Hysterosonogram...and more Clomid.

I had my sonohysterogram yesterday.

At least that's what THEY called it. According to the packet of paper it's called a "hysterosonogram." Bah, whatever, it doesn't matter. The point is that I had it done yesterday and let me tell you, I am SO glad my husband came with me. It wasn't "painful" so to speak, it was just irritating. I suppose though, I should tell you about how my day started... so then you get the full sense of how exactly I felt yesterday. In a word? Miserable. I woke up for work at 7:00am and was immediately in the bathroom with diarrhea (yes, diarrhea, not an "upset stomach," "tummy problems" or "issues," DIARRHEA!!!!!!). I was probably in the bathroom for forty five minutes. It was awful. I know what caused it though! I upped my Metformin dosage to three pills yesterday and one of the side effects is diarrhea. Case closed, but it made work an absolute nightmare. I'm surprised I got anything done in my half day at all. I was also having dizzy spells (a side effect from my antibiotic), and hot flashes. And of COURSE it had to be yesterday when all of this happened to me. I was trying to get a hold of my coworker to see if she could come in a few hours early so I could try and rehydrate myself (I believe I was dehydrated) and rest a little bit before my appointment at 2:30pm. That was a no-go. She never answers my texts or calls, so I just stuck it out like a champ until 1:00pm.

My husband is so cute. 

I met up with him at the house at about 1:10pm. I took an extremely hot shower in order to feel better, which worked. He took his shower, we got dressed, and then we headed out the door for the hospital. About halfway there I realized I had forgotten a pad. They told me there would be mild cramping with the test and that I might spot or bleed a little bit afterward and recommended bringing one along. Well, I forgot. I ALSO forgot to pop four Advil for the "pain" that was no doubt going to happen. They recommended that as well. Well, I forgot again. I have a relatively high pain tolerance so when the nurse asked me if I had taken the Advil and I told her no she said, "Oooooooh girrrrrrl!" while shaking her head like I was in for a mountain of pain. I just kind of shrugged it off and told her, "I'll be fine. I have a pretty high pain tolerance." They left me alone to get half naked and set up on the table and my cute husband just sat next to me the whole time in case I needed him. I didn't get to watch the procedure on the screen, but the way my husband described it: "It was like Mars in black and white." When they opened up my uterus and floated the saline bubbles through my tubes is the only time I felt anything relatively uncomfortable. It was irritating because it felt like a burning itch I could not scratch. I had to just lay there and take it. While that was happening I glanced over and my husband is just glued to the screen. I was glad he got to see what they were doing. He told me watching the bubbles go through my tubes was "Like fireworks coming through a black hole" or "Like rays of sunshine coming through clouds." :) He's adorable.

The whole procedure lasted ten minutes or so. 

It probably would have been a lot quicker had my doctor not had a student with him. So as he performed the procedure he explained every little thing he was doing to her, but it benefited me as well. They asked my permission if she could watch before hand, and I'm the kind of person that thinks "if it will help someone else learn about PCOS and infertility, by all means come on in." I'm really not that shy about my lady parts anymore. Apparently they like the camera because they're always ready to make an appearance rather easily. I can't tell you how thankful I am for THAT. Vaginal ultrasounds are awkward enough, but I can't imagine when they have to dig around to find your ovaries. ::shudders:: After the procedure my doctor told me everything looks fantastic. I have no blockages in either of my tubes and my uterus (yesterday) was facing the back, but looked perfect as well. He said that uteri tend to float around and move (didn't know that!) so since mine was facing my back he had to use more water to inflate it (I felt that) in order to see inside. He told me my follicles are still normal sized and there wasn't one that was really making the jump to be "the lead follicle" in egg release. So basically I didn't respond to the first round of Clomid. :(  However he suggested piggy backing with another stronger dose of Clomid. So now I'm taking three pills a day for five days (started yesterday) and then I go for another ultrasound on July 6th to look at them again. He said we're still relatively new into this and there are still a ton of options to explore. I'm just crossing my fingers I respond to the Clomid this time around. I ordered my trigger shot early, naively thinking I would be ready for it early. I need to monitor it closely because if it expires I'm screwed and it expires thirty days from the delivery date. So roughly July 12th. So here's to responding to the Clomid this time and having some juicy follicles!


 


        We are ready for this!