05-23-2008, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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I agree with other posters that if your doctor recommends the HSG first, you should do it. Otherwise you risk spending all the time and money on IUI without knowing if there might be issues with your tubes that would prevent it from working.
I had an HSG last year and it wasn't horrible, but also not fun. I had a slight pinch when the dr started injecting the dye and then no discomfort during the rest of the procedure. It was pretty cool to see my insides on the monitor. BTW, it does NOT look like the health class pictures in there.
By the time I was in my car afterward I'd started having pretty bad cramps. I usually don't get cramps with my period, so maybe I'm more of a wimp. The HSG cramps lasted two days for me and required a bunch of ibuprofen. But I found out that my left tube is blocked and my right tube is slow to drain, so for me it was very helpful.
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TTC since 11/05
Me 31: tubal issues, random polyps that disappear on their own
DH 33: on the low side, but good enough
4/07-11/07 - 5 rounds chlomid 
3/3/08 - OB-GYN recommended IVF
IVF #1 in July '08
7/5 start Lupron
7/9 baseline - 11 follicles on each side plus a tiny uterine fibroid
7/12 start stims
7/23 ER got 8 mature eggs - 7 fertilized!
7/26: 3dt of 2 "pretty good" embryos w/ fragmentation, 1 frozen blast left
8/6 Beta
FET #1 in Aug/Sept '08
8/12 baseline & start estrace
9/11 transferred 1 blast
9/20 + HPT and Beta #1 = 31
9/23 Beta #2 = 86
9/26 Beta #3 = 362
10/8 u/s at 6w5d, saw empty gestational sack measuring 5w1d
10/15 f/u u/s same results
10/20 D&C 
In the meantime, RJ, BP, propolis, CoQ-10 & a multi for me, C, E, & almonds for DH
IVF #2 in January '09
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