New Year!

For those of you who don't know, I just had surgery on December 31st. I just thought I would share how I got there!

Trevor and I have been trying for another baby for almost a year. I know, a year isn't that long, considering that is the average amount of time it takes most healthy couples to conceive.

About 2 months ago I went to the doctor because I had been having some pain in the left side of my abdomen and thought that it might have been a cyst in my ovary because I used to have them back in high school. So, Dr. Young (who is amazing by the way), did an ultrasound and did not find a cyst. After asking several questions about my body and my cycle and things of that nature, he told me that he was 70% sure I had endometriosis. So he mentioned that birth control could help, but that obviously wasn't happening. He told me the only way to diagnose it was to do surgery. We had some money left in our FSA account and decided that we should do it before the end of the year so we could use that money or we would lose it. So, I scheduled the surgery.

The night before my surgery, Trevor was supposed to be coming home from a work trip from Minnesota, but his flight home got cancelled, so he got stuck in Denver. I'm sure he was just as upset as I was, but hey, there was nothing we could do about it. Luckily, my sister (Lindsay) was able to be there with me and for me the whole time! She even came home with me and helped out with Lincoln and made dinner! I couldn't have made it through the day without her. My mother and father in law came over and watched Lincoln while we were at the hospital and he just loved it. He loves his Grammy and Papa. 

I had such a nice prep nurse named Lisa who made me feel very comfortable, even though she did put in that awful IV... everything went great that morning. The rest I can't remember. After the surgery I was all doped up from the morphine, and couldn't keep my eyes open for more than a few minutes at a time for the rest of the day. Even a few days after with my pain meds, I was still pretty loopy and was been sleeping pretty much any chance I got. You know I am sick when I choose sleeping over watching TV shows. :)

During the middle of the surgery, Dr. Young had to call Trevor, which made Trevor really nervous. Luckily everything was fine, and he told him that it wasn't endometriosis, but that my left Fallopian tube was blocked and that he needed permission to take it out. Trevor gave him permission to do so, and now I only have one Fallopian tube! Of course I did some research of my own since I was too out of it to talk to my doctor after the surgery. It turns out that even though I only have one, my chances of getting pregnant are not down 50%. It's actually down by 30% if we're getting technical. Both ovaries can deliver eggs to either Fallopian tube and with time, ovulation into the healthy (only) tube can become more common. That will increase my chances of getting pregnant over time. I'm pretty sure that my left ovary is my dominate one because I always get cramps on that side during ovulation, so we'll see how all this turns out over time!

 It also turns out, that was the reason I wasn't getting pregnant! Whatever it was that was blocking my tube was toxic to an embryo, so it was preventing me from getting pregnant. There's no way to know what caused it at this point, the doctor said it could have been from a number of infections.

Here I am, a week post surgery and am still in an extreme amount of pain. I am still swollen and cannot wear any pants that don't have a drawstring. I feel like I am just recovering from having a baby! Here's to hoping that in another week I will feel much better. I need to publicly thank my husband. He had been such a great support to me, and has been taking over all of my responsibilities on top of all of his. He has been taking care of Lincoln, feeding us, cleaning, EVEN DOING THE DISHES. For those of you who don't know my husband, that is HUGE. Ha ha! He's back at work now and is busy as can be, but when he gets home he still helps as much as he can, while trying to work from home. He is such a hard worker and I am so thankful to have him in my life. Life is good when you have someone by your side who will love you through the good and the bad. THANK YOU, TREVOR!

Also, my family rocks. Lincoln is currently playing with his cousin Bryce, because Noelle was nice enough to watch him so I could get a few hours of rest today. Even though my body sucks right now, life is still so great. There's a lot to be grateful for!

Here's a picture the day of surgery, and from today. It doesn't look swollen, but it is. The angle still has to be flattering when taking a picture of yourself, right? Also, my belly button may never go back to normal and I'm a little upset about it. It looks so weird now!