Minor Surgery...

More medical stuff for my record...

Last Tuesday I had a hysteroscopy done. It is known that I have a bicornuate uterus, but my Dr. doesn't know how severe the inside lining of my uterus is. If it's severe enough or separated by a wall then there probably isn't room for a baby to grow to a full term size. So he recommended doing a hysteroscopy to find out and look for any other abnormalities that might be causing me to miscarry late in the first trimester/early in the second trimester. I've been pregnant 7 times, 3 of those in the last year and a half. I miscarried twice at almost 11 weeks and this last time at almost 16 weeks. It's so frustrating to get through all those weeks of being so sick and such and then have nothing to show for it :(

As far as the procedure goes... I was given some pain medication and "relaxers" to take beforehand and also received a nice shot in the rear right before. Once I was all prepped, I received 4 shots in my cervix (really big ouch) to numb it so they could then manually dilate it. Steve was able to be in the room with me and said that was pretty brutal (luckily I couldn't really see anything.) Once that was complete the Dr. injected a bunch of water (which usually makes the uterus expand so they can see better) and used a scope to go in and take a peek. Unfortunately there was a pretty good sized mass on the top wall of my uterus that was pushing down so far the Dr. couldn't get in far enough to see how severe my bicornuate uterus is. Also the water wasn't helping at all either, my uterus would not expand. He kept pushing up on the mass with the scope (which I could totally see and feel *ouch* poking up through my stomach-I was afraid he was going to poke a hole in it) to try and get in further but it just wasn't happening. He's pretty sure the mass is a fibroid and he didn't want to torture me anymore (while I was awake) so he recommended I have a "operative hysteroscopy" to "shave away" the fibroid and look for and hopefully fix any other abnormalities he may find at that time. It's a more invasive surgery so I'm not real excited about it but I'm glad that we are at least getting some answers and so far they are issues that can be fixed. I have my follow up appointment at the beginning of next month (on Steve's birthday-bummer) and a surgery date will probably be set at that time. They also had me get a pelvic ultrasound (not fun either) the same day (by that point I was so out of it due to the meds. I almost fell asleep) to see if anything else abnormal could be found. We will be discussing those results as well at my follow up appointment. Once I got home I was so tired and out of it that I slept most of the rest of the day. Steve was awesome and took care of the kids, made dinner and woke me up to eat. After eating I laid on the couch for a bit and then went back to bed and slept soundly until the next morning. Recovery wasn't too bad and I didn't end up taking any of the meds. I was sent home with.

Thanks Steve for taking care of everything and being there with me, you are the best!

Tuesday 2/8/11