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I left work eary for a doctor's appointment, I thought I was going to get girly stuff done for PCOS. Instead I got a prescription for Glucophage which should help me loose weight YAY but has side effects like gas (boo). And instead of a traditional pelvic they want me to have a pelvic ultrasound, which doesn't sound very fun at all. I was expecting to get prescription for birth control as well but she didn't give me one, she wanted to wait.

Can anyone tell me what a pelvic ultrasound is like?

askye, I fondly call it "The Dildo Cam".

With a pelvic u/s they insert a small u/s scanner inside your cootch in order to get the pictures. It's a bit more, well, intimate than the usual belly u/s, but has the benefit of not requiring you to drink 35 oz of water and not pee. So depending on your modesty level, it's arguably more comfortable.

askye, it depends on which method they use. External pelvic ultrasound is the same kind that pregnant women have. The u/s tech will put some gel on your stomach and move a wand back and forth against your stomach to visualize the internal structures. Its major discomfort is that they'll ask you to have a full bladder for the ultrasound because the liquid helps create a clearer picture, and they push down with the wand pretty hard at some points. Not hard enough to hurt, but hard enough that it makes having a full bladder even more annoying.

A transvaginal pelvic ultrasound is the same thing except the tech will use a different, longer and thinner wand, and s/he will insert it into your vagina, directing the sound waves towards your pelvic structures through the cervix rather than the abdomen. This is obviously a lot more annoying, but it provides a much clearer picture and is the preferred method for diagnostic ultrasounds on non-pregnant women.

Er, or, what everyone else said!

Can anyone tell me what a pelvic ultrasound is like?

It's fairly uninteresting. They take a camera that is cylindrical (rather like a personal fufillment device), cover it with a condom. It's called something else, but it's really a condom, and umm, insert it into the area in question. They may also do a regular ultrasound. The gel is always cold.

If you're wondering, I had to do all of this for my fibroid surgery.

askye, I fondly call it "The Dildo Cam".

Fondly? fondly? I'm a little perturbed that you use the term fondly.

Fondly? fondly? I'm a little perturbed that you use the term fondly.

I forgot to use the sarcastic font again. Heh.

(Don't worry Aimee, I heard it loud and clear)

(Oh good. I wouldn't want to tarnish my French Vanilla reputation. How are the littles?)

Instead I got a prescription for Glucophage which should help me lose weight YAY

Glucophage is the primary diabetic drug used to lower blood sugar. You were given it to lose weight?