LoMac,
I had fluid,scarring & blockage in the tubes, unfortunately I had to have mines removed! So now IVF is my ONLY option! But my question to you is: How did you get through a cycle of IVF with the fluid undetected? My RE did all the testing, found nothing BUT the RE recommended the HSG and saw the damage!!! I couldnt do anything but have them removed!

I recently had a lap and there was fluid in my uterus and "stuff"in my tubes. They thought the fluid was from my cysts bursting. I have PCOS. They think this may be why I have pain with intercourse. Again its like the woman's body is such a mystery if the doctors don't have answers : )

I had hydro tubes. I had to have one removed and the other one they repaired. Even still, they recommended going straight to IFV. My age was probably a factor, too at 36. There was a struggle for me to decide to have the tubes taken out: if you leave blocked tubes in, it is possible that toxic fluid will build up and leak into your uterus-thus creating a toxic environment for an embryo to emplant. If you have them removed-IVF is your only option-forever. Only one of mine was that bad, so we had it removed. And still choose to move on to IVF. Good luck, feel free to ask questions.

I had hydrosalpinx as well. I had a lap and my doc clamped my tubes off, kind of wish now I would of just had them removed. IVF was is our only option anyway, they are of no use to me. Good luck.

All I remember from the surgeries is that both tubes are filled in and the ends folded over. They could clean out the tubes, but they don't think that will help us.

Good luck with the test!

The reason they didn't know about the Hydro prior to this is because of INSURANCE! With the Endo, the consensus was straight to IVF, well the insurance companies, not being doctors, don't get the Endo factor, so to basically trick them into not fighting us on the have to be trying 1 1/2 general rule, they skip the HSG during the first round of tests, based on my case history it's safe to assume that the tubes would at the very least be blocked, but if they weren't it still wouldnt have changed my RE's decision to go to IVF but it would have changed the Ins Co allowing the coverage. Quit a conundrum huh! Insurance companies, Im convinced in a lot of ways shoot themselves in the foot, with their rules and trying to doctor you.

TJtanks...out of curiosity, why would you have had them REMOVED instead of CLAMPED off. Those might be my choices so just wondering. Hindsights 20/20, but foresight might save me some tears! Thanks for sharing, means the world.

Lomac- With them being no use why take the chance of them being there. My RE also said that was the only thing he would have done different than my ob in my lap surgery. Just want to make the healthiest enviroment for my baby when it happens. Feel free to ask if you have more questions.

Also, when I was at one of my u/s for my last cycle, the tech made some comment that sometimes the stim meds can cause fluid build up in the tubes. just an fyi

I had a double hydrosalpinx and tried surgery to fix them. It was a failure so I ended up having them removed. If I had to do it again I would have had them removed right away instead of trying the first surgery. IVF became the answer for us then and we went on to get pregnant! Best of luck to you whatever you decide!

I am so sorry you have to endure the HSG test. I know some women don't have any trouble, but mine was not good. If they offer you drugs, I'd take them!

Good luck, and hopefully they can get the info they need to get you pg!

I had the fluid in the tube aswell. I had an ectopic in '05 and had one tube removed. Then they found the fluid a year ago and tried to repair but it did not work. My old RE never told me about the toxic fluid and IVF failure. So, I waited till summer '07 and got another RE. They said that with that fluid in there it cuts your IVF results in half! They said that some women only have a little bit of fluid sometimes and is hard to detect and that is why IVF does not work. I am so sorry you had to get a neg result inorder to find all this out. I had my other tube removed in Aug and I will start my IVF in Jan. My opinion is to have it removed. I feel sooooo much better since it has been removed! I have no more pain during ovulation time and no pain during intercoures!!! good luck!!!