<p>PrePrince…the term (and I can’t pronounce it) is some sort of procedure that the MD’s do on women to figure out if their reproductive organs are doing what they should. Its a fertility procedure, I believe and ?? it may be done through the belly button but I;m not sure. I worked with a woman who had one and she referred to it a couple of times.</p>
<p>Hysterosalpinigram … is a diagnostic procedure to determine if there are any blockages or other problems in the fallopian tubes that would prevent an egg from becoming fertilized and traveling down the fallopian tubes to implant in the uterus.</p>
<p>The cervix is dilated and a catheter passed through, and then an infusion of liquid that can be seen on xray is injected through the catheter. Then … they take xrays to see what how the dye is progressing through the tubes. If there are no blockages, it’s a relatively painless procedure. I gather if the tubes are blocked it can hurt because the fluid has no where to go.</p>
<p>And it’s pronounced ** his - ter - o - sal -pin - o gram**.</p>
<p>I was the one who had a hysterosalpingorgram & it was pretty painful- I think it was probably unusual to have it for the reasons tht I did.
I wasn’t even married yet- but I asked the dr that I had at the time- to do an exam to find if there was anything that would prevent me having children.( all he could have said could have been to wait and see if there were problems before doing tests)</p>
<p>I was very young,( 22) and didnt have any indication that I would have problems, although I did have an undiagnosed ovarian cyst which my previous doctor had determined was in my head.</p>
<p>The xray did blow out the cyst, and it also determined that I had a full bicornate uterus, which was interesting.
The doctor was a ass however, as when I had a great deal of pain from the procedure ( and I have a high pain tolerance) he told me that was nothing compared to childbirth.
Thanks guy</p>
<p>I also had one – for secondary infertility – and I didn’t find it painful beyond some very mild cramping. The doc who did mine was very concerned and empathetic and told me since it wasn’t excruciatingly painful, there probably would not be any problems showing up when he looked at the films. (I gather this can hurt A LOT!).</p>
<p>My claim to fame on this procedure however was telling the receptionist why I was there with the correct pronounciation of the word and having her burst out laughing. Apparently NO ONE ever pronounces it correctly!</p>
<p>perhaps it was because I had a cyst that it was painful- supposedly the size of a grapefruit- which had made me think for quite a while that I was pregnant since I hadn’t had my period- was feeling nauseous and tired.
However I didn’t need surgery for the cyst, I am wondering if the radiation from the test broke it down in some way as soon my periods and everything returned to normal.</p>