When was your first Trans-Vaginal-Sonography? was it uncomfortable or kind of ok?

@FlauscheBall yeah it was pretty uncomfortable physically and mentally also but guess anything for firsf time can be like that. Have you had them since and no longer issue for you? When did you have it

@aliciad

I went to the gynecologist for the first time when I was 16. That was 3 years ago. My mother really wanted me to go. I had irregular periods. The doctor wanted to take an ultrasound of the uterus and ovaries.

I have to have one to rule out uterine fibroids, the PTSD has not been kind lately

I remember that it was in the first days of pregnancy, the doctor told me that I had to bring a condom to be used. it was really humiliating and i remember that night i had nightmares about it

I was 16 and had irregular periods. Since I was a virgin, the doctor did the rectal ultrasound. Was very painful...

l ultrasound examination I had was via back passage as virgin at time

@FlauscheBall @aliciade

It's a bad excuse for doctors to hide behind your virginity to impose an endocavitary ultrasound on you.

In addition, so as not to deflower you, they are preferentially introduced through the anus, which is a very invasive first gynecological examination experience.

For irregular periods that affect many adolescents and young women, an examination of the ovaries and uterus by abdominal ultrasound is largely sufficient and less traumatic.

@Franklin58200

This type of ultrasound was also very uncomfortable! But from what I've heard, this is done very often!

@Franklin58200 I'm told some ob/gyn do them systematically on pregnant women… but at least these aren't virgins (with rare exceptions).

@Franklin58200 I'm told some ob/gyn do them systematically on pregnant women… but at least these aren't virgins (with rare exceptions).

@Pecan_nutjob

Yes you are right, it is now a technique widely used in obstetrics for the first so-called "dating" ultrasound (but we remain transvaginal, because, unless I am mistaken, the hymen is largely perforated).

About forty years ago we performed a simple abdominal ultrasound to measure the biparietal diameter and the length of the femur.

But this required us to use a full bladder to make a magnifying glass and better see the uterus and its contents.

How many patients squirmed in the waiting room because they had to pee so badly, the instructions were to drink 1.5 liters of water before the appointment!

@Franklin58200 Right, but for neither pregnancy did my wife do a transvaginal. She just did normal ultrasound. Why would a transvaginal be needed?

@Franklin58200 Right, but for neither pregnancy did my wife do a transvaginal. She just did normal ultrasound. Why would a transvaginal be needed?

Ultrasound is always a trade off. Higher frequency transducer equals much higher resolution thus clearer pictures and information of smaller structures however higher the frequency the less distance through tissue that ultrasound beam will travel.

Lower frequncy ultrasound will travel further at expense of resolution.

Being in the vagina or rectum is some cases the beam is much closer to ovary, endometrium, gestational sac etc. Transvaginal ultrasound modern scanner typically around 9mhz to abdominal probe normally 4-6mhz.

At your 12 week scan everything is easy to see on abdominal scan but at 4-5 sometimes externally see nothing or maybe an empty appearing gestational sac but transvaginal scan can see yok sac, fetal pole and even cardiac pulsations.

Can help confirm early date, location of pregnancy and number.

Worked in family practice so no radiologist but this simplist understanding, someone here can prob provide better explanation.

If @FlauscheBall had a small polyp causing imb it can be seen via internal ultrasound and missed on abdominal scanning.

@Franklin58200 Right, but for neither pregnancy did my wife do a transvaginal. She just did normal ultrasound. Why would a transvaginal be needed?

@Pecan_nutjob

I don't know how old your children are or when your wife was pregnant.

The practice of endovaginal ultrasound is relatively recent and is essentially used for the first so-called dating ultrasound.

As the egg is still very small in the uterus, it was previously necessary to force the patient to come with a full bladder in order to use the liquid volume which perfectly transmits the ultrasounds.

The technology that has implanted a sensor at the end of the probe makes it possible to be as close as possible to the uterus in order to clearly see what is inside. This (end of the 90s) now avoids the untimely need to pee, especially when the doctor is a little late.

For the following images, the baby is developed and the uterus being filled with amniotic fluid (bag of waters) we can see everything very well even with a probe passed over the abdomen.

My wife's first transvaginal ultrasound was when she was early in the pregnancy of our first child. It wasn't uncomfortable when the wand was inserted.

In my mid-20s. Had an ovarian cyst rupture and after almost a week was still having residual pain so doc wanted to make sure nothing else was going on. A friend had told me about how awful they were so I was dreading it, but I actually kind of enjoyed it. Of course I was also on fertility meds at the time so I enjoyed pretty much anything down there!

I was 24. The tech wasn't the best with her interpersonal skills, so the mood was anything but sexy. The idea of heing exposed and violated like that is still hot to me, but the experience itself was uncomfortable and not all pleasurable. Like someone shoving a dildo in at the wrong angle over and over.

I just had my first yesterday! (I’m 24)

My doctor measured my uterus for an iud. it wasn‘t uncomfortabl only a bit of pressure. He moved the wand quite quickl at one point which was a little bit painful. But overall it was completely fine.

I used pelvic ultrasound during my training/OBGYN rotations.. During diagnostic tests it was great learning with it.. At the time, in learning phase you never think or fetish/fantasy play.

It would be fun using the ultrasound in a non clinical - fetish play. Live images of the cervix and uterus with prolonged examination and also see response with stimulation/orgasm.

I had one done due to very long periods. (They still haven't found a cause but have put it down to perimenopause) The devise looks a little scary, being long in length but is slimmer than a penis. I didn't find it painful. Getting a smear test done is worse discomfort for me.