Community› The Bump Message Boards› Trouble TTC
Trouble TTC
New Discussion

HSG and sono HSG By myself?

RazzyRNRazzyRN member
in Trouble TTC
hey ladies.. I am going for both these tests next week.. One on Monday and one on Wednesday.. My question is am I okay to go to these by myself? I am not sure if H will be able to get off work and we haven't told people about all this yet.



------------
* Razz *
Me 24: PCOS & elevated Prolactin --- H 28: SA great
Married <3 September 2012 -- TTC #1 Since September 2013
Femara 5mg + Ovidrel + TI + Progesterone = BFP!
Beta #1:  12/24  371  -  Beta #2:  12/26  898

Report Reply to Post

Re: HSG and sono HSG By myself?

  • RazzyRNRazzyRN member
    Thanks ketchup!! I'm just as glad! These are my last two tests yippeeee!



    ------------
    *     Razz *
    Me 24: PCOS & elevated Prolactin --- H 28: SA great
    Married <3 September 2012 -- TTC #1 Since September 2013
    Femara 5mg + Ovidrel + TI + Progesterone     = BFP!
    Beta #1:  12/24  371  -  Beta #2:  12/26  898

    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • typo31typo31 member
    edited September 2014
    I was alone and survived just fine. However, I did ask the nurse who was in the room to keep me distracted with a steady stream of talking/questions.

    (that didn't work and I totally cried, but not so much because it was hurting but because I was just anxious and a huge baby!)

    You'll do great!


    Edited for: words
    Report Reply
  • RazzyRNRazzyRN member
    Thanks ladies!!



    ------------
    *     Razz *
    Me 24: PCOS & elevated Prolactin --- H 28: SA great
    Married <3 September 2012 -- TTC #1 Since September 2013
    Femara 5mg + Ovidrel + TI + Progesterone     = BFP!
    Beta #1:  12/24  371  -  Beta #2:  12/26  898

    Report Reply
  • cwuredhotcwuredhot member
    I only had HSG done but I brought my mom with me (DH had to work) just in case but I was able to drive myself to and from. I had a lot of cramping during the procedure and lightly throughout the rest of the evening but other than that was ok. Good Luck on both!


    Me: 32 DH: 34 Married 7/08 DD Born 8/09 
    TTC#2 Since 2/13 (Secondary IF)
    2/13 thru 2/14 - Year of charting, OPK and TI
    3/14 thru 7/14 - Clomid cycles, DH SA came back good
    8/14 - HSG and more blood work
    9/14 - Letrozole + trigger + IUI#1 = BFN
    10/14 - Letrozole + Bravelle + trigger + IUI#2 = BFP!! EDD 7/27/15
    Report Reply
  • AnonymousNurseAnonymousNurse member
    I had the HSG and saline sono at the same time - I'm not sure why some places do them separately?  But yes, you will be totally fine to go by yourself. 

    I just had mine last week.  I got super nervous in the waiting room and started googling HSG on my phone (WHY?!) and saw all these stories about people claiming their HSG was more painful than childbirth.  It really freaked me out!  I know it feels a different for different women, but for me it felt no more uncomfortable than a pap smear and took maybe only a minute or two longer.  My appointment was at 1pm - I was 10 minutes late and still in the car on my way home by 1:40.  I hope yours goes just as smoothly!! 



    image





    Report Reply
  • DSculley1824DSculley1824 member
    I took my sister with me to my HSG (DH had to work). The procedure was a tad painful but the pain stopped the second it was over. Then just cramping the rest of the day. If I had to do it again I could go alone :)

    ***SIGGY WARNING***

    Me (26) & DH (26)
    Dog Momma to 2 amazing furbabies
    Started dating: May 6, 2005 & Married: August 4, 2012
    Diagnosis: PCOS

    September 2013 - January 2014: Not trying but not preventing
    February 2014:     Officially TTC (BBT, OPKs, etc)
    February-August 2014: Irregular Cycles, U/S showed Fibroids/Cysts, Provera required to get AF, BFNs
    September & October 2014: Testing Months with Reproductive Endocrinologist!
    DH's SA: Normal (116.4 million sperm, 97% motility, 36% morphology) - WHO criteria
    DH's Repeat SA: Poss. Low Morph. (138 million sperm, 73% motility, 8% morphology) - Kruger criteria
    HSG and SIS: Normal (tubes clear)
    Medicated Cycle:     5mg Letrozole + Trigger Injection + TI = BFP!!

