, the dye clearly went into one tube but not the other. They had me move to that other side a little, trying to see if the dye would go there. I left the procedure thinking I had one bad tube, but the report from the radiologist suggested that the balloon may have been what blocked the tube from receiving the dye.

That to say, if I had to do it over again I would totally have asked them to try moving the balloon or something. Better a little more discomfort than to walk away not knowing the status of both tubes. Just a thought....in case that happens to you.

The procedure itself wasn't too bad - uncomfortable and awkward but tolerable. I was a little crampy afterwards and wanted to rest for a while, but that was it.

I hope yours goes well!!
 
Thanks again for sharing your stories girls...:flower:

Did the DR tell anyone not to have sex for a certain amount of time after the HSG?? :shrug: My DR didnt say anything about this so I am going to have to ask about it when I have the HSG done....
 
Thanks again for sharing your stories girls...:flower:

Did the DR tell anyone not to have sex for a certain amount of time after the HSG?? :shrug: My DR didnt say anything about this so I am going to have to ask about it when I have the HSG done....

They didn't say anything to be about that!
 
No the sex thing is ok staright away if you feel like it, but I didn't for a few days to be honest, It was only the 3 weeks before which we couldn't and it was torture especially when I was ovulating :) xx
 
:hi:

So glad you have ventured more on the LTTC threads. It's nice to see you over here! The TTC threads have a bit too many :bfp: s for my likings. Everyone else comes and goes, then you feel stuck there :wacko:.

Hope your HSG goes well, which I'm sure it will because you ovulate regularly.
 
WannaBe- Good Luck! The procedure was not as bad as I thought after reading some posts. You are just really crampy. I was not told that I could not have sex afterward, but I would give it atleast a day because the sticky honey like fluid is still coming out..... bring a pad/liner!
 
Hi wannabe
I haven't had the procedure but just wanted to wish you good luck for friday :hugs:
I'll keep everything crossed it goes well and you get your :bfp: after
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Thanks again girls for the well wishes and for sharing your experiences with me...:flower:

I will do an update after Friday morning to let you ladies know how everything went...:winkwink:
 
Good luck wannabeprego!

I am having my done on Thursday. Hopefully we both get our :bfp:!
 
Well girls, DH had his SA this morning and he had "performance anxiety" because it was done in the DR's office because we are an hour away from the DR's office so it would of been to difficult to try to do it at home. He said they had porn movies in the room and the wall paper had naked ladies on the walls...LOL...I have never seen wall paper like that before. DH thought it might of come from the 1970's...LOL...:haha: He also said he had a hard time because he could hear nurses walking back and forth and talkings, so it was a struggle, but he was successful. He also got paranoid because he said the ceiling had a tile pushed over and he thought he was being video taped or something, so he got all paranoid that he was being watched....:haha: He abstained for 5 days before the SA, but he didnt feel like he produced that much this time...So now we have to wait for the results and I am hoping he has good :spermy: numbers.....

So I had my HSG dye test after his appointment. I did eat breakfast although I probably should of eaten a little bit more. I took some really strong RX pain meds that I had left over from when I had my gall bladder surgery and an anti-anxiety medication to keep me calm. So I was pretty drowsy, but I could still feel my nervse getting the best of me. I felt when they put this cleaning antiseptic stuff in there a few times, and it was unpleasent but not to bad. Than the real pain came when they pushed the dye in, I felt alot of pressure and like huge heavy cramps coming in long waves. I was crying out in agony, and the DR told me to take deep breathes, which helped a little bit. So when I was crying out in pain the DR would slow down on the dye and than she would push again. So after the procedure I got super dizzy, and got really hot and broke out in a cold sweat, I was seeing stars, felt like I might pass out and I had to ask the nurse to hand me the trash bucket and I threw up in it. They had me sit there for a few minutes and put me in a wheelchair and wheeled me into another room so I could lay down for a few minutes. The nurse brought me a juice box and some crackers to eat. So in conclusion I did not like the HSG, even though it only last a few minutes the pain when they were pushing in the dye was pretty bad, like severe cramps that last really long. DH wasnt allowed to be in the X-ray room because of the radiation.

The nurse said that it was normal to feel faint after and that I am not the only person that threw up after so that made me feel better. I think the pain, my nerves, the meds I took before the procedure and lack of food made me end up feeling pretty sick. Thank goodness DH was with me, and he sat with me after the procedure in the room after well i got myself together and he drove me home and also drove me to the appointment. I am glad that he was with me.

So the good news, One of my tubes is open and the dye flowed through and spilled out like it should. But the other tube hardly had any dye running through it, I could sort of see where it started to go through but never made it to the end. So the DR said it may be because the tube spasmed and stopped the dye from going through or of course I know it may be blocked. I also have one medium size lump and than one smaller one below it in my uterus that was able to be seen when my uterus was filled with dye.

