Well, that didn't go quite as well as I had hoped. The procedure itself was much, much easier than last time. I think the tech was more experienced. I had gotten a referral from two of my IF girls, poontater and aggieoj, to go to a different tech this time. She did have the exact same problem as they had before. In order to do an HSG they have to put a balloon in your cervix and inflate it to hold it open so they can insert a catheter to push the dye through. The balloon absolutely refuses to stay in my cervix like it is supposed to. So they have to put it into my uterus. Last time it hurt so bad I almost got sick during the procedure. It was by far the worst pain I have ever felt. It beat the heck out of anything I ever felt during the whole labor and delivery process. So, when the tech told me that she couldn't get it to stay in again and was going to put it in my uterus I started crying. I had so hoped that it wouldn't happen again. She explained to me that the problem was that my uterus was tipped forward - no one had ever bothered to tell me that before. Then she said that the reason it hurt so much last time is that it basically makes you the equivalent of 2 months pregnant in a matter of seconds. She said that a) they probably over-inflated the balloon last time, and b) it shouldn't hurt as much since I actually have been pregnant since the last one. She was right. Thankfully it hardly hurt at all! Yay!
Then the bad part. My right tube was closed. Annoying just because, but not really a big deal since we don't need them anyway. She decided not to force it open since I don't need it (thank goodness because I hear that hurts like heck), but right before the test ended the dye finally pushed it open anyway. But, there was something wrong with my uterus too. She said that I had a "significant filling defect." Apparently that translates to something in my uterus that shouldn't be there and could lessen the chance of the embies successfully implanting. She said that they would have to "fix me" and then I might get sent back to her to make sure it all looked a-okay. She said maybe scar tissue, but she couldn't tell. I have to admit I was somewhat frustrated. I didn't really expect them to find anything. I was so focused on whether the test was going to hurt or not I hadn't even really thought about the outcome! I suspect I will have to have surgery before we can do the FET and I'm not sure how far that will push it back. :( Plus I'm not sure how hard it will be to have surgery with a 6 month old. I suspect it will be somewhat challenging! So now I just have to wait for Dr. Vaughn to look at the films and decide what happens next.
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