Woo Hoo...my surgery is Wednesday!!! As in Oct. 16th, Wednesday!!! The pre-op nurse called a little bit ago, and said that Dr. K (now known as Dr. Wonderful) called the hospital himself to schedule it, and then he moved some of his patients around so I could have the surgery next week!!!!! The nurse kept saying, "You need to tell Dr. Wonderful 'thank you, thank you, a million times thank you' for doing this. Most doctors wouldn't do this. And they certainly wouldn't do it themselves."
I'm just praising God for this because it's COMPLETELY His doing!!! I'm so freaking excited!!!! Now please pray that AF shows early next week...heck, I'll even take her visit this weekend!!!
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"For this child I have prayed"
-1 Samuel 1:27
-1 Samuel 1:27
All About Me...
- Janna
- Houston, Texas, United States
- I am a 40 yr old imperfect Christian woman who's madly in love with my husband, Jon. We've been married for 10 mostly wonderful years. I say mostly because we spent 2 heartbreaking years trying to conceive, and those years were NOT wonderful years. We have two beautiful girls who came into our lives through adoption...Little Bit and Chipmunk. Little Bit was born in Sept 2008, and Chipmunk was born in February 2009. No, that's not a typo...our girls are 5 1/2 months apart! Life is crazy hectic, but they are our greatest blessings, and we are so thankful to God for building our family through adoption! I have psoriatic arthritis, naturally curly hair, and PCOS with insulin resistance.
My Favorite Things
- scrapbooking & making cards
- spending time with friends and family
- children's laughter
- singing
- shopping
- traveling
- Diet Coke
- playing the piano
- volunteering
- watching TV
- bling!
Followers
Our Angels
Angel #1, With us for 5w4d, chemical pregnancy, natural m/c 8/7/06
(edd 4/12/07)
Angel #2, With us for 9w3d, missed m/c, D&C 1/16/07
(edd 8/18/07)
Angel #2, With us for 9w3d, missed m/c, D&C 1/16/07
(edd 8/18/07)
My Precious Niece
Her First Dance Recital
The Loves of My Life!
TTC History
- Dec. '05 - off BCP (58 day cycle, O'd on CD43), started temping in Jan. '06
- Feb. '06 - 109 day cycle, no O
- Apr. '06 - Dx with PCOS, took Prometrium for 10 days to induce AF, start Clomid on CD5
- May '06 - Clomid 50 mg, O'd but BFN
- June '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFP (chemical pregnancy at 5w4d)
- Aug. '06 - break cycle
- Sept. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
- Oct. '06 - Clomid 50 mg, BFN
- Nov. '06 - Clomid 100 mg - BFP
- Jan. '07 - Missed M/C at 9w3d, D&C
- Feb. '07 - break Cycle, on BCP to get AF, Antibody and clotting b/w done, all normal
- Mar. '07 - break cycle, on BCP to get AF
- Apr. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
- May '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
- June '07 - Clomid 100 mg, BFN
- July '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
- Aug. '07 - Clomid 100 mg with IUI, BFN
- Sept. '07 - Clomid break cycle, taking FertilityBlend. HSG on 9/28: Tubes all clear!! BFN
- Oct. '07 - Lap on 10/16: nothing other than the typical PCOS ovaries found. I should be happy about that, but for some reason I'm disappointed. I wanted some answers as to why we're not getting pregnant post D&C.
- Nov. '07 - Clomid 100 mg, 2000 mg Met, IUI, BFN
- Dec. '07 - Femara, 2000 mg Met, natural BD, BFN - Didn't even O
- Jan '08 - threw in the towel, started BCP
Adoption Timeline
- Jan. '08 - researching
- Feb. '08 - started home study for domestic infant adoption
- March '08 - individual meetings with SW
- April '08 - chose 2 agencies to work with, HS COMPLETE!!!
- July '08 - applications turned in!!
- August '08 - Dear EM letter Complete!!!
- September '08 - Profiles Complete and Officially on the "Waiting Parent" list!!!
