saline sonogram vs mock transfer

finallyreilly

I had a mock transfer before our first IVF.  Does that qualify as a saline sonogram?  It seems like they do the exact same thing for it.  My new insurance is going to require it before I can get a referral so I was wondering what you all thought.

 TIA

krissyh21

With a mock transfer they insert a catheter and measure the opening of the uterus. With a Saline sonogram they insert a catheter and insert saline to see the saline flow on the monitor to check for scar tissue or other abnormalities in the uterus. So they are 2 totally different things.

Neither one are painful. Good luck! 

epphd

krissyh21:

With a mock transfer they insert a catheter and measure the opening of the uterus. With a Saline sonogram they insert a catheter and insert saline to see the saline flow on the monitor to check for scar tissue or other abnormalities in the uterus. So they are 2 totally different things.

Neither one are painful. Good luck! 

Precisely.

finallyreilly

When I had my mock transfer done, they inserted the catheter first, but then they used saline so they could measure the size of my uterus and see if there where any polyps so they knew where to place the egg.  I wonder if my RE does a combination.  I meet with her next week for our DE consultation so I guess I will ask then.

juliannat

Hi Kate, been thinking about you. My procedure sounds a lot like yours  - both at the same time.

igh0318

As Krissy said, they are two separate procedures but they may have done them both at the same apointment.  I had mine done together on two occasions.  You could certainly check with them and see if they did both procedures.