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Re: I was Pregnant During my HSG!!!!

From: Richard Chudacoff, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Jan 2002 16:56:48 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Dawn wrote: >
>Hello! My question is about HSG & being pregnant. I had an HSG on Nov.
>29 and did not know I was preg. I have had an irregular period for the
>past 6 months & we have tried to get pregnant for 2 yrs... and since I
>had just had a period on Nov. 2, my doctor said I was probably not
>preg. But I am sad b/c they DID NOT perform a 2 second pregnancy
>test... and now we are SCARED to death that our baby might be deformed.
>B/c the HSG procedure has around 7 rads of radiation I hear... and the
>normal limit is about 5 rads (that is safe for a fetus.) I was only
>about 1-2 wks pregnant when I had the HSG... could my baby suffer from
>retardation or mutations?? My OB said that there is an "ALL OR NOTHING"
>theory... which means that early in pregnancy the baby would self abort
>if the x-rays had hurt it. What do you think???
>
>--
>Thanks!!! Dawn
>

I agree with your obstetrician regarding the "all-or-nothing" phenomenon. I do have a problem with performing a hysterosalpingogram 11-12 days after the start the last menstrual period, for this very reason. I would be concerned about an ectopic pregnancy, with the hysterosalpingogram pushing a pregnancy into the fallopian tube.

-- Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC Sugar Land, TX

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