Why would a transvaginal ultrasound be painful?

Yes I had one a few days ago and it was painful for me also , that's why I saw your post cause I'm trying to findd out what it could be also.

Yes, I just a pelvic ultrasound yesterday, and it was the worst pain ever. Every time she hit a certain spot I had to hold my breath so I didn't scream. When I asked her what she was hitting, she stated she was hitting my colon. I find that hard to believe when I have never had pain during an ultrasound before. I am still hurting from it today. I don't have pain during sex either. So why is my colon by my ovaries?

This is happening to me right now. I had an abdominal ultrasound with full bladder, then transvaginal ultrasound right after. It is about seven hours later, and I definitely feel bruised on the insides, especially ovary area and uterus. I also feel crampy pain, soreness, burning type feeling in bladder area, and general uncomfortable in the entire pelvic area. Also pain in right hip area from having my leg at such a weird angle for 20 minutes.

I took Aleve, but it doesn't seem to help yet, and I have a heating pad on, but it is impossible to sleep..

my history : currently, I have cyst on right ovary, and polyp in the uterus. I had multiple, large fibroids and endometriosis in 2009, had surgery to remove them,, and all has been good until recently when right ovary pain started with pain down the thigh.

As for the ultrasound itself, it didn't actually hurt when she was doing it, just felt uncomfortable and painful type pressure when she hit certain areas. now (8 hours later) feels much more intense, especially around the bladder area, and feels like I have to pee, even though I just did.

I had a transvaginal ultrasound a few years ago, and the same thing happened!! I blocked it out, but now the memory has come back to me. I was really upset, and went back to my gyno, she said it was not supposed to hurt, but that some people are very sensitive, and there are a lot of nerves in that area, and uterus can become inflamed, irritated, especially if it is enlarged to begin with (mine is 13 cm - considered enlarged).

Here's the good news, the pain, uncomfortable feelings, etc. went away after about 5-6 days, each day a little better. She also checked for UTIs and yeast infection, and found I had a yeast infection. I don't know if that made pain worse, or was coincidental..

In any case, I hope this helps somebody. The pain is real, but it will get better. Try Aleve, Motrin, heating pad, and or warm bath (not if you have a UTI though, as this will just irritate urinary tract more in my experience. I hope everyone feels better

The ultrasound hurt because the ultrasound tech knows how to hurt the patient and will pretend its unavoidable but they know exactly what they are doing and can make it painless or painful. If you have medicare or medicaid they see this as a reason to hurt you on purpose. I hope you complain and try to get her fired. Also the position the ultrasound tech puts you in matters. If she instructs you to sit up on the edge of the seat you can bet that it will be more painful than if she instructs you to lay down. Was her name Marta?

It only hurts if you have a sadistic ultrasound tech. Was her name Marta?

I have had many vaginal ultrasounds and none ever hurt or made me sore in the least. But when I went to this last one it was a whole different story. She deliberately hurt me and this I know without a doubt because I watched the screen the entire time and the image she was taking a pic of was locked on the screen yet she jabbed me with the ultrasound wand hard once more and the image didn't change so it was obvious at that point that she had tortured me the entire time just for fun. I would have jumped up and shoved that thing up her ass so far and made it come out her throat but she was like 6 foot tall and I didn't want to get my hands messy. I complained alot to the hospital and they did nothing about it. I wont stop until I get her fired. Was the one that hurt you named Marta by any chance? I am trying to find a lawyer to go after her.

Ok apparently not screaming is where we messed up. You need to demand they either do the ultrasound correctly and not hurt you or you will go somewhere else. The ultrasound tech is counting on you to lay there just taking the pain and not complaining that way she can hurt you as much as she wants to and get away with it! Scream your head off next time if that ever happens again and tell her to stop! Then go complain and get the sick biotch fired.

Yes! I had a follow up transabdominal and transvaginal for a right ovary cyst yesterday (and fibroid). The left side during transvaginal felt like strong labor contractions. Right side --where the cyst is-- didn't hurt nearly as bad but now I have lower left back pain. Doc hasn't called yet to discuss results of ultrasound. I will have new pain to report. I have had one other painful US and others that were not painful. This is unusual and I am also searching for answers.

Thank you so much for that information. I had it done 3 days ago and am still uncomfortable. Can't sleep.

Ok. So let me start of by saying I am 15 years old. I have never used a tampon. Im a virgin. I have also never had anything penetrated into me in any way. A few days ago I had a mirena inserted due to having really bad cycles and losing too much blood which caused me to become anemic. I was put asleep for it due to the fact my doctor said it would be uncomfortable for a virgin. It is a couple of days later and I have been having really horrible sharp pains. I was finally called back to the doctor where I was suppose to get a regular ultrasound. However she could not see the device that way. So they decided that we would just do a transvaginal ultrasound but just not actually penetrate. HOWEVER she ended up penetrating anyway and it was really painful. Did anyone else have pains during it?? It is a couple of hours later and I am hurting horribly with excessive cramps and sharp pains.It is also uncomfortable. I also am bleeding. Should I be concerned?? Any advice would help. Thank you.

I had a Vaginal Probe 3 days ago. Had many in the past however, this time my regular tech forgot my left ovary was absent and jammed the probe way up in an attempt to locate it. I felt a sharp nerve type pain and reminded her there was no ovary there. Since then, I have been in terrible pain. Coincidentally' I had a physical appointment the next day and my MD insisted the pain could not have been from the probe. (I knew better). I am still in a ton of pain and having trouble sleeping at night. I notice there are many physicians on this site and was wondering if any of them could offer up what damage could have been done by the jamming of the probe deep into the left side of the cavity. Good luck and thank you for the post.

For any MD: Please explain what damage/injury might be caused by jamming a vaginal probe deep into the left side of the vaginal cavity? Is it a bruise or can some real issue be caused? Pain is like a sharp spasm and constant for the most part. Unable to sleep. Could it be intestines, bladder, rectum, uterus? Today is the 4th day post exam. Thank you for any professional thoughts.

Have any of you researched ENDOMETRIOSIS? Over 170 MILLION women have this.

Please answer! I know this is not normal, I have had transvaginal ultrasounds before w/o pain. 4 days ago, I had one, she hit the cervix, poked further than I felt necessary, and pulled up toward stomach extreme pain! Now 4 days later, still in pain. Won't go away.
Has this happened to anyone else? What do you do?

I had extremely painful ultrasound too when I went for check up during my miscarriage on my 6th week. I’m still trying to find answers. Doctors haven’t been able to answer my question.