Hysterosalpingography
By <name>/u/Admirable-Side-4219</name><uri>https://old.reddit.com/user/Admirable-Side-4219</uri>
My experience with the HSG exam (no pain at all) : I know that this exam can cause some anxiety and stress beforehand, so I wanted to share how it went for me and hopefully help you know what to expect. I went to an imaging centre to have a hysterosalpingography, or HSG, to check whether my fallopian tubes were still open — in other words, whether sperm could potentially travel through the tubes towards the egg. Before the exam, I had to do a few things. First, I was asked to have a pregnancy test to make sure I wasn’t pregnant, because an HSG cannot be performed during pregnancy. I had to have the blood test 48 hours before the exam. I went to a laboratory to have it done, and you don’t need to fast before this type of blood test. I was also asked to bring a few things with me, including a speculum and the contrast product. I was prescribed antibiotics to take on the morning of the exam as a preventive measure. So there are a few things I would recommend planning ahead. Check the paperwork you were given when the exam was scheduled and make sure you know exactly what you need to bring and what you need to do beforehand. This will help you avoid having to cancel or postpone the exam at the last minute because you don’t have something you need. I would also recommend planning to take the day of the exam and, if possible, the following day off work, because the exam can be tiring. Personally, I was very tired the day after the HSG, so I was glad I had the opportunity to rest. On the day of the exam, when you arrive at the imaging centre, you may be asked to empty your bladder first. Then you’ll need to undress from the waist down, and the nurse will ask you to position yourself in a certain way so that the scans can be taken. For me, the doctor then came in and explained everything she was going to do. She injected the contrast product and took scans to see whether the contrast would pass through my fallopian tubes. In my case, it did, and she told me during the exam
This headline was gathered automatically from a public feed. I AM GRACE does not host the full article — you will be taken to the original publisher.