So the DR wants me to come back in on Monday afternoon for another test. This one isnt supposed to be as difficult and it uses a Saline solution and a sonogram. It is called a "Saline Sonohysterography." It will give the DR a better look at the bumps in my uterus and I think it may be able to unblock the other tube as well....I am going to research the procedure to get more info on what it shows and I also want to research what the lumps could be on the side of my uterus....

So on the bright side at least I for sure know that one tube is open. The DR did mention me maybe needing surgery to fix whatever the issue is but of course I wont know for sure until she knows what is going on for sure. I also wonder if maybe the dye didnt flow into the one tube because I was freaking out and in pain, so it wasnt letting the dye flow through, where if i was relaxed than maybe it would of went through, that could be what she meant by it possibly spasming??:shrug:

Here is a picture of my HSG scan, and you can see the bumps on the right side of my uterus... I was able to see the dye start to flow through the other side of the tubes that are blocked but it never made it through to the end....:nope: I also was thinking how great it would be if I was pregnant and the bump on the right side of my uterus wall was a baby?? But I highly doubt it, I have no clue what it could be, I am going to do some internet research to see what the heck it could be...:shrug:



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Well that didn't sound like a pleasant procedure! I suppose at the very least, you're another step closer to getting answers.

It's interesting, the different approaches everyone has. I'm not having the dye inserted but the saline first. It's interesting that it's the opposite way for you. I hope the saline unblocks that tube for you!

I gotta say, the geeky nurse in me is analyzing the xrays and finding it very cool. :dohh:
 
I have no idea what I'm looking at in the pictures. I have my HSG scheduled for the 26th of October. I've got an ultrasound the week before so we'll have a clear picture about what's happening from that.

Sorry to hear your experience was so horrible :( :hugs:
 
So now I am obsessing over what the lump could be on the right side of my uterus (the triangle black shape is the inside of my uterus and the white bump shape on the right side is what I am talking about)

Of course the thought has crossed my mind that it could be a baby in there and I started a thread to ask girls if i could see their 5 week scan pics in the First Tri section and for opinions on what they think the bump thing could be in my uterus...I did a pregnancy test this morning, and I got a second line on 2 IC's and a faint line on an Answer test, than after I ate breakfast I almost threw up and was over the toilet dry heaving...

here is a link to the thread, any thoughts would be appreciated about what the hell is going on with me...


https://www.babyandbump.com/pregnan...-week-scan-pic-they-can-show-me-my-x-ray.html



I also know it could be a fibroid or a long list of other stuff..:wacko::shrug:
 
Maybe call the clinic and ask if they could do HCG levels? That would be a definitive answer at least. :)
 
Maybe call the clinic and ask if they could do HCG levels? That would be a definitive answer at least. :)

Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah i am going to call on Monday and talk to my DR to see if she will let me get an HCG blood test to find out for sure or at least put my mind at ease about what is really going on. I wanted to ask her some questions about what she thinks the lump/bump could be, she didnt offer any suggestions on what she thought it was when she looked at the X-rays from the HSG with me. :shrug:
 
Ok, so one of the girls on here asked me to do an OPK and I did just now for the hell of it...and Holy ShIT, it is positive 100%, I am only on CD 11 based on what I thought was my period and I have never ovulated on CD 11, I usually ovulate on CD 14 or 15 and even one time as late as CD 20..But never in the 2 years that I have been tracking my period did I ever ovulate on CD 11....This is nuts...I dont know what the hell to think of it???

Here is the OPK....Any thoughts on what the heck this is girls, Could i be pregnant????

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The first pic of the OPK was taken immediatly after dipping it into my urine and I looked at it a few minutes later and just as I thought the test line is darker than the control line... Wow, how odd... I even showed DH and he thinks it is weird... I always show him my OPK's to let him know when I am ovulating, so he knows all about it....LOL

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I did an OPK this morning and it still looks positive and I have been having mega cramping on my lower right side so I am wondering if I am ovulating super early this month?? Maybe the HSG is making me ovulate early, or maybe the antibiotics I am taking are affecting my OPK's??? I should be able to tell if I am ovulating for sure because eventually my OPK's would go to negative if I am... i usually get about 3 days in a row of positive OPK's before they go negative, so i am thinking like tomorrow or Tuesday they should go negative and it would help me figure out what could possibly be going on.

But, if the OPK's stay positive than something has to be up, and than I will for sure think I am probably pregnant???

Here is todays OPK, I think it still looks positive....

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I am going to try to see if I can get HCG bloods done soon and I am not doing the saline Sonohysterography tomorrow in case I am pregnant because I know it would not be safe to do so. I can always do it on another cycle if i need to, there is no rush to do it this month anyways....

I will be sure to update this thread if anything develops or if I find out for sure what is going on...

Thanks again to all of the ladies that have been following this thread and offering support and information. I really do appreciate it!! You ladies are all so wonderful!!!

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