Internal Ultrasound

How do you girls feel about internal ultrasounds. May only have experienced one if you were preg but the use of such a big tool

Big tool? The transducer is about the size of cigar. Also, they're not usually used for pregnancy. The ultrasounds used for normal pregnancy is done trans-abdominally.

They aren't that big, they look certainly quite long but slim in terms of girth.

They are sometimes used in pregnancy but only in early pregnancy of concern about viability etc as inside first 7weeks sometimes can only be properly identified with transvaginal scan.

They are used to assess for bleeding or pain etc in non pregnant women also.

Certainly more comfortable then smear test I think.

I had a transvaginal ultrasound as part of my check up with my private gynecologist 2 months ago. It was not that he thought there was anything wrong but it was just one of his checks and to visualise my reproductive organs. I remember the probe was not very big and I did not mind it.

I thought it was interesting seeing the image of inside myself. My husband would have been interested to see it too.

My wife had a transvaginal ultrasound on her first visit during her first pregnancy. The doctor couldn't detect a heartbeat with the transabdominal so she put my wife back in stirrups for a transvaginal ultrasound. I remember her taking an exam glove and filling one of the fingers with the ultrasound gel. Then she put the transducer into the glove and inserted it into my wife's vagina. She was able to detect the heartbeat with that and everything was fine thereafter.

But that was one hell of an experience standing at my wife's feet and getting a doctor's view of the insertion and manipulation of the transducer. Good lord, I was hard as a rock.

My Gf has thm everytime at the Gynecologist

I always go with her to all her Doctor Appointments

The TVu is not a big deal bt she doesnt like it

I had quite a few when I had an absurdly large ovarian cyst. I don't remember the actual device insertion being painful, but I felt like my ovary was clawing its way out of my body, so I'm not the best judge.

I have had many transvaginal ultrasounds (TVU). None of them for pregnancy. I have never been pregnant. I have never tried to get pregnant. All the TVU's have been for diagnostic issues to rule outand or confirm various issues and disease.

Aussies Mrs,

There are other forum threads regarding TVU. Do a search.

Andie

SO had a bunch of them for fertility, and one for IVF egg retrieval. It was tough to watch for the IVF.

I've had a few. As noted the transducer is pretty thin. The weirdest part of the whole thing was the tech had me insert it into myself vs her doing it. I assume to make it less 'invasive' or something. That was actually IMO more embarrassing than if she had done it.

I had one done last January because I used to have menstruation problems where I would bleed for months at a time every few years. It was painless, but it wasn't fun either. It was just awkward. It would be fun in a play session.

My wife always complains about having it done. I went with her the last time and saw for myself. Now I know why

For my TVU, the only issue with size was that the ultrasound tech had me insert it myself which was really awkward because the wand was so long, i felt like I needed to have octopus arms.

My real issue was with the temperature, it wasn't too cold, it was too HOT! It was like having some weird creature inside me. And there was waayyy too much lube going on.