The HSG

At some point, while undergoing infertility treatment (I had mine back in August 2017), you'll probably have an HSG (hysterosalpingogram).  This is a test they do to see if your fallopian tubes are open.  If your fallopian tubes are blocked, there's no way for an egg to travel to the uterus, meaning no way for you to get pregnant.  Obviously that would be a roadblock!

Essentially they inject your uterus with a dye and then look at it live under x-ray to see if it travels through the fallopian tubes.  It's a very quick procedure and you're able to do all your normal activities that same day.  I think I took some ibuprofen right after as a preventative measure because some people experience cramping.

For the procedure itself, it was very easy for me!  I felt a pinch when the catheter went in (through the uterus) but that was really it.  Some women experience severe cramping and state the procedure is very uncomfortable, but I really hardly felt anything at all!  Not sure if I'm just lucky or had a really good PA doing the procedure.  I'm grateful regardless!

So this picture is showing the speculum at the bottom, the little dark triangle area is the uterus and then there are dark little lines coming off the sides of the uterus that are the fallopian tubes.  The dark cloudy areas on the sides are the dye coming out of the fallopian tubes.

As I had this done prior to Starbucks even being in the picture, I'm not sure how it's covered by insurance but I assume it's covered the same as every other infertility procedure!