Today, millions of couples face the problem of infertility. If during a year of regular sex without protection, pregnancy does not occur, then doctors recommend starting the examination.
According to statistics, in a third of cases, a couple is not able to conceive a child through the fault of a woman. The most common cause of this is the obstruction of the fallopian tubes.
It is usually checked using hysterosalpingography (GHA). In case of doubtful results or obstruction, laparoscopy is prescribed, which from diagnostic manipulation can go into surgical intervention.
However, many women say that when they did GHA, the pregnancy came after many years of unsuccessful attempts. Doctors explain this by the flushing effect of this procedure.
During it, a radiopaque substance is injected into the uterine cavity , which then normally enters the fallopian tubes and flows into the abdominal cavity. At the same time, the small adhesions that were in them and prevented the onset of pregnancy may disappear. Thus, GHA promotes conception.
However, doctors strongly recommend avoiding pregnancy during the cycle when the study is being conducted. This is primarily due to the harmful effects of x-rays. Irradiation can adversely affect the bearing of the baby and its development.
In addition, complications may occur after GHA, the most common of which is the inflammatory process in the reproductive organs. In this case, the course of pregnancy can negatively affect both the presence of the infection itself in the body, and the drugs that the future mother will have to take.
However, GHA and pregnancy for many women have already become very close and interrelated concepts. However, planning the conception after the procedure must be approached responsibly. Active attempts must be started after the next menstruation.
When pregnancy occurs in a cycle with GHA, the doctor may raise the question of its termination. And this will be the strongest psychological blow for a woman who has been trying unsuccessfully for a long time to get pregnant.
In addition, for most patients, GHA is a serious stress, they are very worried and worried, especially if they are doing it for the first time. For some of them, this procedure is a real torture due to severe pain, although others experience only unpleasant sensations. This is due to the fact that different people have different thresholds of sensitivity.
Such experiences are also best avoided during pregnancy. And many gynecologists believe that it does not begin at the time of conception, but at the beginning of the cycle in which it entered.
To reduce unpleasant sensations, patients are given light anesthesia at their request or are prescribed painkillers. Pain can normally persist for a couple of days, especially when sitting. It resembles sensations on the first day of menstruation. Some also have to take painkillers during this period .
In addition, with the introduction of a radiopaque substance, muscle spasm may occur, it will not be able to pass into the tubes and a false result will be obtained. Therefore, patients are recommended to drink no-shpu before the procedure.
Quite often, after GHA, doctors prescribe drugs for the prevention of complications (suppositories, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory). Their use during pregnancy is also undesirable.
A long-awaited pregnancy after GHA occurs quite often. This is evidenced by statistics, and experts say.
This feature must be used. Nevertheless, it is necessary to combine GHA and pregnancy with caution. It is necessary to consider what day of the cycle the study is performed.
Although some experts argue that it is necessary to protect yourself from the GHA only for three days, and then begin to actively plan so as not to miss this opportunity. After all, the effect of the procedure does not last long. There are cases when women gave birth to completely healthy children, having become pregnant in a cycle with GHA.
So, how to combine GHA and pregnancy, every woman decides conscientiously with her doctor. However, it is better to transfer active attempts to conceive a baby in cycles after the procedure.