HSC and HCG Today
Hysteroscopy (HSC) #3 this morning...wow, that hurt...don't know why #2 was no big deal, and my first and third ones were so awful. Hope I never have to have that done again.
But, good news: Everything looks good in there (nothing left from the miscarriage), so no need for another D&C...so relieved. Had blood drawn for another HCG, too, and it is FINALLY below 5 (they would not have let my cycle go ahead had it been above 5). So these two things together mean my cycle is a go! AND that we can go on vacation instead of having to stick around Denver for more procedures.
So tired right now...late to bed last night, as we went to a baseball game (so fun!), and then an 8:30 AM appointment, then a 4 1/2 hour drive home (although my husband drove), and I didn't take the day off work so calls in the car and now I've got a presentation and emails etc. I should have taken the day off, but apparently I think I'm superwoman. Exhausted from all the travel and the valium they gave me for the HSG...just want to curl up on the couch, eat Chinese, watch TV...
So very, very glad for all the good news today! This is the first day in a while I feel like a baby is again a possibility for us...
XO
Hysteroscopy Today...And Not the News I Wanted to Hear
Happy Friday, Everyone!
So my husband and I drove over to Denver and back today for a few procedures at the clinic...unbelievable the snow in the Colorado high country...a serious blizzard going on up there on the way home...crazy for late May.
Anyway, they did another ultrasound, which was fine, and then they did the hysteroscopy. I've been talking this week about how scared I was to have this done, because the last one I had was excruciatingly painful. I had a valium this time, and it pretty much didn't hurt at all...some mild cramping, but no big deal. Does a valium really make that much difference? Or was something not quite right about how the first one was done? (Same doctor both times.) There was a LOT of blood the first time, and nothing today, so I have to think the procedure itself had something to do with it. Anyway, I'm happy to report that a hysteroscopy doesn't have to be awful. Which is good, because I'm going to need another. Sigh.
What I wanted to hear the doctor say today was: "Yay! Everything looks perfect in there! Your FET is a go!"
Instead what he said was: "There's still something in your uterus." (He didn't quite say what...part of the baby still? I don't know.)
Anyway, the plan is to give me some sort of drug before my next period to help me expel whatever it is (major cramping will supposedly ensue), then to come back for another hysteroscopy, and if it's still not out they'll have to do another D&C. But they also want to keep moving forward with the July FET, and assume everything is going to be OK unless proven otherwise. That part is great news.
Not really upset about this new development...just kind of resigned overall at this point.
We're staying home from our Vegas trip we were going to go on this coming week, to get everything sorted out, which is a bummer, but we'll go later in the summer.
Oh, and can I please have doctors quit telling me that I can't take baths or swim in a pool or have sex for X number of days or weeks? Every time I go to the doctor it feels like they do some procedure to me and then give me those instructions. So tired of the endless restrictions...
Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
XO