So I had my laparoscopy yesterday, feeling very sore today! While this was just exploratory for my peace of mind, had no symptoms or anything so I am in a lot of shock today as doc found severe endometriosis that had spread to my bladder and bowel. He also found a cyst on my right ovary and one of my Fallopian tubes was quite swollen. He said he got a lot of it but I may need more surgery, and he said we definitely need to talk about "what now". I just can't believe it, I really wonder if we did this surgery first if we may not have had to do three cycles of ivf?? Very very shocked!
Wow Kel. aren't you glad you got the lap done!! I guess in hindsight you may have been better getting a lap done sooner but how would you of known to without any symptoms. Rest up and FX you'll get your BFP very soon now that the endo etc has been removed...
Hi everyone.
We had our appointment with the FS today, to see what we needed to do in terms of getting ready for #2, as I want to start as soon as Spock is 1 year old (in a month). I'm keen to start ttc asap, because I know if I don't try as soon as I can I will regret it. I want to have as many kids as possible and that means as close as possible, because in a few years they might not be an option. I am also bf Spock and needed to talk to the dr about that and cycling.
It went well. I found out a few things when he did the internal too, like apparently I have a had a tear on my cervix, obviously from Spock's birth but I wasn't aware of it at all (and I don't think anyone else was), and it explains why I had a massive 2L PPH giving birth to her. He also said that the external OS of my cervix is more open that it should be, (internal was fine), but he mentioned that when I do get pg again, it would be worth seeing an ob to r/v it to ensure it will hold and not need a stitch. was good to have some answers there.
We worked out a plan. Simply put, if I am ovulating naturally, we can do a thaw cycle with me continuing to bf and not needing to go on hormonal support. If I'm not ovulating, means I will need hormone support to make me ovulate (like clomid) and might need to consider weaning. if that is the case we are going to wait a bit longer cause I am not ready to wean her yet. but i'm sure I am ovulating naturally anyway.
So this cycle is a trial cycle and I am day 1 if you want to add me to the list =)
hello to everyone else in here! later on tonight when I have more time I will go through and catch up on where everyone is, but I just wanted to get all that down before I forgot =)
Kel, trust me when I say you're not the only one to find herself in this situation. Especially when you had no symptoms (although IF itself is actually a symptom)! Imagine how many other women with no symptoms never get the lap done! I had my lap after 4 IVF, but it only took so long for me because our first FS kept refusing to do it, so we had to change to a new FS to get it done... We did IVF#5 two months after the lap and that gave us DD. Given that you had so much work done, expect to need about 7-10 days to start feeling more like yourself. My first lap I needed 8 days (my FS estimated 3-5 days) after he removed a lot of endo (it covered half my bowel, among other places). Hopefully the damage to your bowel isn't as bad as mine (I was told I'll need a bowel resection one day, and I've heard the recovery for those can be like 6 weeks!). Let us know how you go with your follow-up appt, but in the meantime, rest up and focus on recovery.
Pandabutt, hi and welcome. Since I responded to your other thread, I won't repeat myself here. If you'd like to be added to The List (just above your post), just let me know.
TT40, hi and welcome to you as well. Sounds like a good plan. We started TTC#2 as soon as PPAF arrived and managed a quick (but short-lived) BFP, so FX you'll also get a quick (and healthy) BFP too!
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