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Re: hysterosonogram
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 4 Jul 2001 09:46:33 -0500 (CDT)
I was told not to even try to conceive the cycle I had my HSG. You
don't HAVE to do an hsg do an ivf or a transfer. Its best to rule out
uterine troubles, but if your already on medication for the upcoming
cycle I would proceed with the ivf. Have you had a lap or ultrasound?
Perhaps they would be willing to do a vaginal ultrasound to look for
polyps or fibroids and to check your uterus. Much less invasive. I
don't know what a mammogram has to do with treatment.
Amy
At Tue, 3 Jul 2001, William McIntosh, MD wrote:
>
>>My IVF clinic, Cornell Medical Center, which neglected to inform us of
>>all the necessary pre-cycle tests, and in fact has been telling us for
>>months that our file was complete, just fed-exed us a protocol package
>>indicating that I still need a mammogram and hysterosonogram. I am
>>already on lupron and expecting a lupron period later this week. I am
>>to have the actual cycle thereafter - i.e., July.
>>
>>I can find nothing on the internet indicating that this invasive,
>>saline-injection test can or should be done on a lining which will be
>>used for an IVF embryo transfer later in the same month. All the
>>material I read mentions it as part of the PRE-cycle work-up. Neither
>>my ob-gyn nor the ultrasound technicians at the woman's ob-gyn hospital
>>here have ever heard of doing it at this time -
>>
>>IS anyone aware of whether this can or should be done after my lupron
>>cycle, when I will be on estrogen patches to grow the lining into which
>>they will be doing the embryo transfer later in July? We have received
>>so much incomplete and mis-information from Cornell that I am very
>>concerned.
>>
>>Thank you!
>
>This is something that you should discuss with the doctor that ordered
>the test. I would think that you need the test, and I don't know that
>doing it now would cause any harm, but get the ordering doctor to tell
>you what (and why) he thinks.
>
>--
>William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
>
>This is for educational purposes only, and is neither designed nor intended to replace consultation with and examination by a licensed medical professional.
>
>Please, no private e-mails. I will not be able to answer them.
>
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