HSG on Weds - nervous

[winogirl]

I have my HSG scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and I'm getting nervous. The office said they were sending something in the mail with directions (it's in a different area of the hospital than where I typically go to see my dr) and instructions (??)

My doctor didn't really explain anything about this test, what it entails or anything. I know lots of you ladies have had this done already so I shouldn't be freaking out but I kind of am. Any tips / hints on what to expect??

[luvmyponies]

I had no idea what I was in for either! I literally googled it while I was sitting in the waiting room. It was honestly not bad at all. I had some cramping when they injected the dye, but it was definitely tolerable. I didn't take any pain meds before, and just felt mildly crampy afterwards.

[wirt2cute]

When I had mine, it hurt but it was manageable. But I also had some really missed up tubes and because the dye was not going through properly, that is where my discomfort came from. I did take some otc pain meds 30 minutes before so the after was very mild cramping.

[winogirl]

thanks ladies. guess i'll plan on taking some advil or something beforehand.

[agpjt413]

No experience but wanted to wish you luck! Let us know how it goes!! winogirl

[flippinchica]

::Lurking::

When I had mine I took 500 mg of Alleve beforehand but ibuprofen would be fine too. They do use a speculum to put a catheter through your cervix. After that they center you under the xray and push dye into the catheter while shooting xrays. I had no pain but others have significant cramping when they push the dye especially if one or both tubes are blocked. If there is pain it is usually over very quickly. Then they took the catheter out and showed me the images. They gave me a pad since you will leak a bit of the dye for the rest of the day. You may want to bring your own pad since theirs may be the giant pillow type.
If you have any more questions tag or PM me.

[manderslvt]

Good luck winogirl! Let us know how it goes...I'll have mine sometime in the next couple of weeks!

[wannabmama]

Good luck winogirl I'm following to see how others have fared and hope yours goes smoothly! I'm a big wimp and getting my iud in was horrible so I'm dreading HSG but looking more like it's in my future!

[EmsMama15]

I've had two now (RE wanted to repeat because I'd had a c-section). My experience was like @clgsquared, the longest part was waiting for the doctor to come in. The actual procedure took less than 5 minutes. Mild cramping when they injected the dye. Leakage after - yuck. I took 800 mg Ibuprofen about 30 minutes prior both times, so maybe that helped too. Good luck!! I hope it goes well and is painless!

[winogirl]

EmsMama15, leakage after?? yuck. So I should wear a pad/liner just in case? I got the sheet last night which was just directions on where to go in the hospital and that I can drive myself and take 3 ibuprofen prior to the procedure.

[EmsMama15]

I honestly had very little leakage, but definitely bring a pad - or wear the gigantic one they'll give you.

[winogirl]

thanks ladies - good to know. sheesh

[URMySunshine77]

I hope that all goes smoothly!

[mom2boxers]

Good luck! I hope all goes well.

[happyktmom]

I had mine last month and was also freaking out. I'm a big baby with pain, so I was mostly worried about that. Take ibuprofen or aleve and you can take tylenol on top of one of those if you really want to. I just had some cramping for the 60 seconds the whole thing takes and no problems afterwards. Make sure you bring a pad with you because you'll be leaking the fluid they inject for a couple of days. Nothing warned me about that part!
Good luck and fx for wide open tubes!

[b0710]

winogirl - Good luck today!

[bearfootz]

Good luck! Maybe you're almost done. My experience, it hurt like hell, but thankfully it doesn't take that long. I had a whole team of people in the room and interns observing, that was fun. I had some cramping afterwards and agree that you'll need pads.

Hopefully everthing goes/went well for you.

[rnmommy]

Lots of luck today!

[winogirl]

Ugh. It sucked!! It was like all Of my worst period cramps ever consolidated into 15 minutes. She had a hard time getting past my cervix so maybe that added to tthe uncomfortable-ness. I hope I never have to do that again. I guesss good news is that everything looked "normal". Conversation with my dr afterward made me a little concerned, she had no clue what tests she had already ordered and what results she ha already seen. She threw out "maybe we just start you on clomid!" Randomly. I'll wait and see what she says once she reviews the cd3 results and then maybe ask to transfer to a RE

[nikolie93]

Sorry it sucked but now it's done! Glad things looked normal.

I would be a bit leery about the Dr too. "maybe we will just start you on clomid".. Say what??

[URMySunshine77]

I hope that all went well!

[wirt2cute]

winogirl how did everything go today? I hope that it wasn't too bad. Sending hugs for good results.

[wannabmama]

winogirl sorry it was miserable!! I had sympathy pains just reading your post.

And yeah that doc doesn't seem to be totally keyed in. Maybe she was just having an off day?! Hopefully you can get some info from the cd3 results and talk to her again to see whether it's time to move on. Good luck!

[winogirl]

Thanks ladies, I'm just glad it is over
I'm still having some cramping and a bit of bleeding which I hope stops soon. My plan is to wait and see what cd3 stuff says, have DH get his SA done and then evaluate if I need to get a new doctor.

[boobacat]

Glad it's over at least. I had two experiences with HSGs. One good one terrible. You can always use the information to take to an RE. You also will have slightly increased chances the next three months to conceive if all tests are normal. I conceived DS the month following my first hsg. The second one not only was not only terrible but did not have the same effect.

[luvmyponies]

winogirl, glad it's over. Knowing what I know now, I'd run from a doctor that casually throws around Clomid. My OB put me on 3 unmonitored cycles of Clomid, and silly me blindly trusted her. Then I start reading all the terrible things that can happen on unmonitored cycles of Clomid. Fortunately, none of that happened to me, but it's pretty scary that randomly prescribing that drug, unmonitored, with no discussion, is normal protocol for someone who can't get pregnant.

[winogirl]

boobacat, good to know - although my LP is all over the place so I'm not sure that just the HSG will be enough. I'll be hopeful though

luvmyponies, exactly! after everything I've heard here and at the old place clomid makes me nervous. My DR did say we'd have to talk about next steps but I didn't get the feeling it would be a big in-depth discussion or that she felt that clomid was a big deal.

bleeding has slowed down now - hopefully it will be completely done today. still a little cramp but i think it might all be in my head. lol

[flyliceandcoffee]

winogirl I'm glad it went okay and I hope you get your answers soon! Although your doc sounds confused for sure....

[lickwed]

winogirl I'm glad everything is clear. I hope your BFP is just around the corner.