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A member asked:

What is more painful iui or the hsg test? my wife already did the hsg and is hesitant to do the iui. her pain threshold is pretty low.

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Dr. Gerard Honore answered

Specializes in Fertility Medicine

IUI isn't bad: All women dislike the hsg, althoguh the experience does vary. In 20 years I have never once not heard a woman say the IUI is much easier than the hsg. I tell my patients to assume it will feel no worse than a pap smear, and not one has disagreed with me afterward.

Answered 1/15/2015

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