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.
i have PCOS and i was on fertility tablets these did nothing so i demanded that my FS send me for a laparoscopy, so he decided to send me for that, ovarian drilling, a hysteroscopy and a dye test, whilst in their operating they also found endometriosis.(which they were able to scrape and clean up during surgery)
I am lucky int eh sense that i dotn get much pain when i ovulate but then again he has just sent me for tests to see if i even ovulate...
After my surgery i took 2 weeks off but i was able to move around after 3 days...just those first day or 2 is the hardest because i could not even get out of bed without my husbands help...luckily i did not have much pain but my belly was swollen to the point where i looked 9 months pregnant..
i was put down as a category 3 non urgent so was told it would be about 3 months.. i had pain one day and felt sick so i went in they checked me over and i was fine, on the way out i asked if there was a surgery date yet, there was not but because of my persistance she rang me the next dayadn said there was a cancellation and because i had just asked she remembered my name so offered it to me first i was in there 7 weeks after referal not 12..so keep checking on it ....
I am now 8ish weeks post surgery, and on metofrmin 850mg 3 times a day, and chlomid once a day during periods. so fingers crossed i get tehre soon....
Keep your chin up i try but i know its hard but inthe mesantime BB is here to use and vent
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