I need to have and Endometrial Biopsy as a screening related to PCOS/chronic irregular periods. Has anyone else had this? Was it for fertility reasons or just PCOS. What can I expect? I will be having an ultrasound too. The nurse in the office does the biopsy so it shouldn't be too involved, right? Thanks.
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I had one for fertility reasons. I was found to have a luteal phase defect and eventually diagnosed with non-classic PCOS. I will be honest with you in telling you it is painful but only lasts a few seconds. I recommend taking a muscle relaxant and a pain killer.
Ugh, yes I've had that for severe bleeding and clotting that went on for weeks.
I don't want to scare you but it hurts bad! My poor DH sat next to the table holding my hand and was upset b/c I was crying.
They basically take a long tube and insert it through the cervix into the uterus, then use some kind of wire loop to scrape a sample from the uterine wall. It's over pretty fast, but ouch!
I had a uterine biopsy which I think is the same thing for irregular bleeding to rule out cancer. It was painful (the Dr said like a very painful cramp) and then it was over. I was already miserable so it was miserable...sorry I couldn't be more positive. In hindsight, I think the bit of pain is worth helping in the diagnosis.
Good luck!!
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Thanks for your responses. Not looking forward to it but I guess it will be a relief to hopefully find out that there is nothing more going on than just PCOS, which is certainly enough! Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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I'm fixing to be in the same boat as you. Dr is waiting on pap results and then going from there. I've had a cervical biopsy before and it wasnt fun. I'm not looking foward to this one.
GL and let us know how it turns out!
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I am scheduled to have this done on Friday and I am more nervous after reading about it. I am very tempted to cancel my appointment.
In any of these cases, did the doctor tell you when it should be scheduled (in regards to your AF?) ? I'm just curious...
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Don't cancel you're appt. I had one done to rule out cancer because of irregular periods. I spotted for the rest of the day. If someone can go with to hold your hand, I would have them go. It's nice to have someone there. It's pretty breif. I felt a big cramp but my dr also warned my when she took the sample. She explained everything and explained everything before she did it so I wouldn't jump. Try to relax (I know easier said than done knowing what's going on) but it will help. Good Luck and Hugs.
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My doc did one, after I bled twice a month for a year & a half, to rule out endometrial cancer. They can also tell if you are building the lining of your uterus correctly at that specific point in your cycle (in other words, if you're on CD such and such the uterus should be showing certain growth/cells, otherwise that might indicate fertility issue).
I did not think it was painful--more like a bad pap. My doctor chose to paint my uterus with this stuff to keep it from bleeding (it did). He warned me that later "tissue" could come out. Tissue, shmissue, I thought, like another AF. Well, about 5 days later I was sitting in the restroom and I felt something "come out." It looked just like the skin off a roast beef--same size & everything, whoa! That was the tissue thing...didn't look anything like AF pieces. Just to warn ya!
For comparison, the biopsy was 1000000x LESS painful than my HSG.
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I had it done back in January and it was not painful for me at all it was like a mild cramp and it was over i did bleed a lil for a day and that was it
Endometrial Biopsy 
I am very tempted to cancel my appointment.
several reasons...may be TMI 
