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Hi kim d, I had one done a month ago, and actually I was nervous like yourself. It was not bad at all, the only part that was uncomfortable is when they open up the cervix, but I didnt feel the dye, and then it was done. Maybe, 5 minutes. I was surprised it was that quick. I recommend taking some motrin ( I took 4 of them) about 1 hour before you go. Let me know how it went. Good luck to you!!!!!!!!!

thanks marymo!! is it kind of the same uncomfort level as when you're getting a pap done? i had read that was only like 5 mins, but still!!! thanks for the recommendation on the motrins! were your tubes clear, hopefully! i will let you know how mine went, thanks again. kim.

Hi kim, hope your HSG went well. Did everything turn out ok? Yes, my tubes were clear, so go figure. Me and my dh have been trying ttc for 2 years. Im ready to throw in the towel. Im not sure what to do next. My doc said maybe an IUI, but I still thinking about it. It gets frustrating each month, its esp. hard when I know of someone else getting pregnant, Im happy for them, but in the same time sad its not me. But, I keep praying and hoping. I hope everything went well. Good luck to you!!!!!!

hey marymo, i finished my HSG, i have never felt pain like that. it was like a pap from hell. the worst 5-7 min ever!! even when i had my surgery (mar 15) IT wasn't that bad- but i guess i was knocked out for that one! my tubes are clear but she and the tec had some difficulties reading some other parts, think i might have a tilted uterus. my BF (we've been together 10 yrs) and i have also been trying for (almost) 2 years now too. it really doesn't seem fair does it, having to try so hard while it's so easy for others. i think it started getting easier for me to deal with at the 9 month mark, i really started to mellow and take each day as it came. i'm a lot better now than the basket case i was for the 1st 3,4,5,6 months!! have they figured out why you two are not concieving? hopefully sometime this week we will be able to get a SA done for my BF. and once that is figured out, depending on the results, think my obgyn is going to start me on clomid. can't wait for the mood swings, weight gain and hot flashes!!! sounds like fun! oh well, i guess we will do just about anything to have a warm little snuggly in our arms. one friend said to me it will be just that more special once it finally happens. sorry this was so long, good luck to you as well!!!! kim.

oooh. forgot to ask- what's an IUI??

hey kim, sorry to hear it was so painful. I guess its different for everyone, but Im glad to hear your tubes were clear. Is the SA your next step? Have you tried Clomid or any other meds? A IUI is when they wash the sperm and inseminate it into the uterus. So I believe you would have to go through the whole opening of the cervix, etc....Im not sure if it would be painful, but Im sure uncomfortable all the same. A little history on myself. I already have two children, 8 and 4. No problems conceiving them whatsoever. Wanted a third badly, thought, "piece of cake". Ya right!!! Here I am two years later and no baby. Im totally regular, ovulate every 14 or 15 days. Uterus is fine. Tubes are fine. My dh had SA done, he had white blood cells in his semen, put on anitbiotic for 3 months, cleared it up, still didnt get pregnant. Doc thinks WBCs are back in his semen, thats why shes suggesting a IUI to wash the WBCs out of the semen and then put it into my uterus. At this point, Im so frustrated, I dont know what to do. Maybe Its just not meant to be. But I never give up hope, I guess. Sorry to give you my sob story, but I always like to vent every now and then. I hope everything goes well for you, let me know what you decide to do. Its nice chatting with you!!!!!

hi marymo!! sorry it took me so long to respond, haven't been on the computer for a few days. we just dropped off the "sample" for his SA this morning. it will be interesting to find out the results. i have another appmnt with my obgyn this thursday, hopefully the results will be in by then. i'm not really sure how i want the tests to turn out. it would be nice to know that it wasn't just me with the problems, but if there is something up with him then i guess it's just ANOTHER thing to have to deal with. i'm not sure how well he'd take the news if it was bad. but we'll keep our hopes up, as you're doing as well!! that's strange that you were able to become pregnant twice before, and now you are having difficulties. i think that you should do the IUI (thanks for clearing that up for me! i've seen that abbreviation a lot on here but haven't been able to figure it out). is there some reason that you are holding back, or did your dr just suggest it to you? no, i haven't ever tried clomid yet, i think that will be the next course of action we take if all goes well with the SA. have you tried it yet? i was just reading my HSG pamphlet and it said that although the procedure is not used for it, that some couples find themselves pregnant within the first couple months of having one done. i think that i o'd just yesterday or today but we only BD'd once since the HSG, and that was yesterday (i;m sure you really wanted to know that!!!) so i think that i may have missed the window!! anyways it has been really nice chatting with you as well! you keep me posted as well!! kim.

