After a week of gathering information, perspectives and listening to my inner voice screaming at me, I have decided to have surgery to remove my septum. I expect to get my period in a few days and will go on for my first of two Lupron injections. I will have a hysteroscopy with a possible laproscopy (if needed) in about 8 weeks. My doctor was informative, helpful and really let me fire questions at him. I will also check in with the doc in Connecticut and my regular OB for other perspectives...but I am positive this is the step I want to take.
I will put together a post soon about the answers to my questions, for those of you who may have these questions as well. Moral of the story is: there is very little they know about implantation and septums and the risks, statistics and chances involved in this process are enough to make anyone completely batty.
I am taking the detour and feel really good about my decision. Am I freaked about scarring, sure. Am I freaked about perforating my uterus, sure. Is there a chance that even after the surgery I could miscarry a third time, sure.
But after looking at the 33 ultrasound images of my second pregnancy this morning...I feel as though I am responsible for reducing the chance of that ever happening again.
Monday, February 25, 2008
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15 comments:
Good for you for getting all of your questions answered and researching this procedure so thoroughly! I will be here to support you through this journey and hope that the result is nothing but absolutely positive.
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I'm so glad you've made a decision. It sounds like it was a hard decision to make and it must be difficult dealing with that uncertainty. Gotta love having a plan!
Dear Meg, I am glad that you've made your decision and seem to be at peace with it. I hope your septum resection is every bit as successful as mine was, and that you will one day soon look back at it as the very point when everything changed for the better.
I'm so happy to hear that you are happy and confident going forward! Having that peace of mind will be great for your next pregnancy.
You sound so much more "empowered" - I think sometimes just being able to make a firm decision and have a plan helps us feel so much more proactive and less victimized by everything happening. I am so glad you have made a decision and that it is offering you some peace about moving forward. I am hoping this will truly be (as a previous commenter said) the point where everything turns around for you. I am so hopeful for you! :)
Good for you Meg. I think personally I would have done the same thing. The what-ifs are enough as is with things you don't know about. If it gives you a peace of mind (which how could it not) it's well worth it.
Way to go Meg! It sounds like you took charge of the situation, got all your facts AND listened to your intuition. While I am saddened that you have to go through this, I know that you have the determination to see it to the end.
Nice JOb!! Well Done. I do n ot htink its a detour at all, I think you have info and research and you have made your decision. Proud of ya - Go Girl!
Since bicornuate uterus is harder to fix than septate, there really won't be much I can do to fix it. My next appt is Friday and I'll find out then how significant it is.
I'm glad you're getting the full workup now instead of after a third loss. I wish I'd done this last summer after my second miscarriage.
Sounds like a wise decision.
The septum can also cause 2nd or 3rd tri loss because the baby runs out of room.
The risk of perforation in the hands of a skilled surgeon is seriously low.
Happy healing :)
Hello~
I just found your blog and it sounds like you are on the right track. Our stories are the same but different. I would like to add you to my blog "places I visit" section (if that is okay with you!). G/l and I plan to check in on you. Maybe we will get pregnant together!!!
Meg- I think you made the right decision. Please feel free to ask any questions about the surgery. You are having the same one I did.
Re: BU or SU
I'll likely have a follow up MRI this week. He's waiting for the radiologist to look at the images before we continue. The BU is just his educated guess for whatever that's worth. How did you get an SU diagnosis? What did they use?
Good job coming to a decision that you are comfortable with. I am heading in next week for my resection, feel free to bug me about it. Take care
G
Good. I'm glad this decision ended up being easier to make than you had once thought it would. Having a clear way you want to go is something to embrace.
I also wanted to ask how the school thing was going. Did you end up talking about it?
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