My wife’s ultrasound

So, my wife, who is in her 30’s is going for “an ultrasound” today at a new gynecologists office. She has been having issues with irregular periods and very heavy periods that last over 10 days. Will this just be a regular transvaginal ultrasound, or something else? My wife knows of my “kink” and is sometimes reluctant to share any details of her exams with me.

I'm not a medical professional, but it might not even be a trans-vaginal. What they really need to see is most likely the uterus rather than the cervix and ovaries. Benign fibroid tumors either within the uterus or extending from it are a pretty common cause of heavy periods, so they'd be looking for those.

Whatever the procedure, I hope she's okay.

Likely both transabdominal and transvaginal, if any abnormalities are seen on transabdominal scan they might request to do both.

Would love to hear how it went!

@thomasgrady

Since your wife is in her thirties, it's important to determine the cause of her heavy periods.

It may simply be physiological, linked to a minor hormonal imbalance, but the gynecologist must examine her uterus.

The goal is to check the thickness of the endometrium, the mucous membrane that lines the walls.

At the same time, he or she will be able to check for polyps.

For this examination, endovaginal ultrasound is well-suited and completely painless.

For a patient in the midst of childbearing, a simple change in the dosage of her contraceptive pill may be able to resolve the problem.

If necessary, the practitioner can insert a small curette into the uterus and remove a piece of tissue for analysis. This is also a benign procedure with no major pain.

Please keep us informed of the follow-up.

So, just a quick update. The gynecologist said my wife’s uterus is perfect, with no issues. She does have 2 large cysts on her right ovary and one of her ovaries is no longer releasing eggs. She will go back in 4 months for another ultrasound to see what size they are. He did mention birth control….she is not on birth control as I had a vasectomy several years ago.

My wife is blonde, but does have red public hair. I’m sure her doctor loves examining her….she has big breasts and creamy skin.

I also wanted to add….my wife didn’t wear panties to the appointment. Her jeans had a big stain of the lube and “wettness” on them when she got home. Wow!

I'm glad it's only "watch and wait" at this point. Lots of times these things are stable and need nothing more than continued watching, so we'll hope she's in that group.

To each her own, but I always use the wipes or tissues provided to tidy up after a gynecological exam, before getting dressed. I wear my jeans more than once!

I'm glad your wife seems good. My wife doesn't describe many details of her exams that I do not get to attend either because she knows it gets me "fired up" but is not like that to her.

B

I remember watching my wife's ultrasound when she was pregnant and she got one transvaginal. Seeing her cervix on the screen and the measurements of her ovaries was great.

I'm guessing the implication here is, with the lube stain in the pants, that she did indeed get a trans-vag ultrasound? Do you know if her male gyno did the US or did he have a tech do it? I've had them both, where sometimes the doc does it and othertimes where they send me down the hall to another room and a tech (had male/female) do it.