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Vaginal ultrasound question 😳

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Snowdog37 · 18/07/2017 03:47

After my 6w2d ultrasound today (viability ultrasound) I have a question. The ultrasound tech didn't insert the probe fully at all, and just kind of twisted it mostly just inside the vaginal entrance. As a result the scan was "inconclusive". However, on the quick abdominal scan that she did first, a gestational sac was clearly seen in the top of my uterus. I do have a retroverted uterus which does complicate things a bit and does mean the probe should be inserted fully and moved around. I kept telling her this and she was way too "shy" about getting the probe in more.

My question is this: is the vaginal ultrasound accurate if the probe isn't inserted fully or moved around inside me to get a full view of my uterus? I feel like she didn't try very hard to find the sac that was small but clearly visible abdominally.

This ultrasound was done at a community health clinic and was meant to verify a pregnancy but not offer measurements etc. so I wasn't expecting a long and detailed scan. The more I think about it now though, I feel that the vaginal scan wasn't really accurate and I should basically ignore it.

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plannedshock · 18/07/2017 03:53

Not sure how far it should go in, but when I had mine, pretty much same date, the probe went fully in. (Not uncomfortably so)
Also got a picture to take home,

Snowdog37 · 18/07/2017 04:13

I've had this kind of ultrasound before and it definitely went in further and was moved around more to see my uterus. This time she was just feeble, but I felt too embarrassed to make a fuss. No picture either despite a good abdominal scan.

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calimommy · 18/07/2017 04:25

I've had loads of those, they usually go up to my cervix, but aren't painful at all. Sometimes they will ask me to insert it myself. An ocean of lubricant. Even my trousers are wet afterwards🙄. Sounds silly that they didn't insert it fully, your both there for one reason, why not get the job done?

Snowdog37 · 18/07/2017 17:08

That's what I was so frustrated about. I kept saying it's not in and she didn't do much about it. Am going to disregard this ultrasound and just wait for next Monday. Hate this limbo though!

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calimommy · 18/07/2017 17:57

"It's not in" 😂
Words I'm always reluctant to use.

Snowdog37 · 18/07/2017 18:11

😂😂😂
Exactly. I was mortified. 😳😳😳

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