It’s Probably Nothing…

…but just in case I decided to call my OB/GYN.

In the middle of exercise class this morning I started feeling discomfort in my left ovary. In and of itself this is not abnormal for me, I usually feel this type pain in my ovary around the time I ovulate every month. However this is the second time this menstrual cycle that I have felt like this (the first time being well before and now approximately a week after ovulation). So I started to wonder and worry a bit.

During Abby’s nap I spoke with one of the nurses at my OB/GYN’s office who in turn spoke with one of the doctors in the practice. She apparently recommended that I have a pelvic ultrasound (u/s) done. My best guess as to what is going on, is that I may have an ovarian cyst. At least that is what it sounded like to me after consulting with Dr. Google earlier today.

The nurse told me to call our local hospital’s central scheduling department to make an appointment at the Imaging Center for the pelvic u/s. When I spoke with someone from the department, the soonest they could see me was March 18. I was not pleased to hear that. Having the tendency to be a hypochondriac, having to wait almost a month wasn’t working for me. The woman then told me I could call my OB/GYN and they could have one of my doctors contact the u/s technicians directly to request an earlier appointment.

When I followed up with the nurse at my OB/GYN’s office, she suggested that I could also just come to their office and the u/s tech (who I know well after all the years we were trying to conceive which included our six pregnancies and four losses) there would do it. But initially when she looked at their schedule the first opening they had wasn’t until around March 3, when my period is due and they don’t like to do trans vaginal u/s when you are menstruating. So then she was moving further into the month of March and I asked if we could try the option of having one of the doctors call the u/s techs at the hospital’s Imaging Center directly. Instead she said that she would check with their u/s tech and see if he would be willing to fit me in sooner.

I was very pleased to find out that he told her I could come in tomorrow morning at 9:15 a.m. How is that for service?! I guess when you spend enough time with medical professionals and they get to know you and/or you are persistent, sometimes they are willing to make exceptions to accommodate you and your overcautious self. At least that was my experience today.

So when I wake up tomorrow morning I will be eating breakfast and then emptying my bladder at about 7:45 a.m. Then I will get to drink 32 oz. of water and proceed to “hold it” until after the trans vaginal u/s at 9:15 a.m. How fun does that sound?! Definitely reminiscent of my days doing IVF (when I needed a full bladder for the embryo transfer procedure) and having early u/s during my subsequent pregnancies after our losses (when I had many trans vaginal u/s).

I imagine that everything will likely be just fine, but after years of ending up on the wrong side of the odds (and the right side many times too), I would rather be safe and get myself checked out sooner, rather than later.

I will report back sometime tomorrow as what, if anything, they find. But I realize, that it is probably nothing.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers as I prepare for the exam tomorrow. Also, if any of you have any experience with ovarian pain (other than that related to ovulation and menstruation), please do feel free to share.