Hi Kim, so your BF went through with it. My dh had to do the SA three times. I hated putting him through that, but hes a sweetheart and would probably walk on hot coles for me!! (Hes a good guy). anyway, I hope the sample turns out okay. How regular are you? Do you have trouble ovulating that you would have to go on Clomid? My doc said I didnt need it because I do ovulate, thats why its so frustrating for me. Maybe it is my dh again, I debating on the IUI because of insurance reasons, I dont know if they will cover it. I need to check into that first. Otherwise, Im not sure what to do next. Its like, I have two already and should be thankful, which I am, but Im being selfish at wanting another? when so many women cant even conceive their first. I just dont know. Its even harder for me, because Im a pediatric nurse, see children and babies all day, pregnant women all the time, and it just hurts. I wish it were me again. (There I go again, sorry, I sound like a soap opera)!! Well, let me know how the sample turns out. By the way, what state are you in? just curious. Good luck!!!!

hi marymo, i live in canada, can we still be friends!!?? i'm in BC actually, where are you from? i don't think that you are selfish at all!! it's probably harder for you right now than it is for me , just because of the fact that you have already concieved twice before, and have the joy of knowing what it's like to have children. for me, i can pass off my infertitly right now as "maybe it's still not time and this is a good thing" letting me go on with my carefree life. what am i trying to say right now...although i'm 29 and all i've ever wanted is to start a family, i guess i'm just still really nervous about when it finally happens. when she (obgyn) ran all my bloodwork 1 year ago, everything came back normal, i was o'ing etc. so i'm not totally sure why she'd put me on clomid if my BF's SA comes back ok. i don't know exactly how it works in the states, but do you have to pay for things like an HSG? we have to pay for med's, but i'm not sure about an IUI. being that it's kind of on the road to an IVF, i could see it. i'll have to look into it for my own basic knowledge. doesn't it just break your heart seeing preg women all the time? everytime i see one in the mall or wherever, i can't help but scrunch up my face at them. once they've passed of course. god, i'd be really ugly if i worked where you did!! some people at my work, well it's almost as if they take sick pleasure at telling me when their partners are pg. they know that we've been trying forver, and have been through surgery and numerous tests and such, and they still do it. at least my regulars have enough brains to have stopped asking when i'm going to get pg. well, let's leave things on the bright sunshiny side of the street, shall we!! sorry, didn't mean to get bitter there, but you at least know where it's coming from!!! let me know what you ultimately decide to do! kim.

Hey Kim, I live in the cornhusker state (Go Big Red). Actually our football team hasnt done that great in a few years.(Ha). I checked into my insurance today and they said an IUI is not covered. So Im like, Great!!! now what. Its almost like why do we even have insurance when it doesnt cover anything. I dont get it. Im still paying out of pocket on the HSG, I cant affort to keep paying out of pocket, its just too darn expensive. Its always weird when I know Im not pregnant, my face breaks out for a while, I never get any symptoms, maybe just a dull backache and then a negative preg. test. With the number of preg. tests I buy every month, I could probably put my kids through college!!!! Then my mom, bless her heart, and I know she only means the best, says "just relax" it will happen. If I hear anyone say that again, and again, Im going to scream. I dont know about you, but Its all I think about everyday, and its almost like a job anymore. I just dont know what Im going to do, probably just leave it in Gods hands like I do all the time. If its meant to happen, I guess it will. (Sorry to sound so depressing, I hope I didnt depress you too). Anyway, Kim, let me know how everything goes. Its always nice to hear from you!!!!!

where is the cornhusker state?? you know what my bf and i do while we're watching tv sometimes- we try to name every state, i think i've gotten as close as 41 right so far!! i can't tell you how much i HATE HATE HATE the "just relax line". it's like i'm sorry that i can't get preg naturally like you do/can, and it's all i can think of every single day, but i CAN'T just relax because i have to be proactive or nothing will ever happen!! why can't they understand that unfortunately some of us can't get pg the old fashioned way. yeah, it really burns me up too. my mil said that to me for some reason, and i kind of went off on her (we were chatting via email). like do they think that we are just making this stuff up??? that stinks that you guys down there have to pay for stuff like HSGs and even drs appointments (am i right on this?) i couldn't imagine, we're very lucky with our medical system up here, kind of take it for granted some times. can i ask how much the HSG was, and how much the IUI would be? when we were in las vegas in aug, we met some people from chicago and they were in awe of our health care system, that we didn't have to pay for hospital stays and whatnot. to totally change the subject, do you have girls or boys or one of each? were you hoping for one or the other when you get pg? do you have names picked out? when we first started trying i kind of went off the deep end buying baby things. even have my bf wanting the bugaboo frog stroller too!! but i think we'll definately wait on that one until we know for sure we're pg!! bye for now mary, chat later!!! kim.

