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Well it was at the 11th hour that I got my Chlamydia results back, so I didn’t know if I was going to be able to get the HSG done until the day before, what a mad rush!
I was quite nervous about it because at my last HSG in December 2012 the doctor (who was training to do the procedure) took ages to find my cervix and then couldn’t get the catheter in so it was painful and stressful and even after getting a colleague to help they had to give up. I mentioned this at the hospital and they assured me that this doctor was very experienced and it shouldn’t be a problem!
He found my cervix after having to try a different speculum and change my position, but then apparently had been given the wrong sponge clip, it was too short and the nurse had to go and get the correct one! So I had to wait again but I was much more comfortable this time. It hurt when the tube and dye went in but the doctor and nurse were really kind and assured me it would be over soon!
I’d almost forgotten about the suspected blockage as I turned to look at the screen, I’d been focusing on whether the HSG was going to happen or not! As it happened, all the dye went through! There was no blockage! Unless the dye pushed it out, it was pumped in really hard! He said my tubes were both distended and wider at the end near the ovary but an egg would still be able to pass along. The tubes looked really long and spirally though! He said they don’t look neat like they do in the diagrams and aren’t usually spirally but it isn’t unheard of! I’m not sure if it was the force of the dye making them spiral! They looked about 3 times longer than they should be though! So maybe that’s why I’m not getting pregnant, the sperm are all getting fed up going round bend after bend like an upwards helter-skelter! And meanwhile by the time the egg has made its way in the other direction its past its use by date!
My head was swimming with info so I didn’t get to ask all the questions I’m now thinking of, but hopefully I can ask at the clinic once they’ve got the results and we’re ready to take the next step.
My tummy felt so sore that evening, almost as sore as when I had the lap and dye! I could hardly move! What’s that all about?
Anyway so I won’t need a laparoscopy now and as the tubes aren’t blocked I won’t need them removed. I’m SO relieved I can’t tell you! I was kind of still in disbelief thinking I might have to get them removed; I’d refused to believe it really,
so the worst case scenario hasn’t happened! I think we’ll still need IVF because it’s just taking so long, but hopefully we can have it soon rather than wait till the autumn! Phew!! 
I was quite nervous about it because at my last HSG in December 2012 the doctor (who was training to do the procedure) took ages to find my cervix and then couldn’t get the catheter in so it was painful and stressful and even after getting a colleague to help they had to give up. I mentioned this at the hospital and they assured me that this doctor was very experienced and it shouldn’t be a problem!
He found my cervix after having to try a different speculum and change my position, but then apparently had been given the wrong sponge clip, it was too short and the nurse had to go and get the correct one! So I had to wait again but I was much more comfortable this time. It hurt when the tube and dye went in but the doctor and nurse were really kind and assured me it would be over soon!
I’d almost forgotten about the suspected blockage as I turned to look at the screen, I’d been focusing on whether the HSG was going to happen or not! As it happened, all the dye went through! There was no blockage! Unless the dye pushed it out, it was pumped in really hard! He said my tubes were both distended and wider at the end near the ovary but an egg would still be able to pass along. The tubes looked really long and spirally though! He said they don’t look neat like they do in the diagrams and aren’t usually spirally but it isn’t unheard of! I’m not sure if it was the force of the dye making them spiral! They looked about 3 times longer than they should be though! So maybe that’s why I’m not getting pregnant, the sperm are all getting fed up going round bend after bend like an upwards helter-skelter! And meanwhile by the time the egg has made its way in the other direction its past its use by date!
My head was swimming with info so I didn’t get to ask all the questions I’m now thinking of, but hopefully I can ask at the clinic once they’ve got the results and we’re ready to take the next step.
My tummy felt so sore that evening, almost as sore as when I had the lap and dye! I could hardly move! What’s that all about?
Anyway so I won’t need a laparoscopy now and as the tubes aren’t blocked I won’t need them removed. I’m SO relieved I can’t tell you! I was kind of still in disbelief thinking I might have to get them removed; I’d refused to believe it really,
so the worst case scenario hasn’t happened! I think we’ll still need IVF because it’s just taking so long, but hopefully we can have it soon rather than wait till the autumn! Phew!!
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