Help me to identify a piece of equipment

There is a piece of equipment at my obgyn's office that don't know exactly what it is(or what it is for). There are a couple of diff monitors in the same area and then there is this relatively wide (in my opinion) 7 to 8" plastic object that looks like a vibrator(always covered with a condom). I'm assuming it's some kind of ultrasound device? What is it used for? I'm not sure what it is but when I'm laying there on the exam table I can't help but look at it wondering if it would ever get used on me.

I can only imagine that your supposition is correct and the equipment is in fact a probe, used for transvaginal ultrasound.

I would hope the condom is there to keep the probe from contamination and that it has not been there since being used on the last patient and furthermore that it will be changed before being used on the next.

As for your curiousity - why not ask what its for? Maybe you'll get to have a demo!

Http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003779.htm

Thanks! I googled it and came up with some info. Sounds like alot of fun to me. 😁 I am sure the condom is to keep it as sterile as possible in between uses. I heard one of the nurses talking to another nurse one day and asking her to go put a condom on something (couldn't make out what she called it. It wasn't a patient lol I know that much). Again thanks for the info. If any ladies have had this done it would be interesting to hear the details.

Loveburns, My wife had it done a few years ago and she said there really wasn't any pain involved with it. I was in the room with her and the doctor placed a condom over the probe and then lubricated it with KY. My wife was nude from the waste down and in the stirrups with a sheet over her.The doctor inserted the probe and occasionally moved it around and took a couple pictures. It was over in about 15 minutes.

I am sure there are a few ladies on this site that can add to this from their point of view.

Thanks lu, sounds dreamy.

Then you may just have a great time with it.Might be fun if you had someone observing you during the procedure also.

Thats weird loveburns, my obgyn uses the internal ultrasound scan every time, it's a pretty normal routine. It's not the most exciting thing actually, I prefer it when he uses his hands...

Here is a segment from The Doctors television series which explains the procedure.

http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/procedure_list/89

Very informative link, thanks for posting. I have had the TVU procedure, and it is not that bad. I think they keep the condom on probe all the time to keep it from becoming contaminated. They changed condoms and lubed the probe when I had the TVU.

Kimberly is right on. The wife had that to detect our second pregnancy. It is not that bad of a procedure.

It sounds like a transvaginal probe for an ultrasound.

They are used in early pregnancy when the foetus is too small to show up on the regular ultrasound head.

Hers was done at the hospital so like most other UK exams, no stirrup were involved.

Tim

My gyn used this instrument during my last exam. Anette y'ou're right, it's not really the most exciting part of the examination.... but it was the first time for me. 😃