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Ona hole for trans girls7/13/2023 ![]() ![]() For example, she explains if she’s imaging a very pregnant uterus, she can usually get enough information from a transabdominal ultrasound, whereas the lining of the uterus, for example can be seen with more precision using a transvaginal, where the soundwaves produced by the ultrasound machine are going through the cervix, as opposed to the skin. Diane Horvath, the medical director at Whole Women’s Health of Baltimore says the type of ultrasound performed typically depends on what a provider is looking for. ![]() That same patient told me that she never planned to have vaginal sex because she is asexual said that when she called to make her appointment, she was asked if she was sexually active and told “if we do on you, honey, you won’t be a virgin anymore.”Ī pelvic ultrasound typically consists of a transvaginal ultrasound, where a probe is inserted into the vagina, and a transabdominal ultrasound, where a probe is pressed up against the abdomen. One patient told me she was told they “simply could not do it because was a virgin.” Another told me that because her doctor knew she hadn’t had vaginal sex, they said “well they can’t do a transvaginal, so it will just have to be external.” Patients reported having comments made to them about the transvaginal ultrasound ‘damaging’ patients who hadn’t had vaginal sex and one said the doctors were “very focused on whether I… was a virgin, which was really disorienting as I was in extreme distress and pain.” I spoke with patients who felt their diagnoses were compromised as a result of this practice, and who had to travel to a hospital further away to seek proper care. Many of the patients I spoke with shared that they too had been asked about being sexually active before a transvaginal ultrasound, with a number reporting that they had a transvaginal withheld because they answered no. ![]()
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