That's right folks, my uterus is approximately 40% emptier.
Septum out to make way for baby to go in!
The surgery was Monday and rather uneventful, but maybe a tad bit more uncomfortable than I imagined and the recovery more of a recovery that I anticipated. Even though it is very minor surgery, my body was pretty exhausted and definitely required me to lay low for the rest of the week.
When I arrived at the surgery center, the first line of business was sedation and pain control. I popped a couple valium and some narcotics and the nurse worked on getting my IV in. It was my first IV on this end as I've started many but never had one myself! Despite the big, whopping veins that I have (or at least compared to the veins on the babies I start IVs on!) it took two tries. No big deal for me, but the Hubby's face was priceless watching her dig around.
Then it was in to the surgery suite. My RE was the surgeon and I felt like I got to know him a little better and definitely feel he will be a good fit for us in our IVF journey. After he stepped out the two nurses also raved about him, his "bedside manner", and said that they recommend him to their friends out of all the doctors at the clinic.
For the most part, the surgery itself was not uncomfortable. There was definitely quite a bit of pressure and cramping when they first filled my uterus with fluid, but any time I felt any discomfort the nurses gave me more medicine. The feeling of cramping pressure brought back memories of the HSG and sonohysterogram...yuck.
I think I have a delayed response to sedation because I was awfully aware of everything that was going on the whole time! It was kind of fun (maybe not the right word?) to be able to watch it all happen on the big screen next to me! I watched the fibrous tissue get cut away to reveal a big, well-perfused uterus!
Based on my last ultrasound he had estimated that the septum was taking up about 25% of my uterus, but after getting in there he said it was more like 40%. I'm so happy to have that out of there!
When I got home I immediately fell asleep...the sedation finally kicked in!
But then the Hubs and I had to make our way around the city in search of a pharmacy that had estradiol. Apparently there is a national shortage. Great. Luckily I had a few days supply passed on to me from a fellow blogger Jules :) Phew!
I was back at work the next day, but in hind site I probably should have taken a day to just relax because by the end of the day I was bleeding a lot and it felt like my uterus was going to fall out.
I took note and have taken it very easy for the rest of the week.
Follow up appointment is in another week, uterine healing for 30 days and then we should be on our way to getting this empty uterus filled with baby.
Thank you for all the well wishes and support. Very few people in my everyday life know anything of what is happening in our life, so reading your comments and reading along on your journeys has made this all a little bit easier.
