I called my OB/GYN to schedule my HSG and the receptionist said she'd have the scheduler call me back, but she also mentioned not to have sex before the HSG. I hadn't read that anywhere in the paperwork they'd given me or online. Is this a don't? Are there any other do's or don't's I should be aware of?
S/P L salpingo-oophorectomy w/ septic torsion 1999, dx moderate to severe Crohn's dz 2004. DH S/P hypospadic sx w/ multiple subsequent scar tissue removals, S/P herniorrhaphy. Married on 10/7/2006! TTC since May 2011; abnormal SA #1, better SA #2, normal HSG 7/2012, dx MFI/ low egg count, IUI!
My nurse told me today to refrain from sex before my HSG because I am having it done on CD11. It's no ideal but I have to get an SIS too and it was the only way we could get the scheduling to work with my job and the availability of radiology at the hospital for the HSG so I could have both done this cycle. So I'm not sure if abstinence is recommended before all HSG procedures, but I was definitely told no sex before mine.
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I was told no sex! I agree that you should just take the rest of the day off and plan to relax. People had told me it was no big deal and I planned to head back to work right after (I work in the hospital). Unfortunately, I have epilepsy and had a seizure during the procedure due to the pain and probably the stress/anxiety leading up to it. Needless to say, DH had to come pick me up. I wish I would've just taken the day off. Instead the RN had to walk me back to my office and now all my co-workers know about IF. It definitely shouldn't be too much pain to handle but take advil. I know my experience was VERY rare.
2 year TTC journey with successful IVF in Nov 2012- B/G Twins!
Baby Boy diagnosed with omphalocele and diaphragmatic hernia
Born at 32 weeks due to PROM. Emergency c-section due to prolapsed cord.
Said Goodbye to our sweet Bennett after 5 short hours.
I was told no sex to make sure there was no chance of a fertilized egg floating around in there. They were worried that if one existed, it could be flushed into the abdominal cavity and cause no end of havoc. And a hpt wouldn't pick up a just-fertilized egg.
Other than that, I second the Advil advice. I did bring my own pad, but nothing leaked out afterward, so don't be worried if you do/don't leak. I was also told to expect some spotting, but dont remember any. GL!
I had mine a week or so ago. My doc said you can have sex using a condom, but otherwise not.
Mine was no big deal at all. I was so worried about it, very anxious about any pain, but it truly was nothing for me. I hardly felt a thing. I had very minor cramps later in the day that I probably wouldn't have even noticed had I not been expecting them. I did take Tylenol beforehand, so perhaps that's why it was so easy.
Good luck!
Me: 35, DH: 34, Started TTC #1 since November '11
Several Clomid/Femara rounds, then fresh IVF September '12
Fresh IVF #1: chemical pregnancy, FET #1: ectopic, methotrexate
FET #2 resulted in our amazing baby boy Levi, born on 11/3/13 at 8 lbs, 5 oz. He is our everything!
Echoing what everyone else said on taking tylenol or motrin before hand.
I was never told no sex before hand, but then again I was not told much before hand - other than to expect it to be uncomfortable.
Good luck! You'll feel much better once it's completed. I know I did.
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up." TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012 IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized! ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597 12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
Just made the appointment last week and they mentioned no sex 2 days before test. Good Luck!
3T January Siggy Challenge: New Years Resolutions TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
Me (33) Sept 2012 - DX Low ovulation/progesterone, Luteal Phase Defect. HSG 5/2012: both tubes are open, cervix and lining look good; September 2014 DX Hashimoto's; November 2014: PCOS IR *** DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
*** 2004 Cyrosurgery, LEEP
May 2012 - HSG Clear; June 2012 - Appointment with RE July 2012 - October 2012 - Clomid 50mg W/ TI & Progesterone 3 mature follicles- BFN January 2013 IUI #1 (900,000 post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 2 mature follicles - BFN February 2013 IUI #2 (1.3 Mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 4 mature follicles - BFN March 2013 IUI #1-3 (2.5 mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, Baby Aspirin (lining thinned) TI & Progesterone - 2 mature follicles BFN April 2013 Benched due to cyst, May 2013 WTF appointment June 2013 DH SA mild MFI break for 2 months to re-test; August 2013 - DH SA 36 Mil count, 36% Motility, Morp 2% September - December 2013 - Mental sanity Break January 2014 - IUI #4 switches to natural due to scheduling conflict Femara TI & Progesterone - 1 mature follicle - BFN May 2014-June 2014 - DH Appointment w/ Urologist to check Bi-lateral Varicocele; 2nd opinion w/ another urologist - bi-lateral varicocele dx is slight no surgery July 2014 DH starts clomid 25mg daily SA 53.8 Mil count, Motility 37%, Morph 3%; September 2014 DH Repeat SA after being on clomid for 3 months 42 Mil Count, Motility 36%, Morph 2% October 2014 Me: Hashimoto's DX, DH taken off clomid;November 2014 Me: new RE PCOS IR Diagnosis December 2014: IUI #4 Follitism 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, BFMFN January 2015: IUI #5 Gonal-F 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, Another BFMFN onto IUI #6
::blinks:: Are those tickers counting the ages of your cats???????
