I do want to point out that, in case you to someone reading this needs a trans-vaginal ultrasound- you are NOT supposed to have a fully bladder for that one. The reason for the full bladder with the trans-abdominal ultrasound is because the fluid helps them see better- it gives them sort of a window. Trans-vaginally, it's unnecessarily uncomfortable, and there is no reason to have a full bladder. I'm sorry your tech didn't ask you about that.
They are about 14" long, but only about 6" or so are designed to go inside a woman. They generally sheath them with standard condoms, and they really do appear somewhat sex-toy like.
I am glad, then, that the ultrasound tech who did my abdominal ultrasound for PCOS decided that I didn't need the transvaginal bonus round. I was (16 or early 20s, cannot recall) with a septate hymen which had precluded speculum use.
Interestingly, not 6 hours before your post another friend posted her experience with a vaginal ultrasound. In her case it was to make sure she qualified for a chemical abortion, which has a limit of 7 weeks. Her post was basically "I found the experience non-traumatic but I TOTALLY GET how it could be traumatic for other people" (not an exact quote). And then I saw your post. So thank you for sharing. Despite being equipped with a vagina I really have no concept of this. Sometimes I wonder if I'm sterile - it seems like birth control has been magical levels of effective for me.
My experience has been similar to your friend's. I've had 2 trans-v ultrasounds and have not had a problem but can definitely see how they could be.
BC has also been magical for me. And so has been coming off of it. Apparently it only takes one try for me to get pregnant when I want to off of it. I look forward to when I decide to no longer have kids and choose to stop the monthly cycles all together. It's too nice not having them.
Yeah, I'm on that shelf too -- I found the vaginal ultrasound pretty harmless, certainly less unpleasant than a pap smear, but I can absolutely see how it would be really awful in a lot of other cases.
I feel more strongly about the general point of legislative interference with doctor-patient relations than about the particular procedure, but it is by no means an unobjectionable procedure. (Also they charged my insurance rather a lot for it, so there's the cost aspect too.)
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I do want to point out that, in case you to someone reading this needs a trans-vaginal ultrasound- you are NOT supposed to have a fully bladder for that one. The reason for the full bladder with the trans-abdominal ultrasound is because the fluid helps them see better- it gives them sort of a window. Trans-vaginally, it's unnecessarily uncomfortable, and there is no reason to have a full bladder. I'm sorry your tech didn't ask you about that.
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Thank you for getting them out of your head to somewhere that they could be seen.
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BC has also been magical for me. And so has been coming off of it. Apparently it only takes one try for me to get pregnant when I want to off of it. I look forward to when I decide to no longer have kids and choose to stop the monthly cycles all together. It's too nice not having them.
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I feel more strongly about the general point of legislative interference with doctor-patient relations than about the particular procedure, but it is by no means an unobjectionable procedure. (Also they charged my insurance rather a lot for it, so there's the cost aspect too.)
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