i am seriously the toughest b*tch i know- part 2 (updated)

i was feeling pretty confident this morning as i left for my hsg. when i got there there was a little screw up in that apparently the re's office never sent me my paperwork i needed, but since they're in the hospital they just called over & no problem. i went back & changed into my lovely gown- naked from the waist down again of course, & admires how nicely the blue gown went with my killer black patent stiletto boots. i sat down to wait & the woman from yesterday was there too. she struck up a conversation with me about prenatals because hers make her ill, then we kept chatting about the hss yesterday, our hubbies & just general testing/if bonding. it was rather nice to talk to someone face to face who obviously knows why i was there & could relate in person. there was another woman waiting, older- probably mid 50's, who turned to d. (the other hsg testee) & asked her how far along she was. she had obviously mistaken our part of the conversation about poking & prodding & how we should just get used to it as we'll be poked & prodded for 9 months after this. i felt so bad for d., but she just said "how far along am i in trying to get pregnant?" which was the perfect response. the woman got an 'a-ha' look & said oh!- you're trying! she wasn't being mean, but i did feel the teeniest of heart stabs...

then they called d. back- i followed in 5 minutes or so. walked into the room to see my re- dr. happy (not the final nickname- i'm still a little stumped!) he greeted me with a very warm & genuine 'jenn-e-fur' (imagine a little bit of an accent, somewhat french, even though he does not speak with any accent at all). we've bonded since we are both hungarian. there was no waiting around- i hopped up on the stirrup less table (!) and it began. at first i thought not too bad- definitely worse than the hss, but bearable since i knew it would be fairly quick. then the dye started, then i felt something really weird & heard "uh-oh" as the catherter literally popped out. insert speculum again & try to get catheter back in. ouch. not working. fumble around a few more minutes. this really sucks. get smaller flexible catheter. poke & prod (literally) for at least 2 minutes that feel like a half hour. oh. my. god. make. it. stop. finally get catheter in & begin dye. at least that's a different kind of uncomfortable pain. look as pretty black stuff goes nicely through the lefty & spills out perfectly! yay! righty was a little slower, but spilled just fine too. double yay!!!
dr. happy was very nice, very apologetic, & i could tell he was being as gentle & quick as he could with the circumstances. he asked me not to hold it against him & he hoped we were still on speaking terms after that. i told him to give me a few days, but i'd get over it! as soon as it was over & everything was out i felt pretty good. a little cramping for maybe 2 minutes after, a lot of icky liquid staining the back of the gown (you know you needed to know that!) that made the walk across the hall & into the women's changing room (packed by the way) oh so fun. but one massive diaper/pad later & back into my clothes & i felt much better. i was back to work & a-okay within a half hour.

it wasn't the worst pain- the exploding kidney will always take that honor, but it was far from pleasant. i certainly don't want to repeat it. ever. oh- and the reason for the catheter difficulty was a little bump on my cervix that apparently wasn't there yesterday for the hss. dr. happy kept asking me if anyone ever said i had a tilted uterus- which of course freaked me the hell out for a good minute, but thankfully i don't. it's most likely just an irritation from yesterday & who can blame my poor girl for acting up. she's certainly been put on the spot these past 2 days. i'm sure she's a little pissed. let's just hope she gets over it in time to let some swimmers in...


*update- i got a phone call this afternoon with the hub's results. all is good with both of us. the quick numbers are (with RE office's 'normals'): volume- 3 (they like to see over 2). count- 165.9 mil (they like to see over 20 mil- go hub!) motility 94% (they like to see over 50%). & morphology- 11% (they ideally say 14%, but the lovely nurse i spoke to said that they really like to see anything over 6-7%). nancy explains morphology to me- so i hope she doesn't mind me linking to her to explain it far better than i ever could!
essentially this all means that as of this moment we are unexplained. we have the post-coital test & possibly the clomid challenge test, but i guess we're in a wait & see kind of pattern right now. i'm thinking a few months of trying on our own & saving up & then it's IUI time...