Yes, I made tickers for my cats. I wanted to see if they worked right or not, lol.
Thanks for the advice, everyone! I'm looking at getting scheduled for next week, so we'll see how it goes!
S/P L salpingo-oophorectomy w/ septic torsion 1999, dx moderate to severe Crohn's dz 2004. DH S/P hypospadic sx w/ multiple subsequent scar tissue removals, S/P herniorrhaphy. Married on 10/7/2006! TTC since May 2011; abnormal SA #1, better SA #2, normal HSG 7/2012, dx MFI/ low egg count, IUI!
Re: No sex before HSG, and any other advice?
Take Tylenol before you go.
Bring your own pad.
::blinks:: Are those tickers counting the ages of your cats???????
No one mentioned not having sex to me. You really need to take advil before the appt. And plan to relax the rest of the day.
full time stepmom to SS1 and SS2 since 2010
married since 2011
TTC since 7/2011 (no planned bc since 2008)
HSG 11/2011: one blocked tube
S/A 2/2012 and retest S/A 3/2012: normal
Bloodwork: normal
2nd HSG 5/2012: clear
Femara cycle 5mg #1 7/14/12 + IUI #1 7/23/12 = bfn
New RE appt 8/14/12
IVF #1 meds 8/30/12. ER 9/14/2012: 7 retrieved, 6 fertilized. ET 9/19/12: 1 perfect embryo 5dt.
Beta #1 BFP! 97
Beta #2 234
Beta #3 4937
ultrasound #1 heart beat 127
10/20/12 graduated!!!
EDD 6/7/12
Team PINK!!
I was told no sex to make sure there was no chance of a fertilized egg floating around in there. They were worried that if one existed, it could be flushed into the abdominal cavity and cause no end of havoc. And a hpt wouldn't pick up a just-fertilized egg.
Other than that, I second the Advil advice. I did bring my own pad, but nothing leaked out afterward, so don't be worried if you do/don't leak. I was also told to expect some spotting, but dont remember any. GL!
Antagonist IVF 7 retrieved, 4 fert w/ICSI&AH, 2 blasts transferred. Beta #1 9/20: 367 Beta #2 9/22: 841
I had mine a week or so ago. My doc said you can have sex using a condom, but otherwise not.
Mine was no big deal at all. I was so worried about it, very anxious about any pain, but it truly was nothing for me. I hardly felt a thing. I had very minor cramps later in the day that I probably wouldn't have even noticed had I not been expecting them. I did take Tylenol beforehand, so perhaps that's why it was so easy.
Good luck!
Echoing what everyone else said on taking tylenol or motrin before hand.
I was never told no sex before hand, but then again I was not told much before hand - other than to expect it to be uncomfortable.
Good luck! You'll feel much better once it's completed. I know I did.
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
TTC since 10/2010 (Rhythm method since 2007)
September 2014 DX Hashimoto's; November 2014: PCOS IR
***
DH (37) Sept 2012 SA Normal; October 2014 Mild MFI count 42 Million, Motility 36%, Morphology 2%. Clomid 50mg,
2004 Cyrosurgery, LEEP
July 2012 - October 2012 - Clomid 50mg W/ TI & Progesterone 3 mature follicles- BFN
January 2013 IUI #1 (900,000 post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 2 mature follicles - BFN
February 2013 IUI #2 (1.3 Mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, TI & Progesterone 4 mature follicles - BFN
March 2013 IUI #1-3 (2.5 mil post wash) Clomid 50mg, Baby Aspirin (lining thinned) TI & Progesterone - 2 mature follicles BFN
April 2013 Benched due to cyst, May 2013 WTF appointment
June 2013 DH SA mild MFI break for 2 months to re-test; August 2013 - DH SA 36 Mil count, 36% Motility, Morp 2%
September - December 2013 - Mental sanity Break
January 2014 - IUI #4 switches to natural due to scheduling conflict Femara TI & Progesterone - 1 mature follicle - BFN
May 2014-June 2014 - DH Appointment w/ Urologist to check Bi-lateral Varicocele; 2nd opinion w/ another urologist - bi-lateral varicocele dx is slight no surgery
July 2014 DH starts clomid 25mg daily SA 53.8 Mil count, Motility 37%, Morph 3%;
September 2014 DH Repeat SA after being on clomid for 3 months 42 Mil Count, Motility 36%, Morph 2%
October 2014 Me: Hashimoto's DX, DH taken off clomid;November 2014 Me: new RE PCOS IR Diagnosis
December 2014: IUI #4 Follitism 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, BFMFN
January 2015: IUI #5 Gonal-F 75iu 7 days, TI, IUI & Progesterone, Another BFMFN onto IUI #6
Yes, I made tickers for my cats. I wanted to see if they worked right or not, lol.
Thanks for the advice, everyone! I'm looking at getting scheduled for next week, so we'll see how it goes!