    ESTIMATED DUE DATE: AUGUST 13, 2015

    Beta #1: 12/8 - 1,040 Beta #2: 12/10 - 2,902 Beta #3: 12/16 - 19,321
    Ultrasound #1: 12/12 (5 weeks 1 day) - Gestational sac and yolk sac present
    Ultrasound #2: 12/18 (6 weeks 0 days) - Measuring good, heart rate 99
    Ultrasound #3: 12/26 (7 weeks 1 day) - Measuring good, heart rate 150




    Report Reply
  • ShaunteeShauntee member
    I just had an HSG in July and was fine afterward. I took 800mg Ibuprofen about an hour before the procedure. My husband did go with me though, in case there were any issues.
    Me-33 DH-36.
    Married 11/10 TTC 11/10
    06/11- diagnosed with PCOS 
    7/11- D&C and benched for a year 
    9/12-4/13-6 rounds of 50 mg Clomid- no sucess 
    6/13- new doc
    7/13-4/14- 6 more rounds of Clomid. 50 mg and then stepped up to 100mg- no success 
    5/14-7/14- took break waiting for new insurance 
    7/14-new insurance= new doc- actually a RE!!!! 
    7/14-HSG and blood test good-PCOS confirmed by new doc 
    10/14 looking forward to 1st IUI w/ Menopur. Blood Test= Negative
    11/14- IUI #2     w/ Menopur- Blood Test= Negative
    1/15- IUI # 3 w/     Menopur- Blood Test= Negative
    2/15- Self Benched this cycle
    3/15/15-Suprise BFP on natural cycle!!!! EDD-11/16/15

    Report Reply
  • BunnyBerryBunnyBerry member
    I was told to bring a driver for the HSG but I didn't and it was perfectly fine. Easier than driving with menstrual cramps. -_-

    No experience with the sono though. Good luck!
    January 3T Siggy Challenge - New Year's Resolutions
    image
    imageimage

    Me (29), DH (30) TTC actively 54 55+ cycles | All BFNs
    MFI (low everything) | Endo Stage 1 & Stenotic Cervix (treated) | PCO
    Married - July 2008 | Started TTC - Jan 2009 | RE Visit #1 - Mar 2014 
    IUI #1 ICI #1 - June | IUI #1.1 Laparoscopy - Aug
    IUIs #1.2, 2, 3 - Sept, Oct, Nov (Letrozole) - BFNs 
    IUI #4 - Dec (Bravelle) | IUI #5 - Dec/Jan (Bravelle) - 5 follies + TI - BFNs
    IUI #5.1 - Jan (Bravelle) Cancelled 
    Planning to start IVF in March!
    ***All Welcome***
    Report Reply
  • lisa89760lisa89760 member
    I made my H come with me, but he didn't come in the room...the hospital didn't let him for some reason,  I'm a huge baby and took some anti-anxiety meds before so I couldn't drive.  Good luck!
    Me (29), DH (32)
    Aug 2011  - Married
    Jan 2013   - Started TTC
    Jan 2014   - OB started some testing 
                         - HSG - Normal
                         - Ultrasound - Normal
                         - SA - Normal, but tested positive for Ureaplasma
                         - Both of us on antibiotics to treat ureaplasma
                         - Blood work - progesterone: 15.9, TSH: 0.89, FT4: 1.2, Prolactin: 33.4 
    Feb 2014   - Endometrial Biopsy - Normal
    Mar 2014   - Prolactin: 22.9, referred to RE
    Apr 2014   - First RE appointment, put on medication for high prolactin levels 
                      - Clomid (50 mg) 1 follicle, Trigger shot - BFN
                      - Second SA - All Normal, borderline morph (5%) 
    May 2014   - Clomid (100mg) 2 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN
                      - blood work: Estradiol: 32.7, FSH: 5.3, Prolactin: 14.1
    June 2014  - IUI #1, Clomid (150 mg), 3 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN 
    July 2014   - IUI #2, Clomid (150 mg), 4 follicles, Trigger shot - BFN
    Aug 2014   - IUI #3, Femara 2.5, 3 follicles, Trigger shot (first time done by DH!!) - BFN
                      - Hysteroscopy - Normal
    Sept 2014 - IUI #4 Femara 2.5, 1 follicle, possibility of another one, Trigger shot - BFN
                       -Progesterone test 4 DPIUI - 7.8...started crinone.
    Oct 2014 - IUI #5 Follistim 150 3 possibly 4 follicles - Trigger Shot - BFN
    Oct/Nov 2014 - Follistim 150 with TI & Trigger shot - ???

