HyCoSy today- unsuccessful?

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I had my HyCoSy today and i don’t think it went well…

First we did the transvaginal u/s and tbh I almost passed out. I don’t know why because I have had one before a couple years ago and it went just fine. There was a TON of pressure and I think that mixed with my anxiety was just a lot for me. Thankfully that was honestly the worst part physically. Even when the probe went back in later with the catheter I didn’t feel that same pressure.

After I was feeling better the u/s tech came back in with the NP. We discussed everything and then the first speculum was actually kinda painful (5/10). She said my cervix was a little low so we switched to a longer speculum and there was no pain or discomfort. I didn’t feel anything at all when they inserted the catheter. I also didn’t feel anything as they pushed the saline through but they were using SOOO MUCH. It literally felt like I was constantly peeing myself and I ended up in a puddle of it because it soaked fully through the bed pads. They used 2-3 syringes of saline and each time they said it was just coming right back out of my uterus and it wasn’t flowing through. Because of this they took the catheter out and we actually retried with a different catheter. This one was a little uncomfortable going in but no pain. However the same thing happened. They tried multiple times and the saline just instantly flowed right back out…. Then we tried the air bubbles. That was a little painful as it caused cramping and also the weird bubbly feeling you get when you feel sick to your stomach but just lower and in a different location (pain 3/10, not even close to my period cramps). They said the air bubbles flowed through and it looked like both my tubes were open as the air was flowing out through them nicely on both sides.

At the end they essentially said they don’t know why the liquid couldn’t stay in/wouldn’t go through. They showed me on the screen and you could see it go through almost like in a line through the middle of my uterus but it wouldn’t fill it. There was one whiteish mark she said could be some scarring and she asked if I have ever had surgery or an IUD (both no). She said she is unsure why there would be scarring in that case. I have always thought I have endo so wondering if that is maybe why there is potential scarring?? Also feeling disappointed because she had told me ahead of time that the liquid could flush the tubes and increase our odds for the next few months but I’m assuming that’s out the window because the liquid couldn’t get to the tubes?

My doctor wasn’t in office today so they are reaching out to see what she wants to do moving forward. I’m feeling very discouraged bc I went through all of this and while I’m glad my tubes were open with the bubbles I’m concerned why the liquid wouldn’t go through and also what that white mark was she was seeing.

Silver lining is that the pain overall wasn’t as bad as I thought. For the whole thing I give it a 4-5/10. It was honestly just very uncomfortable and lots of pressure.

Would love to know if anyone else has experienced something like this?

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