So Thursday evening I took the cervix softener before bed and it did cause some cramping throughout the night, sometimes intense. I did have to take a tylenol to try to ease the pain, which didn't help much. By Friday morning, I still had some mild cramping and was ready to just get to the hospital and get the surgery over with.
On Friday, my surgery was scheduled at 11:00 am so I had to arrive around 9:30. They took me back pretty much right away and started prepping me for the surgery. I did ask the anestheseiologist for an anti-nausea medication to help with my post-op nausea. He was very nice and accomodating and told me he'd create a good cocktail for me. :) The surgery started a little late because of other morning surgeries lasting longer than expected. So we just hung out in the pre-op room for a little longer, which was fine these rooms were comfortable, private and had tv's. Much nicer than some of the other pre-op rooms/spaces I've been in. Dr. A came in before the surgery to talk to me and another doctor that would be working with him.
The surgery lasted about 1 1/2 hours and went very smoothly. When I woke up, I was in a significant amount of pain and my blood pressure was so low I couldn't have pain meds until it went up. That had to be the worst part. Low blood pressure is not uncommon for me so I was not very surprised. Once I got the pain meds, I started to feel better almost immediately. I was obviously still sore and was very tired from all the meds. They kept me there for awhile watching my blood pressure and giving me more meds as I was very light-headed everytime I sat up, but eventually I was able to get dressed and go home about 5 pm.
I haven't talked to Dr. A yet and my post-op isn't for a couple of weeks, but here are the results that he relayed to C and my mom. Dr. A said he was very optimistic after the surgery :) He removed the septum, it was a septate uterus and he removed it all in 1 surgery, I was very happy! But there was also a bicornuate uterus still there, from what they told me a small dip in the top of the uterus and this was muscle so he couldn't cut into that obviously. I had endometriosis on both my ovaries that he removed, but I didn't have it anywhere else. So he said he felt very positive after this and actually wants to keep me on the femara since I had such a great response to that drug. He doesn't feel a need at this point to move on to anything else and said I just need to be patient. He said he knows it's difficult to be patient because we've already been waiting so long but it takes a normal couple with no problems 6 - 8 months to conceive. So patience is the key. He said I need to have one normal cycle and then we can start ttc again. So I'm estimating probably about June sometime. I'm definitely happy we stayed with Dr. A and I think we will continue treatment with him. I was very pleased with his bedside manner before and after the surgery (with the family). I also think we made the right decision with surgery and also for the first time in awhile am optimistic about what may come. I just pray that this was the answer to our problem and it's just a matter of months now. I'm looking forward to the post-op appointment so I can see the pictures and talk more in depth about everything.