    **October Siggy Challenge**

    I don't even know what he is supposed to be!
    image


    **EVERYONE WELCOME!! :)**

    Report Reply
  • kushie77kushie77 member
    I drove myself to both and was fine.  H did meet me at the hospital for my HSG but only bc the Dr asked him to meet us so we can review some other test results at the same time, including his crappy SA.  

    ****SIGGY WARNING****


     Hashimoto's with irregular cycles  DH- 37 Severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

    TTC since May 2012

    HSG- all clear

    March 2014 - RE appt. 
    April 2014- Saline sono all's good, terrible SA results - 8 sperm found all abnormal
    May 2014- Fert Urology- Bilateral varicoceles, recommend Donor Sperm
    12/2014-  Surprise natural BFP  EDD 7/31/15 Plan:  Starting foster to adoption, natural cycles




    Report Reply
  • HollowvicHollowvic member
    I went to my HSG by myself.


    TTC #1

    Me: AMA, DH: MFI

    Official DX - MFI due to Hemochromatosis

    IVF #1 Nov. 2014 - ER 11/10 (10R 6M 6F) - ET 11/13 

    3DT of 3 embies - no frosties - CP = BFFN!!!!

    ****All Welcome****

    imageimage



    Report Reply
  • BethKate2BethKate2 member

    Like most of the pp, with my HSG, I drove myself. The procedure itself was painful for me (intense cramps), but afterwards, I was just a little crampy. I was completely fine to drive. I did spend most of the afternoon on the couch, though because I was so emotionally drained from how nervous I had been.


     

    TTC since July 2012 
    BFP 5/22/13. Lap. to remove ectopic and dx with endo. 6/16/13

    RE consult: June 2014

    DX: FVL, endo, hypothyroidism, blocked left tube

    Oct. 2014: First treatment cycle: Clomid+trigger+IUI=BFN

    November 2014: Clomid+trigger+IUI again=BFP!

    BFP 11/28/14 MC discovered 1/14/15

    Blogging to stay sane

    Report Reply
  • saritacwsaritacw member

    DH drove me to my HSG because it was a requirement from the lab. But I absolutely could have driven myself. My HSG didn't go completely smoothly (they struggled for about 40 minutes to get the catheter in...not much pain just anxiousness over whether or not the test would actually work) but even so I could easily have driven myself home. And I hear most of the time these tests are easy-peasy.

    FX it is for you!

    ***** All Welcome *****
    ***** Siggy Warning *****

    TTC since Dec, 2012. Me: 33; DH: 34

    - Ultrasound to look at "lay of the land": normal
    - Blood work: normal
    - OPKs and ultrasound to confirm ovulation: Yes
    - SA for DH: Normal (a couple numbers on the low side of normal)
    - HSG: Normal
    - Doing several cycles of Letrozole, TI and progesterone
        - Aug cycle of Letrozole, TI and progesterone came back with a BFP-MC at 7 weeks.
    - Benched until Jan
    - Starting Letrozole, TI, Progesteron and HCG Trigger in Feb cycle

     

    Report Reply
  • RazzyRNRazzyRN member
    Thanks ladies! I am going by myself since H can't get off work but I feel better now that most of you felt like you could of did it or did do it alone !



    ------------
    *     Razz *
    Me 24: PCOS & elevated Prolactin --- H 28: SA great
    Married <3 September 2012 -- TTC #1 Since September 2013
    Femara 5mg + Ovidrel + TI + Progesterone     = BFP!
    Beta #1:  12/24  371  -  Beta #2:  12/26  898

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"