What to expect-tv u/s (PCOS)

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

I'm having a transvaginal u/s tonight to help confirm a preliminary PCOS diagnosis. I'm wondering if any ladies who have had one done (and could see the screen) could actually tell if they had cysts? I remember having one done when I was a teenager and the tech literally counted my follies out loud, but I was so uncomfortable that I never looked at the screen.

mmb248 · October 2012

The tech pointed it out, and my doctor tried to show me the picture, but I couldn't see it. It was all just black/white/gray fuzz to me. I nodded and went along with it. Sort of like Rachel on Friends when she can't see her baby on the u/s.

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

mmb248:
The tech pointed it out, and my doctor tried to show me the picture, but I couldn't see it. It was all just black/white/gray fuzz to me. I nodded and went along with it. Sort of like Rachel on Friends when she can't see her baby on the u/s.

ha, I love that analogy!!

madasm0530 · October 2012

I had an u/s a couple years ago to diagnosis PCOS and I could see fuzzy stuff but not cysts. I could see the screen and she pointed them out to me. In comparision - I had u/s a month or so ago to see our nugget and it was completley different.

GL to you!!

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

madasm0530:
I had an u/s a couple years ago to diagnosis PCOS and I could see fuzzy stuff but not cysts. I could see the screen and she pointed them out to me. In comparision - I had u/s a month or so ago to see our nugget and it was completley different.
GL to you!!

thanks!! I've been lurking a long time and loved hearing about your BFP a few months after you started metformin. FX for another one soon!!

mmb248 · October 2012

MrandMrsFireFighter:

mmb248:
The tech pointed it out, and my doctor tried to show me the picture, but I couldn't see it. It was all just black/white/gray fuzz to me. I nodded and went along with it. Sort of like Rachel on Friends when she can't see her baby on the u/s.

ha, I love that analogy!!

Definitely one of my fave episodes! I used to tell people I was going to be like Rachel one day, sitting in the stirrups, crying because I couldn't see my baby on the u/s. Now, I'm like, "Dangit, I'm ready to fake see an u/s baby!"

madasm0530 · October 2012

MrandMrsFireFighter:
madasm0530:
I had an u/s a couple years ago to diagnosis PCOS and I could see fuzzy stuff but not cysts. I could see the screen and she pointed them out to me. In comparision - I had u/s a month or so ago to see our nugget and it was completley different.
GL to you!!
thanks!! I've been lurking a long time and loved hearing about your BFP a few months after you started metformin. FX for another one soon!!

awee. thanks. FX!

Good luck in you u/s!!

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

CLECyclist:

I'm getting transvaginal u/s once a week because I'm participating in a PCOS study. For my ultrasounds, it is very obvious that there are cysts.

thank you for sharing this! Have you noticed a pattern of more or less cysts at different points in your cycle, out of curiosity? I usually get positive OPKs 2 or 3 separate times a month and was curious if you had a correlation between those and your ultrasounds.

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

CLECyclist:
MrandMrsFireFighter:

thank you for sharing this! Have you noticed a pattern of more or less cysts at different points in your cycle, out of curiosity? I usually get positive OPKs 2 or 3 separate times a month and was curious if you had a correlation between those and your ultrasounds.

I have had two of the ultrasounds for the study and have another one tomorrow. I have not noticed a change between this and last week's u/s. I actually (almost)never get positive OPKs. The last time I ovulated on my own was last November. I'll try and snap a photo tomorrow.

i'd love to see it if you could.

Please tell me if this is strange. I have a near positive OPK and EWCM. I don't temp but I know there's a possibility I could be close to Oing. Weird if I bring my preseed and ask them to use that in case of the standard KY in case they see a mature follie?

MrandMrsFireFighter · October 2012

CLECyclist:
MrandMrsFireFighter:
CLECyclist:

MrandMrsFireFighter:

thank you for sharing this! Have you noticed a pattern of more or less cysts at different points in your cycle, out of curiosity? I usually get positive OPKs 2 or 3 separate times a month and was curious if you had a correlation between those and your ultrasounds.

I have had two of the ultrasounds for the study and have another one tomorrow. I have not noticed a change between this and last week's u/s. I actually (almost)never get positive OPKs. The last time I ovulated on my own was last November. I'll try and snap a photo tomorrow.

i'd love to see it if you could.

Please tell me if this is strange. I have a near positive OPK and EWCM. I don't temp but I know there's a possibility I could be close to Oing. Weird if I bring my preseed and ask them to use that in case of the standard KY in case they see a mature follie?

I wouldn't worry about the lube, seriously. I think the gel is specific for ultrasounds because it is a conductor of sorts.

ah, good point.

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