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[Terri2]

bringing this to the top for Paula

Stay as relaxed as possible Paula. Deep breathing and tell yourself its fine.

[mrsgill]

What is PCOS?

Lisa, I know this is easier said than done but the best thing you can do is relax and actually look forward to this as like Denise said, information is power.

I had a HyCosy a few weeks ago which is pretty much the same except they look at it all under ultrasound. They said I would feel mild cramping like period pain. I think you are aware that this procedure is painful so I won't lie, it was painful. However, it was only painful for about 1 minute as they put the catheter through the cervix. After that, it really was quite mild and I was more interested in what they were finding. I kept asking them what they were seeing, not only did this distract me, it also meant they kept telling me everything as they went along. The whole thing lasted just over 20 minutes I think, and like I said it was only really painful for about 1 minute. When that comes, my advice is take a deep breath relax your shoulders down and tell yourself that its okay. I did this and it helped.
Okay so after the test I had bad cramping for about 40 minutes. It wore off all of a sudden and then I was perfectly fine, just tired.
I have to tell you though, through all of that pain mentally I felt 100% better than I had in the weeks running up to it. Even though they found something wrong with me (PCOS) I now knew what I was dealing with. Since then I have changed my diet and feel like I know what I'm up against which makes it all easier to deal with.
Whatever they find (and remember they may find nothing) at least you will know and that is so much better than not knowing.
I felt exactly the same as you before my test. I told myself they would find all these things wrong with me. Funnily enough, when the day came I was relaxed and almost relieved that I was finally going to find out what was going on in there!

I bled for about 3-4 days after, not really heavy. Just to warn you as they don't always tell you this.

Paracetamol got rid of my pain. It might be worth taking 2 just before the procedure and then maybe after taking some nurofen. You will be fine. Even though it hurt, I look back on that day as a good experience.

[Terri2]

it's polycystic ovary syndrome. Basically I get little cysts around my ovaries and it can cause me not to ovulate. Symptoms are irregular periods, excess body hair and overweight. I only have the irregular periods. My weight is okay and so far I don't have excess hair! He says my case is fairly mild. So why am I still not pregnant!!!!!!!!!!
PCOS is very common apparently. I think Zita West said that most people who's periods are irregular have this condition. It can be hereditary. My sister has it too (she has 2 children now).