askye, it depends on which method they use. External pelvic ultrasound is the same kind that pregnant women have. The u/s tech will put some gel on your stomach and move a wand back and forth against your stomach to visualize the internal structures. Its major discomfort is that they'll ask you to have a full bladder for the ultrasound because the liquid helps create a clearer picture, and they push down with the wand pretty hard at some points. Not hard enough to hurt, but hard enough that it makes having a full bladder even more annoying.

A transvaginal pelvic ultrasound is the same thing except the tech will use a different, longer and thinner wand, and s/he will insert it into your vagina, directing the sound waves towards your pelvic structures through the cervix rather than the abdomen. This is obviously a lot more annoying, but it provides a much clearer picture and is the preferred method for diagnostic ultrasounds on non-pregnant women.

Er, or, what everyone else said!

Can anyone tell me what a pelvic ultrasound is like?

It's fairly uninteresting. They take a camera that is cylindrical (rather like a personal fufillment device), cover it with a condom. It's called something else, but it's really a condom, and umm, insert it into the area in question. They may also do a regular ultrasound. The gel is always cold.

If you're wondering, I had to do all of this for my fibroid surgery.

askye, I fondly call it "The Dildo Cam".

Fondly? fondly? I'm a little perturbed that you use the term fondly.

Fondly? fondly? I'm a little perturbed that you use the term fondly.

I forgot to use the sarcastic font again. Heh.

(Don't worry Aimee, I heard it loud and clear)

(Oh good. I wouldn't want to tarnish my French Vanilla reputation. How are the littles?)

Instead I got a prescription for Glucophage which should help me lose weight YAY

Glucophage is the primary diabetic drug used to lower blood sugar. You were given it to lose weight?

People with PCOS often have wonky blood sugar, and Glucophage is effective at stabilizing it. A side effect is that it can result in weight loss.

They are doing great, and I am totally in love with them. Speaking of, I need to run over to daycare soon and pick them up.

People with PCOS often have wonky blood sugar

I did not know that. How interesting. My most common side effect was constipation. I had to get a different drug.