Oh and in terms of whether it is scary. You are knocked out for it all which is great and the nurses are all very nice.
But what I did find hard was that my DH wasn't allowed to come into the day surgery part of the hospital. I did feel quite anxious once in my gown and waiting to go into theatre. I got a bit teary at times, but they see it all the time and are very nice and supportive. I was a complete mess after the surgery though and broke down when getting all the results from my FS. Again my DH wasn't allowed to be in recovery with me, so it wasn't until they were ready discharge me that I saw him.
Was my first time in hospital so all a little new and overwhelming but the nurses were all really kind.
Hoping to give you both some hope. I am 33 now, 30 when diagnosed with PCOS and Endo. I had a laproscopy and hysteroscopy through the private system in Jan 2010. They also found during that procedure that my left fallopian tube was completely blocked. They managed to remove most of the endo and I had ovarian drilling to help with the PCOS. We started IVF in March and were very lucky to have a BFP first time. My DD was born in Dec 2010. When we went to the fs after the lap we were given less than a 1% chance of falling pregnant naturally.
as you can see from my sig, I am pregnant again. Completely naturally this time! And yes, I still have PCOS, Endo and only one functioning tube!! So miracles are possible!!! (with thanks to my naturopath cousin)
I wish you both the best of luck and please remember that there is HOPE!! DH and I were talking the other day about how we were having a deep and meaningful 2 years ago about what we would do if we could never have kids. And here we are, with #2 on the way!
Good luck girls. I look forward to seeing the pregnancy announcements!!!
Glenny C and Jane,
Thank you so much for sharing your stories. They both really helped me alot.
Jane, thanks for the tips for the lap. The nurses at the hospital were telling my husband that he had the 'day off, just to drop me and come back later'... I didnt want that, we kept telling them that DH would hang around and I couldnt understand why they were pushing that so much until now. It sucks that you cant have partners wait with you! I guess I understand that it would be alot busier, but it all sounds so scary. And, what if I forget something that the FS tells me after surgery? I was counting on DH doing the listening part LOL!
Glenny C, your story helped me too. And how amazing is it that you got pregnant straight away? And then naturally again? Im so happy for you.
Im still waiting to hear my surgery date, but I did get notifcation for a FS hospital appoinment in 2 weeks, so I am really happy! Maybe I can get all fixed up and healthy by the end of this year... maybe maybe maybe I could be preggers!! Love and hope to you Jane, and so much happiness to you Glenny C. Thanks for helping me.
Sunny xx
Also, I had a follow up appointment about a fortnight after the procedure where FS went through all the results again. I'm sure that will happen for you too, so don't worry about forgetting stuff you're told in recovery. You get a recap later and Dh can be present for that one too.
Really hope it all goes well for you and you can have that much longed for baby.
I've been hanging out in the LLTC and Assisted Conception Thread Feb-Mar thread. Great bunch of ladies there who I have found remarkably supportive. Feel free to come join us anytime.
Sunny, I didn't see my fs in recovery. I didn't even talk to him until he called with results the next day. I was quite spaced out so wouldn't have been much good him seeing me anyway.
I have stage III endo, but not PCOS. We were TTC over 3 years before I had my lap. In that time we did several unsuccessful IUI and IVF.
The lap made a world of difference. We did IVF#5 2 months after the lap and it was the first one that worked!
Like glenny_c, we went on to get a BFP naturally after DD's birth, but unfortunately the baby had chromosomal issues and didn't survive. However, I am hopeful that we will get another BFP without assistance soon, now that we are TTC again.
The lap is both easy and scary. It's scary because it is a surgery and there are risks just like any other surgery. Someone I went to high school with had a lap for endo go very wrong, so I went into mine knowing that the risks were very real, but, for me, the potential benefits outweighed the risks. It's easy because you're under general anaesthetic and the recovery is usually fairly easy. I actually stayed overnight in hospital because my lap was late in the afternoon and they gave me morphine in recovery so I was loopy as anything most of the night. He he, I remember being fed (by the nurse) jelly for dinner, somewhere around 1am because that was when I woke up...
My FS estimated 2-3 days for recovery, but speaking to a lot of ladies online I learned that 7-10 days is common. I needed 8 days to recover from mine. I was fine moving around the house and was self-sufficient, but sitting upright at a desk was too painful for me to be at work.
If you're interested, I have a list of recovery tips collated on my blog. There's a link on the right-hand side of the blog called "laparoscopy checklist". I found it very useful when preparing for my lap.
Thanks Juniper, Im loading your blog now to have a sticky beak
That is interesting about the recovery time, Im a teacher and on my feet ALL DAY, so Ive been nervous about how long it may take to recover. The nrses have suggested 5 days but I doubt I will be doing the hokey pokey too easily!
SO I guess now im planning the waiting game. I feel like all I do is wait! Its ok though, I think a few ladies have already said it on this page but I think I will feel better once I am booked for surgery (still waiting for my letter from the public system) and I will have made a step forward.
Im going to head over to the LLTC threads now.
Thanks so much guys.
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Love and hope to you Jane, and so much happiness to you Glenny C. Thanks for helping me.
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