Hi Kim. I live in Nebraska, not a whole lot of exciting stuff happens here. Have been here my whole life. I do like it, though. Not fast paced at all. I have heard about your healthcare system and it sounds awesome. We need something like that here, cuz, excuse the french, ours really sucks!!! The HSG was 1075.00 and the IUI would cost me anywhere from 500.00 to 700.00. Im still paying on the HSG. Outrageous, huh??!!! Im just so upset thats its not covered, its like putting me at the end of the line. I cant really do anything next,like the IUI, because I cant afford it. As for my kids, I have a boy and girl. My son is the oldest. Everyone tells me, "you have one of each" I know that, but I come from a large Roman Catholic family, and Ive always wanted more than two, no matter what. I dont really have any names picked out, I always think about it, though. I hope this doesnt sound weird to you, but with my daughter, I pray the rosary everyday, and I promised the Virgin Mary if she gave me a girl, I would name her after her. Well, I have my Mary Clare. So, prayer is powerful. Anyway, thanks again for chatting. Its always nice to talk to someone whos having infertility problems as myself. Keep me posted!!!!

i really don't think that it's anyones business if you want to have more kids or not. man, some people just can't keep their mouths shut. whatever happened to "if don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"!!!! i was just over on the 'signs of pg' board and there was a question about that. some of the stories that the other were women were telling about what people (either on the street or family) had said to them was appalling really. my mouth dropped down to the floor when i read about the cost of an HSG. but what i can't understand is why an IUI is nearly half of that? it's kind of like IVF, they're essentially doing an HSG plus washing the sperm AND putting it in you!!! all for 1/2 of what an HSG costs. bizarre. maybe running the x-ray thing is super expensive. i really like the story of how your daughter got her name. it gave me goosebumps. it's been nice chatting with you too. in the past i've been lucky if i even got 1 answer to my questions!! how long have you been on pregnancy-info.net, your name looks kind of familiar. do you ever go on any other boards? i usually surf thru signs of preg (obviously), general preg, and obviously again, problems getting preg. well i'm going to start dinner now- i'll check in later or tomorrow morning. TTYL, kim.

Hey Kim, hows it going? I had to work today, I usually work on Fridays, but we are so short nurses that they needed some help. Im pooped!!! Hey, dont you have a doctors appt tomorrow? and dont you find out the results of the SA? Let me know how everything goes. As for me and dh, I think we are done. Which Im very sad and discouraged. I cant do it emotionally anymore. Plus with insurance not paying for anything, we just dont have the money to pay out of pocket for such expensive procedures. Im 36, Ill just keep trying another year, even though it wont matter, and leave it up to the big man upstairs. If its meant to be, then its meant to be. I hope I didnt depress you again!!! Please let me know how everything goes, okay!!! take care!!!

hi mary. i am so sorry that you are feeling so down about everything. you don't need to worry about depressing me, i've been there remember!!?? is your dh upset as well? maybe taking a couple of months off will do you some good. you said you'll still give yourselves a year to keep ttc, so try not to get too down yet. i know, this is the last thing that you want to hear, but taking time really helped me. this time last year i had gone off the deep end. i broke up with my bf, was going to move to the city to live with some friends, and thought i was in love with some other guy (what was i thinking!!). my one friend (she has 3 kids, but her sil had fertility issues) was just shaking her head at me because she knew why all this was happening to me. and you know what's even weirder, i'm now seeing by boss and his wife going thru exacly what i went thru. i'm not really sure what i can say to make you feel better or make your heart hurt less, but time, i guess. i do have my appt today, and hopefully his SA will have been completed. i will let you know how it all went when i get home this afternoon. take care mary. kim.

got the results back. we're all clear. asked her if we were diagnosed as 'unexplained infertily' but she said right now we were categorized as 'sub-fertile' becuase we've only been trying for 6 months. 6 months!! i said, try almost 2 yrs!!! but she said that beause of my cyst, the knew that was the reason for the first year we didn't get pg. 6 months is from the surgery date (cyst removal). so she has given me a Rx for clomid which i will take when/if i get my next af, probably on oct. 8. i feel somewhat relieved about this news but at the same time pissed again because now we have nothing to blame it on. oh well, go with the flow i guess, in more ways than one!!! haha. there's my update. i really hope you're feeling better. my thoughts are with you. kim.