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Why would a transvaginal ultrasound be painful?

By ladysail | 134 posts, last post
Kate Smith answered this Who Needs A Transvaginal Ultrasound, And What Can You Expect?
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Guest

I had the transvaginal ultrasound done and the pain was so bad the next day, I went to the emergency room.
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Guest

I had a tranvaginal today, I had my menstrual cycle twice in a month and one lasting almost two weeks. It was very painful and I asked my doctor why, he said possible ovulation can cause pain.
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Guest

Wow. I had to have a sonogram and a transvaginal to see why I have so much pain during and after sex, and also bleed. This all started after the birth of my daughter. While I was 'ok' but slightly uncomfortable during the procedure, I am in intense cramping pain and it's both in my pelvis and back. The tech was very gentle, I felt no major "bumping around". I have a tipped uterus, mayboe this has something to do with it? Waiting on the results as I type.
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Guest

I had a pelvic ultrasound about 18 months ago - suspected appenditis - no pain. Today great pain and still painful 12 hours later. Better not be long term. I have a fab female doctor will be looking for answers.
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Guest

I recently went for a vaginal ultrasound due to some post menopausal bleeding.  The procedure was a little unconfortable but not extremely painful.  My problems started right after that with urine leakage and pain in my lower back and abdomen.  I have to urinate at least 3-4 times and hour and I have a feeling of fullness in my abdomen.    I went to urgent care thinking that I might have a urinary tract infection but the results were negative.  I feel that the vaginal procedure may have injured me in some way but have found little to no information to confirm that in my research. I'm thinking that I may have suffered some bruising which resulted in swelling.  I might add that the urine test at urgent care revealed no blood in my urine.  This problem with urine leakage and pain has been going on for about 2 weeks and caused me to lose sleep due to pain and an embarrasing problem of having to go to the bathroom constantly and wear a pad.  Anyone one else have a similar experience if so what were the results? 
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Guest

I had a TV ultrasound 2 days ago. I am 42 on HRT for early onset menopause. I have not had a period in 11 months. The proceedure was very uncomfortable and as soon as the tech was done there was blood all over the wand. I am bleeding very heavily. I am wondering if she hurt me. It is the weekend so I have to wait until tomorrow to call my doctor. Has anyone else experienced extreme bleeding from this?
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KARW42208527

I had a transvaginal ultrasound today because I suddenly started having pelvic pain for the last 3 weeks and never had anything like that before and the doctor ordered it. I did not bleed but it definitely hurt and was very uncomfortable. I had a transvaginal ultrasound years ago that did not hurt like this and so I am concerned if something was wrong in there that caused this ultrasound to hurt worse. Now, it is 9 hours later and it still hurts inside, worse than before I had it done. From reading the other posts, it may be because of the timing in my cycle, since I'm expecting my period in the next week or so. The tech said I have to wait for the doctor to give the results, possibly in a few days. 
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Guest

did you have vaginal spotting?

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KiKiKi

Did you get an answer about the cause of your pain? I am asking for a "Luddite" friend who doesn't have a computer! Not a cop out...I am 72 and past that stage. Very concerned. Radiologist was harsh and uncaring when friend, who has a very high tolerance for pain, told her that it was really hurting her. I've looked all over Google and all sites seem to say the same thing, "Transvaginal Ultrasound shouldn't be painful". Help me help her.
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iris

Had this procedure  2 days ago to exclude prolapse and it was excruciating!! That evening got intense pain,nausea,rigors and felt Iwas going to pass out .Went to ER where they found my blood pressure was very low.Started vomiting with the pain.So ended up getting 2 litres of iv fluid,morphine and gravol intravenously.Got better overnight and was sent home when all the blood work xrays and exams didn't show anything.No way am Iever having this procedUre again!! Ithink pain with this procedure is more common than they let on.The ERdoc says he'd seen quite a few.GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

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christina

I am so glad to come accross this, i had two viginal ultra soundsdue to a cyst in my olvary within 48 hours and I haven't stopped feeling pain in my insides. I feels like it's bruised. I can't sleep comfrotably because of the pain, and i have notices that i do to the bathroom more frequently than before. I am not sure if there is anything that can be done? I am hoping that it will go away with time. Although, i feel like i should say something to my health provider but how do you see "bruising" down there? i am not up for another ultra sound as i believe that is what caused it... Feeling a bit at lost but reassurred that this is not in my mind given what others have written.

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Guest

I had a vaginal sonogram yesterday and it was extremely painful a couple hours after the procedure. This is day 3 and still feeling pain in my ovaries and lower abdomen 

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Cooper224


I had a vaginal ultrasound done last March 2012 and I had tears running down my face from the pain. It was terrible. I told the technician this & she said she needed to push on my ovary so it would "pop" out and be viewable to get a good picture. I thought I was going to pass out. Ever since then (it's Feb 2013 now), I have been getting on & off pain on my right side ovary area. Now they have me scheduled for another vaginal ultrasound. I might cancel it! I was told a petscan may be another option. Two people at the hospital told me this procedure was not painful - well it was horrible and I can tolerate quite a bit of pain.
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Guest 020613

I just had the vaginal ultrasound today due to ovarian cysts. I was so scared to get it done and I'm on my 4th day of period. I warned the technician that I can be a handful since I freaked out when I was getting my Pap smear because I kept clamping down when the speculum was to be inserted. Fortunately the vaginal ultrasound was a better experience. It was not painful just uncomfortable. The doctor did tell me she is the best technician for that procedure. I could feel the probe being moved around and she told me every time she had to go from one spot to the next. I was actually surprised that I was not in pain. I'm hopeful my results are ok.
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Guest

Hi, I have many, many transvaginal ultrasounds over the years, with no real pain (a tiny bit of discomfort, but that's  it).  Today I had an ultrasound to look at an ovarian cyst and it as very painful, particulary on the left side, where the cyst is.  I was surfing the net to whether others have had this experience and I came across this post.  The cyst was already painful, so I am guessing that the pressure on that side aggravated it even more.  I just took a Vicodin, hopefully the pain will calm down shortly. 

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