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Poll with article Transvag Ultrasounds
So I'm a little shocked than an older female has never had to have a transvag ultrasound. I'm curious if its a norm or not:
[Poll]
Plenty of pundits on both sides of the ideological aisle have weighed in on the country's ongoing abortion debate and the transvaginal ultrasound mandates passed by several states?what some people argue is part of the GOP's so-called "war on women." But few have actually gone through the procedure?which is why Megan Carpentier, executive editor of the progressive news site Raw Story, decided to have a "completely unnecessary transvaginal ultrasound" and document the experience for readers.
"It was vigorously uncomfortable," Carpentier wrote, partly "because the technician has to press the wand directly against the areas she wants to get an image of?your uterus, Fallopian tubes and ovaries?so there's more movement and more direct contact with pressure-sensitive areas of your body."
Carpentier continued:
You're also not lying flat on your back to facilitate access to the upper reaches of your vagina; and you're being penetrated with a longer, rigid object than is used in a regular pelvic exam. In my case, as the technician explained after, my uterus is "high," or tilted toward my abdomen, so she had to tilt the wand accordingly?and because it was so uncomfortable, she halted the exam before fully exploring my Fallopian tubes or ovaries. If I had been pregnant (which I knew I was not), the exam might have lasted longer as she looked to rule out an ectopic pregnancy and locate the miniscule gestational sac.
It was not, however, like being raped, despite all the furor-generating headlines and "Doonesbury" cartoons that were printed. It was uncomfortable to the point of being painful, emotionally triggering (and undoubtedly is moreso for victims of rape or incest or any woman in the midst of an already-emotional experience) and something that no government should force its citizens to undergo to make a political point. But it wasn't like being raped?and using language like that not only minimizes rape for its survivors but makes them and other women more frightened of the procedure, which has significant and important medical uses.
Carpentier even shot a video of the procedure and uploaded it to YouTube.
She concluded: "It's not a choice to be made at a distance by elected officials with an ideological axe to grind, little medical knowledge and a belief that it's acceptable to require doctors to put unnecessary instruments inside women's bodies in an effort to achieve in practice what they can't constitutionally pass into law: an end to abortion."
Re: Poll with article Transvag Ultrasounds
In my 15 year quest to concieve I was wanded in my lady business more times than I can count. I know which techs did it rough, which seemed a tad sadistic, who went in too deep, who not to go near during ovary peeping season, and the most useless of all, the "afraid to put it in far enough to get a decent look at my much maligned lady innards."
I've had more girl on wand action than actual sex, I think.
I found them very uncomfortable because of the pressing on the sides. ::shudder::
I had two, one after a spotting incident around 7 weeks pg, and one at my first appt just past 8 weeks for dating. All others were abdominal.
I've never needed one for non-pregnancy issues.
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No children, no plans for them, no ultrasound of any kind.
However, when I got my annual done in Korea last year (that was an... experience), in my pre-meeting, they asked when my last u/s was. Um, never? I asked my translator why I would need one, and she said Korean women get them regularly to check their parts. But, she told the docs that b/c it's not done in America, I shouldn't have to have one, either.
They apparently do a lot of tests regularly, but I got out of all of them because it's not done like that in America.
I've had a transvaginal ultrasound three times due to ovarian cysts, not pregnancy. Your description pretty much sums up how I felt about the whole process. Two of the three times they were done in a hospital ER after I'd been given pain meds which probably took the edge off anything that would hurt. Emotionally, as a survivor of sexual assault, I think putting it in myself was a huge help, but I can see how it would be triggering for others. I don't think they should be a requirement for abortions.
i have had MANY - for pregnancy, trying to get pregnant, and other issues not related to pregnancy.
Above Us Only Sky
I had one when my Gi issues were being evaluated. I also placed the dildo cam in. Not painful but most definitely invasive.
ETA They found fibroids at the exm and now my (usually low intervention) ob gyn wants to do a yearly ultrasound to check them.
Would you mind telling me more about this? I've got some still being diagnosed GI issues myself (presents like gallbladder issues, but I've had every gallbladder test imaginable and *nothing*). I'm trying to keep better records of my GI pain + my menstrual cycle to see if they overlap.
I've had one dildo cam (also self inserted) and it was uncomfortable bordering on painful, and they didn't find the ovarian cysts they were probing for. Not a fan.
Nonny- shoot me an email, I don't mind sharing the gory details. I have a gall stone (discovered on ultrasound) that doesn't cause issues and the fibroid. I was evaluated for possible chrons, ibs, and a fistula. Ultimately we think a big part of the problem was an antibiotic induced infection. I took a wildly expensive antibiotic to fix that issue and it was a miracle drug.
Catlawdy at gmail
Sorry for misspellings, typing on iPad.
Thanks! I just sent you and email a few minutes ago from my own gmail account.
ETA: I take that back. I used that email and it bounced back saying the account has been disabled.
"It was not, however, like being raped, despite all the furor-generating headlines and "Doonesbury" cartoons that were printed."
Maybe she should leave this opinion to the women who would have it done against their will? Of course it wasn't like rape...she volunteered for it.
Oh, that is fantastic. This...this is wine. Yeah. Look what all these idiots are drinking. Look at these dicks! Obviously it's not really delicious, like hot chocolate or Coke, but for wine...brilliant.
Weird. I have that account forwarded to my regular one and just use it for advertisements and the nest, and it's disabled. I'm seeing if Google will let me recover it, not sure what happened, I guess maybe it got hacked.
Send me a PM with your email address?