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HSG- what's it like? Your experiences please
Hi there ladies,
I've just had my first appointment at a FC and have to have yet more blood tests and an HSG. I just wondered what your experiences are of this procedure? Is it painful, how long does it take, does it give useful information? My issues are around ovulation- Dr wanted to check on the quality and 'movement' of my eggs before prescribing clomid- does this sound familiar to anyone? Am feeling a bit overwhelmed, but after 13 months, I'll do anything I have to!
Thank you xx
I've just had my first appointment at a FC and have to have yet more blood tests and an HSG. I just wondered what your experiences are of this procedure? Is it painful, how long does it take, does it give useful information? My issues are around ovulation- Dr wanted to check on the quality and 'movement' of my eggs before prescribing clomid- does this sound familiar to anyone? Am feeling a bit overwhelmed, but after 13 months, I'll do anything I have to!
Thank you xx
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I went home after that and took more painkillers and went to bed with a hot water bottle, so it eased off pretty quickly and I was fine the next day.
Hope it is much better for you. Good luck
I had a much more positive experience. It involved wearing one of those smocks (like you have on at hair-dressers! Lying on the table and having a very small tube inserted. I hardly felt that. Then they push the dye through the tube, into you uterus and out through your fallopian tubes. This was painful, but very, very quick- I would kind-of equate it to about 3 times as painful as nettle stings??? (only thing I can think of!!. I find gum injections at the dentist more unpleasant.
I also got my results straight away.
I would guess that the "movement" of your eggs the gynae is referring to, might mean testing for ovulation using bloods and ultrasound scans?? I had an u/s to see if there were any cysts and follicles developing, then follicle tracking when I started clomid (thats cool, as I had never really known whether I ovulated or not-except for the one time I got pg- and now I know I did!)
So go for it and think of the results rather than the investigations.
T x
I don't know about you Mrs H but I cant wait for mine whether it hurts like Mrs Doc's did or is not too bad like Windy Miller's. I just want to get a BFP and get one NOW!!
Well mine wasn't bad at all. Apart from the initial slight discomfort of the speculum (like what they use for a smear test,) I never felt the tube go in and didn't feel anything when the dye went in either. Piece of cake really. Afew slight cramps afew hours later but didn't require any paracetamol or anything, oh and abit of spotting. Although a friend of mine said hers was very painful, everyone has different a different anatomy and pain threshold. Honestly, don't worry - just relax and i'm sure you'll be fine!
Holl xxx
I haven't got a date yet Emmie- I have to wait for AF and then phone for an appointment which will be before CD12. AF is due around Tuesday next week, but is sometimes a bit shy, so may be longer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's within the next couple of weeks though! Please do keep in touch and let me know when yours is! xxx
I took Ibuprofen before I went (about half an hour), and then some more that evening.
It's totally worth getting it done, as then you'll know better what's going on (or not!)
Good luck
xxx
It's my birthday next week and I just feel like I'm soon going to be too old to try anything other than IVF. Hubs and I always talked about having a big family, but it seems to be increasinly unlikely. It's always 2 steps forward, 1 step back. Oh, CD1 is just so hard!! xx
How old are you going to be, if you don't mind me asking? xx
KayeCee- I'm really interested in hearing more about getting your HSG done privately. If you don't mind, please could you tell me some more about how this worked? Did you just have to pay for that and then get the rest of the treatment back on the NHS? I'm not sure how well private and nhs services work together. How did you find the right consultant? It would feel good to be doing something positive again!
Thanks xx
youll be fine!!
they put you in a wonderfully attractive smock/theatre gown and you lie on a table with your legs in the air while they put a little tube thru your foo-foo hehe
not bad really, i got my results there and then too xxx
I watched on of the "Cherry does....." programmes on BBC last night and a lot of the issues were made by 'society'. I think society expects us to have our families done and dusted by 30, but if you look back, lots of women were still having babies in their 40s over 50 years ago (My gran was 41 when she had my mum). So I guess what I'm trying to say is, age is only a number. I try to weigh it up by thinking about what I can provide for/ how I can cope/ what I'm able to offer a baby that I wouldn't have been/ had 15 years ago (even 10 years ago!).
Simply put, when wake up on your 35th birthday, your eggs aren't going to drop down dead!!
Saying all that, though, I completely empathise with your feelings. I am 33 and worry about edging into my late 30's and have resigned myself to a smaller family.
Oh, and move to Shropshire- I have had no problem with waiting lists. Fertility clinic have been great too.
The point about your next appt is def one to bear in mind but I got around this by a few grovelling phone calls to his secretary. A lot of these consultants work privately too so I phoned her, told her I was paying privately and that I was willing to also pay for a follow up consultation (privately) to bring my NHS appt forward so that we could move onto the next stage quicker. After building up a bit of a rapport with her she actually brought our NHS appt forward by a good few months (he'd added another clinic one afternoon and she called and gave me the first appt). Unfortunately, you have to be really persistent with getting the appts that you want but it can be done. I was also told I could ringthe (NHS) hospital weekly to try and get a cancellation but I never had any joy doing that.
Let me know if you need any more info! Good luck x