Post Op

 First off, we would like to just say thank you for your diligent prayers and sweet messages today. Your prayers are working!

This morning John and I headed to my post op appointment and we left the office feeling more positive and comforted than we (mostly I) have in awhile! Doctor C went over results, and conclusions with us and here is what we found out: the laparoscopic portion of my surgery was great. There was no sign of any scarring, endometriosis, my ovaries looked great, my tubes looked great, and my uterus looked healthy. Dr. C said after looking at the pictures and her notes that the dye was put in my tubes before the pictures were taken and since the dye did not go through my tubes it expanded my uterus. She feels very confident that this is the reasoning behind the shape at the time of pictures and that I do not have aydenmyosis, especially since I do not or have not had any symptoms.

Next, we discussed the hysterscopic part of my surgery. Dr. C began by saying that the inside of my uterus was rather abnormal. When you first enter you should be able to see the tube openings (Ostia) but in my case she couldn't identify them at all. In addition she saw this webbing substance. As she started to remove part of the webbing substance she was able to identify where she thought the ostia may be; she eluded to the fact that she poked around but did not try to reopen my tubes. There is no clear explanation for why they are closed - it could just be the way I was born or some unforeseen thing that has happened. We asked if the webbing was sent to pathology and after examining reports she shared that the webbing was actually normal uterine tissue, Horray! Dr. C continuously shared how great it was that there was no sign of scar tissue because since I did not have any endometriosis, infection, d&c, etc, there should have been no reason for scar tissue and that would have left us with more unanswered questions. She also said she was sure to do no scraping or burning of my endometrium because that can cause scar tissue and would not be good for my situation.  However, we still have to work on my lining before we get to do IVF. Dr. C said she would check my lining today but didn't really expect to see much growth; she said that this could possibly be because she was just in my uterus removing stuff. Soooo we went into the ultrasound room feeling like there was no hope for a lining....

I enter the room and I am immediately asked to empty my bladder. I do as I am told and stay just a few minutes longer to say a prayer (aka plead) for some good news. I had told the doc that I started taking baby aspirin because I had read it can increase blood flow but she didn't really seem to think that would make a difference. Well.... during the ultrasound she found that my lining had grown to 3.6mm AND had a trilaminar shape! Let's be honest, an embryo needs anywhere from 6-11mm, preferably 9-10mm to implant but this was huge progress in about a weeks time AND I don't think my lining ever had the trilaminar shape before. Dr. C seemed impressed at our progress, so much so that she gave me a print out of the ultrasound: this has never happened in all 100ish ultrasounds I have had!!

So what's next? I am on 10 days of progesterone to induce a period. 2 weeks after the first day of my period I go in for an ultrasound. Meanwhile, I am to take 3 pills of oral estrogen and 1 suppository (I know, ew, gross). Oh yes, and we have got to come up with $12,000-$15,000. This means we need you to continue to pray for peace, comfort, hope, and progress!

Thanks for your love and support! Xoxo