So after my miscarriage in early January, I basically said, "Fuck it" to trying to conceive naturally and called a Reproductive Endocrinologist.
I was in the next day, if you can believe that. How's that for a sign?
So she set up for a bunch of bloodwork and a hysterosalpingogram, aka HSG, concerned with the number of miscarriages I have had.
Bloodwork done... she found a pelvic infection which been treated the past few days by antibiotics...
And today was the HSG. *cue scary music*
I had read many different stories about the HSG procedure but didn't really connect to it, thinking that I'll have my own experience. I thought my tubes would be good... pain would be normal and manageable...
Let me preface this with this information before I scare the hell out of someone: I have Celiac disease and my pelvic area HATES any invasive stuff. So I'm more likely to have pain due to that. I also got slightly glutened yesterday. That adds in (very slightly) as well.
So I sit here, in pain, 10 hours post HSG, therefore my view might be skewed.
Went in... excited to find out what's going on.
I was well prepared by my RE... she told me it might hurt.
She asked me to cough... and here we go.
The catheter entering my cervix did create a bit of an automatic "jerk" reaction and then calmed. Sure, slight irritation but nothing huge.
Then the dye.
Oh. My. God.
Shoot me now.
Having that dye shoved in there... the worst cramping I have ever felt. Now, if you read my miscarriage experience, I went thru some extreme pain on January 6, causing vomiting.
This was not quite the same, but it sure as hell was close. If my miscarriage was a 10 on the scale, this was a solid 8.5, maybe 9. The "catch your breath and you better not breathe" kind of pain.
And then it disappeared. The pain disappeared so fast, within 30 seconds of a push on the syringe.
And just as I was relaxing from the shock, another shot of dye came again, and yet another shock of pain.
So painful.
So my uterus is properly shaped, and my right fallopian tube flows wonderfully.
My left tube... not so much. I know my left ovary has issues with bloodflow and I tend to ovulate from my right. So the fact that my left tube is open (NOW... christ she forced it open), but flows at like 10% the rate of my right tube.
Turns out the pain is likely from trying to force my tube open. While I appreciate the gesture, I am a bit sore down there now.
I left, more than spotting, but not in pain within a minute of the procedure being done.
And then my ibuprofen wore off.
Coughing hurts. Haha Going number 2 hurts. (Remember I got glutened)
I'll get over it. I'm just whining. I don't feel well, and haven't for the last day... catching a cold. Likely from the antibiotics I'm on. (Remember, your health is in your gut... antibiotics kill your gut, therefore kill your immune system... I'll post on that later)
