Doctor Visit #2



Doctor Visit #2

September 18th we had an other Doctor's appointment. This appointment was for my HSG Test, if you've ever had one you know how painful it is! If you haven't had one, I hope you never have to! Talk about cramps! bleh! And Jorry's Semen Analysis!

We are doing my HSG and that was a little uncomfortable because they have these forcepts they use to open your vagina -- wait? am I allowed to say that????? uh??? sorry... so they can see your cervix. Then they take this super long tube and stick it right on up there through your cervix.. REAL pleasant I tell ya... not!  I have a tilted uterus (its normal) which means that my cervix were way up there! Then at the end of this tube or so, is a little balloon that blows up so it helps hold your cervix open while they're in there and then they get this little X-Ray machine and put it over your pelvic area and as they inject your uterus with dye it takes pictures....

It only took about 10 - 15 minutes from start to finish and I knew that we would get my results the minute they were done. After they were finished I sat up and turned to the screen so that I could look at the pictures with them and Brooke, the nurse, said to me "See your right fallopian tube? Do you see how it expands like this?" she then said "it looks like you may have what is call Hydrosalpinx!" It means "water tube". The fallopian tube is distended with fluid and looks like a balloon. Pretty much an infection.... great... just what I needed.... Its a common type of tubal problem that causes infertility. Nearly half of all couples who suffer from infertility have a female-related cause. Of these women, more than half have a disease in the uterotubal complex, which means the female reproductive tract. Now, this can cause your fallopian tube cells to die and/or stick together ruining them and making it hard for the egg to travel to the sperm and visa versa. When you have this it pretty much kills the fallopian tube. When we left the hospital they gave me a hand-out with all the information I would need to know about Hydrosalpinx. I immediately start thinking the worst like they're going to have to remove my tube because if I do reconstructive surgery, it can injure the tube even more anyway and that will increase my infertility even more and if I don't have it removed it can spread to the other side and or infect my uterus and it will kill off pregnancies in early stages. Lets just say mentally I was a hot mess! I was freaking out! Do you blame me though? I was really nervous. But of course, I had to wait until Monday or Tuesday until Dr. Conway reviewed the pictures until I knew for sure that this was what I had. = (

Meanwhile, Jorry had to do his semen analysis.... Lets just say that was quite the challenge hahaha don't tell him I told you guys its not really easy to "get in the mood" when people are outside the door waiting and you can hear them talking..... awka-awkward.. am I right? hahaha I still laugh about it.... Poor Jorry.. His opinion was "IF WE EVER HAVE TO DO THAT AGAIN WE ARE WARMING UP IN THE TRUCK FIRST...." : / WOAH! and then I said "OR we can collect at home.." lol - inappropriate!

Needless to say we accomplished - and were able to go home... whew glad that's over!

Finally Monday came around and I was more than anxious to see what our results were! Well I couldn't really get any information until our next appointment with Dr. Conway! Which was YESTERDAY!!

There is more to come so stay tuned



XOXO