Hi Boble

I too have had a HSG. It was recomended to me to take a couple of naprogesics 1/2 hour before the procedure, which I did. I found the procedure uncomfortable but I wouldn't say it was painful. I guess I would describe it to be similar to period cramping, but a little stranger as you could feel the dye going through. My procedure didn't last more than 5 mins so in the scheme of things, wasn't really too bad.

I also just recently (about 1 month ago) had a Uterus Biopsy. This was much more like a smear test for me, but with about 10 seconds of strong discomfort (but not pain).

I was extremely nervous before both prodecures, cause like you, I had no idea what to expect... and hadn't spoken to anyone who had. But in general, and all the other stuff we go through in this process, they were def not really bad (& I don't have a very high pain threshold).

I hope this has helped you to get a little bit more of an idea of what to expect. At the end of the day we are all having our procedures done by different FS's, which brings with them different ways of doing these things, so I guess it's hard to compare them all... but I wish you lots of luck and really hope you have an experience which is as comfortable as possible.