Painful HSG...does this mean I won't tolerate labor?

Question

Hi-I had a water-based HSG test today. It was so painful I nearly passed out on the table and was left in a painful daze for about 15 minutes. It was borderline traumatic. I consider myself as someone who can easily tolerate discomfort. So-does this mean that I will not be able to tolerate labor pain? I am very disappointed if that's the case. I can wrap my mind around pain and tolerate it. But if I pass out from it bc it's so severe...there's nothing I can do about that. Maybe someone out there who had a painful HSG and then went through labor after that could tell me how their experiences compared?

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You really can’t equate the two. A natural (non-induced) labor gives your body time to prep and mechanisms to deal with what’s happening and get the baby out. An HSG is an artificial experience that would never happen outside of western medicine. Sure, keep your options for pain management open when you give birth, but as someone who has given birth without pain meds twice, it’s truly a different experience and type of pain (I would actually say “intensity”) that can’t be compared to anything else. You’ll be fine.

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You will be totally fine 😊. Nurses will talk you through it, epidurals are awesome, and you get a prize in the end. You're stronger than you think!!!

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One word. Epidural. 
Seriously, I didn’t feel a thing 🤪

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Girl— apples to oranges. Labor is painful but at the end you leave with your baby and it’s all worth it. HSG is painful, and while it does answer some questions for you, doesn’t really help soothe the pain you went through like walking out with your new baby. Good luck. When the time comes, you’ll do great!!!!

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There is NOTHING quite like the pain of child birth!!!! I have an EXTREMELY high pain tolerance,  and I had a very painful and traumatic birth (because of the induction drugs). Some people are great candidates for epidurals and that may be your best choice. You'll make that decision for yourself when the time comes.

Painful HSG...does this mean I won't tolerate labor?

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