TTC after 35
danieleandwayne
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HSG tomorrow
danieleandwayne
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in TTC after 35
I was totally okay with this until I spoke to a friend on the phone this evening and she told me it was more painful than childbirth.
Seriously?!?
I have a really high pain tolerance and I will put up with pretty much anything to get this baby going, but I think I would have been happy to have been surprised by the pain instead of going into it knowing that I'm going to have a ton of it-- just thinking about it makes my uterus tense up.
Anyone have stories about how not-painful there HSG was? Or how it only lasted 3 minutes?
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Me:39 MH:39
DD born 6/1/2013 after 15 months of TTC with one loss.
TTC #2: BFP 4/22 but stalled growth and no HB at 9w3d on 5/30
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Re: HSG tomorrow
I remember it being pretty quick but also very painful, sorry. Not as painful as labor pains, but pretty painful. I had mine at CD5 and I think my cervix was closed shut that time of the month, hence the pain. It was the catheter that hurt, once they took it out, the pain vanished. If I had to do it again I would go close to my ovulation time, so my cervix is more open. I've heard from other women who only had mild discomfort. I think it helps a lot to take a high dose of Motrin about an hour before. I only took over-the-counter Aleve and it didn't do anything.
The upside is I got pregnant shortly after my HSG. It has a therapeutic effect and helps flush out your plumbing
Good luck!
It seriously didnt hurt worse than a menstral cramp. It is very quick too, 5 minutes. I took 400 mg of Tylenol an hour before.
good luck
I think for some people, it is very painful. I was not one of those people. I took a couple Ibuprofen before the appointment (as they should've advised you to do as well.) It was a little uncomfortable, but nothing too painful--it lasted maybe 5 minutes? It was my very first procedure I had done and the doctor explained what was going on, as I was watching it on the screen--pretty neat! I was grateful for taking the rest of the day off work, as I was kinda crampy afterwards.
Good luck!
TTC since 10/2010
IUIs # 1-5 = BFFN
IVF # 1(July 2012) = BFN
IVF # 2 (November 2012) = BFP (MIssed MC D&C @ 8w3d on 1/10/13)
Thank you, Ladies!
This helps a lot! I read up about the procedure, but textbooks don't give you a sense of real-life experience.
And I need MH to pick up some Extra-Strength Motrin...
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Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
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Good luck with the test today!
I had the experience of it feeling like uncomfortable menstrual cramps. It was definitely uncomfortable, but for me it wasn't worse than that. I hope you have as pain-free experience as possible...