Fighting Infertility (* Denotes Pregnancies)
Made It To The Mommy Side After Infertility
- A Day in the Life of a Moody Person (Rian)
- A Somewhat Ordinary Life
- All You Need is Love (Sheri)
- Changing Expectations
- Fertile Hope (Trish)
- Fertility Futility
- Fertilized!! (Farah)
- Fumbling Towards Eggstacy (Heidi)
- Grateful Always (Beth)
- Jen and Carter
- Kicking You From the Inside (Kate)
- Life in the White House (Jess)
- Luck Doesn't Happen Twice (Kim)
- Mandy's Blog
- My Journey to Mommyhood (Courtney)
- My Prayers, His Promises (Elaine)
- Our Journey to Baby-Weathering the Storm of IF (Gretchen)
- Over My Head (Lizzy)
- Pancake Saturday (Kim)
- Praying for a Little One (Courtney)
- Raspberry Chip (Rachel)
- Relaxing Doesn't Make Babies (Natalie)
- Reproductive Jeans (JJ)
- Roadblocks and Rollercoasters
- Serenity Now
- Sticky But Sweet (Kristen)
- That Was the Plan
- The Sticky Bean Preconception Journal (Kristen)
Adoption Blogs (*Current Match!!, +Forever Family!!!)
- A Family of Love+ (Joanna)
- A Heart for Adoption+ (Mandy)
- A New Kind of Normal: Life with Infertility and Chronic Disease+ (Jamee)
- Born in Our Hearts+ (Kristi)
- Bunches of Burches+ (Sarah)
- Cross Family+ (Kasey)
- Excuse Me...I'd Like a Refund on These Ovaries (Kellie)
- Full House, Full Hands, Full Hearts+
- Henry Street+ (Rachel)
- Hopeful Family Waits (Laura)
- In Our Own Weird Way+
- Jenn's Journey+
- Life in the Phisch Bowl+
- Life in The Polar North Defrosts+ (Wendi)
- Losing the Baby Wait+
- Love, Hope and Faith+ (Christy)
- MM's Musings+ (Mary Michele)
- Not Like I Thought It Would Be+
- Our Star Was Born+ (Alison)
- Production, Not Reproduction
- Quest for a Lifetime+ (Malloryn)
- The Miller Adoption Journey+ (Jamee)
- The Voice of Adventure+ (Angel)
- Waiting for His Time+ (Erin)
- Wendy and Steve+
Other Sites I Frequent
- (Not) Coming to a Uterus Near You (Katie)
- Bring the Rain (Wife of Selah Member)
- Chick of Faith (Melissa)
- Danielle in the City
- Fertility Friend
- Jamie and Holly
- Lost and Found and Connections Abound
- Loungeplace
- Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Blog Directory
- Mrs. Happy Home (Elizabeth)
- MySpace
- Opalene Stationary (Alese)
- Pink Armchair Designs
- Seriously, This is My Life (Angela)
- Steven Curtis Chapman's Blog
- Strength for Today (Tamra)
- The McFatter Clan (Melissa)
- Thoughts From a Dimple Queen (Angie)
Fertility and Adoption Lingo
- • 2WW/TWW = Two Week Wait, the weeks after ovulation and before menses
- • AF = Aunt Flo (menses)
- • AP = Adoptive Parent(s)
- • B/W = Bloodwork
- • BBT = Basal Body Temperature
- • BCP = Birth Control Pills
- • BD = Baby Dance
- • Beta = Blood pregnancy test to check the amount of HCG (pregnancy hormone) that is in your system
- • BFN = Big Fat Negative (pregnancy test)
- • BFP = Big Fat Positive (pregnancy test)
- • BM = Birthmom
- • CD# = Cycle Day #
- • CM = Cervical Mucus
- • CP = Cervical Position
- • EM = Expectant Mother
- • FMU = First Morning Urine
- • HCG = Hormone level that increases when pregnant, also Hormone injected to "trigger" ovulation
- • HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- • HS = Home Study
- • IF = Infertility
- • IR = Insulin Resistant
- • IUI = Intrauterine Insemination (AKA "the Turkey Baster")
- • M/C = Miscarriage
- • M/S = Morning Sickness
- • Met = Metformin, drug to help with the processing of insulin
- • OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit
- • PCOS = Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- • PG/Preggers = Pregnant
- • RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- • S/E = Side Effects
- • SA = Semen Analysis
- • SMEP = Sperm Meets Egg Plan
- • SW = Social Worker
- • TTC = Trying to Conceive
- • U/S = Ultrasound
- • WTO = Waiting To Ovulate
- • WTT = Waiting To Test
Blog Entries
Blog Entries By Topic
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- Ah-Ha Moments (3)
- Arthritis (5)
- Award (4)
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- Book Review (3)
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- Decisions (3)
- Doctor's Appointments (16)
- Family (18)
- Fertiles (6)
- FertilityBlend (1)
- Foot Surgery (8)
- Friends (17)
- Guardians (1)
- HSG (4)
- I'm Blessed (1)
- I'm tired (26)
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- In the news (6)
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- IUI #3 (6)
- Just Lounging Around (4)
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- LASIK (4)
- Last Chance (2)
- Life After Miscarriage (16)
- Life Outside of TTC (4)
- Little Bit (12)
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- Miscarriage #2 (5)
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- TTC Again (22)
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- Weight Loss (2)
- Work (3)
17 comments:
I'm so so so happy about this news!
