Getting Pregnant

This week my turn came up for the Lipiodol flush procedure, which ended up having good timing to be on a day that I usually work from home anyway.

I was nervous, of course. At least this time I wouldn’t need an anesthetic, because that would have made me more nervous; of course, the reason for this is the doctor wanted me to be able to feel what was going on, which I presumed would involve pain.

Dr H was already on his Christmas holidays so another doctor did the procedure, and I have to say it was highly uncomfortable but nothing you could really describe as pain. Starting with an internal ultrasound to check my insides as they are, they then inserted a catheter so they could get the Lipiodol liquid flowing through my tubes. The doctor said that it flowed well - more easily in one side than the other, but no signs of blockages.

I’m not really sure if that’s a good thing. It’s good to know my tubes are currently clear, but does that mean that last time when they were blocked was a one-off, or have they often been blocked? This inexact science of infertility can be pretty frustrating. Now we’ve been sent away to try on our own (with that ol’ favourite, “timed intercourse”) for another three months. We don’t really know if this treatment will have helped or done nothing. I’m feeling positive though, and hope that there’ll be good news in the next few months.

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