He sounds like a great doc.. and that in itself has won me over on him.. I know I don't have to approve but I STILL DO! He's great!
WOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!
YAY DR. K!!
I am going to be sending you a ton of good thoughts for a smooth and fast recovery. I volunteer to bring you something yummy when you're recovering, hehe.
YAY!!! How wonderful. ANd I apologize how long this is going to get.
Okay, my experiences ... I had the same diagnosis - the reason I wasn't getting pregnant was due to scarring I had in my uterus. So I had the lap to get everything removed.
First - pain from the lap post-surgery isn't that bad. What did suck was the "gas pains" you get from the air they pump inside you during the surgery. It lasted way longer than expected and was, really bad (don't want to scare you, but want you to be ready for it if it happens). This was my second lap and I didn't have the pain with my first, so hopefully this won't bother you.
Secondly ... Find out HOW they are going to allow your uterus to heal. See, I had a different doctor than my RE do my surgery. It was a doctor I've known forever, so I wanted him to do it. The surgery was FINE, but the recovery didn't go as planned.
I guess the normal protocol is to give you high doses of estrogen afterwards for a few weeks (4 weeks for me) to get your lining nice and fluffy so during the healing process, your uterine walls won't be touching. Since the uterus is usually in a collapsed state and touching all the time, having healing going on - it's a fear that the walls will heal together - actually causing more scar tissue.
In my case, the estrogen didn't help. Now that I am post surgery about 4 months, my RE had another HSG and an HSS performed and he says that my uterus healed together and I have about 30% of my uterus sealed shut. He wants to go in with a camera (hysteroscope) at the beginning of my next cycle to look at the inside, but he thinks that another lap is in my immediate future.
My RE is an intra-uterine adhesions removal specialist. He just showed me the book he wrote about it. (Wish I'd known this before my surgery!) He has a different technique that's proven VERY successful in post surgery healing. He puts a balloon inside the uterus, which holds the walls apart from one another. This stays in during the entire healing time and afterwards, it's removed. This is what he wants to do this next time.
Hope this helps somewhat and doesn't freak you out or anything. More info is always better, right?
Thank you so much for the info Nancy!!! I believe it's always better to be overinformed than under!! Much thanks!!!
Excellent excellent News. I am so glad for you. What an amazing dr. I am glad that there are those kind of dr's still practicing medicine. praying for you
YAY! That is GREAT! Congrats! You really do have a great doctor. I'm a little bit jealous! :P
I'll be praying for you!
That's amazing! Sooo much better than waiting until late November! Good luck with the surgery.
I heart your Doctor. He is restoring my faith in the medical profession that doctor's actually CARE about us.
Right on!!!
What wonderful news! And your doc is wonderful too. Lucky gal!
Dr. Wonderful is lucky to have you as a client/patient. You are positive and responsible!
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!! I am SO excited for you....He is Dr. Wonderful!!! Prayers are being answered!!!!
Love you JK!
Ang
Yay for Dr Wonderful! Good luck!
dreamer4agift took the words right out of my mouth - Yea for Dr. Wonderful! Having to wait is definitely one of the toughest parts about this process, so I'm glad he was able to move the lap up to next week. I hope it goes very smoothly!
Is it Dr. Kleinpeter? I'm in Baton Rouge, also!
anonymous...yes it is Dr. Kleinpeter. Do you go to him as well? Tell me who you are!!! :o) (If you come back to check this!!) Kim and I are planning to get together soon...maybe we can work it where we all meet up!!
I don't have a blog, hence the anonymous post! I see Dr. Peek in the same office and I've heard lots of good things about Dr. K. I was in there about 3 times a week for about a month dealing with an ectopic pregnancy. I felt like I lived in the Women's Clinic! :) It's a great office, I really like it. Good luck with everything. I bookmarked your page to keep up with your progress. :)
Nope, I can be all yours on Thursday from about 10-1 :O).
Maybe I'll bring a movie...
Be forewarned, I could be some crazy mass murderer... you should be afraid, very afraid.
hehe, just kidding!
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