Made it through surgery!

This last week was so crazy busy!  I had a pre admittance appointment on Wednesday at the Memorial City hospital.  It was a 2 hour appointment.  They just got all my information, did lab work.. all that fun stuff.

So, the last time I met with Doc. G (June 4th) I went over to my OBGYN's office (same building) and made my annual appointment.  It was supposed to be on Thursday.  They got me in the system and everything was set.  However, when I got the confirmation call a few days before (of course it was a recording and it was after hours) it said I was scheduled to see a different doctor.  Hmm.. So I called the office the next day only to find out that the receptionist scheduled me to the wrong doctor!  They aren't seeing each other's patients unless they patient is close to term in their pregnancy.  Then they told me that my doctor is out of town for the next TWO weeks!!!  This poses a problem... my thyroid meds are almost gone and my prescription has expired.. If they had scheduled me with the right doctor to start with- I wouldn't be having this problem- I planned it so I wouldn't run out of meds.  Awesome.  So I am now scheduled to see her on July 8th.  I went to the pharmacy and was able to get a few extra pills for my thyroid... but I'm still going to be two days short.  So hopefully when I call the doctor's office today they can work with me and put in a prescription for a few days?  Humph.  Oh well, it happens.

Anyways, went to the hospital yesterday for my surgery.  My sister-in-law, Beth was so sweet and watched Alton and Ashlyn for us.  We got there on time and only waited maybe 10mins before they called me back to get me prepped.  I knew it wasn't going to be a major surgery- but I was still so nervous.  After I got my IV and met my doctor, a nurse came in to help me walk to the OR.  That was weird... walking to the OR and getting on the table myself... Oh well.  Anyways, the one thing that made me even more nervous was when the nurse handed my IV fluid bag to the anesthesiologist- he dropped it on the floor lol... "um... are you fit to put me under???" :)  The part that hurt the most was when he gave me the drugs through the IV to put me under- it burned A TON!   I don't remember it burning like that from previous surgeries.

I woke up in a recovery room with a few other patients in there.  One of them was a man and he was snoring.. really loud.  It was kind've funny.  He also had a translator there with him.  She kept yelling at him to wake up.  So much so that the nurse had to tell her to not be so loud.  After a little while a different nurse came and rolled me to my 2nd recovery room where Jon met me.  That nurse asked me a lot of questions.  We told her we had boy/girl twins... and her response "Oh! A boy and a girl!  Wow!  Are they identical??" um...?  We get that a lot (surprisingly) but to get it from a nurse was a little weird.  Facepalm.   The Doctor came in and showed us pictures of everything (no idea what these pictures are.. but thanks!).  She said she had to cut a few things but all looked good.

I'm not in a whole lot of pain- which is good.  I was a bit groggy yesterday but it worked out.  Jon's parents came home from China this past weekend- Yaaay!  They were over at Beth and Zak's house visiting when we came to pick up the kids.  Alton and Ashlyn loved seeing them!  Ashlyn has been asking for them for a while now and she is beyond excited!  So we spent time with them and then headed home.

I tried to take a nap when the kids went down... but Ashlyn decided that she needed to get up and be with me.  She was being a good little mommy and kept handing me all sorts of things when I was laying down- blankets, dolls, olaf, a ball, a book, a goat, whale, octopus... so helpful ;)  She'll be a good big sister some day.

Recovery has been good.  I've been tired, but I'm able to do stuff still.  I am in way LESS pain than my first hysteroscopy so that's a plus!  My follow up appointment is on the 7th.  Note to self- still need to set up babysitting for this. We'll talk about my procedure and our timeline from there.  One thing I have to remember to tell Dr. G is that our insurance informed me that when my cycle starts (when we're doing IVF) it has to either be non-medicated or with provera.  Seeing that I usually need meds to have any sort of cycle- this could mess up our initial timing.  On day 3 the doctor does baseline tests. Making sure all hormones are on base level.  Those results are then sent to the insurance company and sometimes insurance won't accept the results if you had been on birthcontrol and then you'd have to wait for a whole new cycle to start over.   Stupid.  

All in all- this week has been great though.  The kids have loved having Grandma and Grandpa back in town!  It has been wonderful to see them!  Jon is home this week for my procedure too- and he has Friday off!!! Yesssss!  I'm so thankful he was able to stay home for the whole week.  There was a small possibility that he would be here for my procedure and then have to fly to Tulsa the next day.

Didn't want to leave Alton out!  He LOVES bubbles!!

Here we go again....

We have decided to go back to Dr. Griffith to do a Frozen Embryo Transfer.  Daunting.  There are some days I wonder- am I really ready??  However, I'm at a point that I know that these things are not on my time... they are on the Lord's time.  If He waited on us to get this done on our own time- we may never do it.  Why?  Fear maybe.  Adding another little to our clan is hard to wrap my head around, but my heart knows it's right.

I have been hesitant about how public I want to be about this.  I didn't want to really create a whole new blog, but I didn't want to add this to our public blog yet.  We were so public last time- so why be private now?  To be honest, I'm scared of sharing it with everyone and then having it not be successful.

I went to see Doctor G last week for a consultation.  It felt a bit odd, all the nurses are new.  No familiar faces.  That was probably the hardest part... oh! And the fact that it's in a different location.  That's a little strange.  So this will no doubt be a very different experience.  I filled out a ton of paperwork.  Tried contacting Jon.  He was currently arriving at the Tulsa, OK airport to come home.  Let him know that I was waiting.

I was called back to see Dr. G.  I waited in the office a little bit.  I saw all of his credentials on the wall and then on the other wall was another doctor's stuff.  This doctor is one I didn't have the best experience with.  I hope I don't have to see him later on...  Anyways, Dr. G came in, we talked, showed pictures and then called Jon on speaker phone so he could be apart of it.  We decided to do a July/August transfer.  I also found out that I would need to do a hysteroscopy again.  I totally forgot about that.  It didn't even cross my mind.  I'm also up for my first mammogram this summer.  Yay.  Lots coming my way soon.

We then decided that because I was on birth control that we would go ahead and do my baseline while I was there.  That saved me another trip and a co-pay.  Lots of blood work, ultrasound... all the fun stuff.  Then I headed home to relieve the babysitter.

Since the visit I have been scheduled for my hysteroscopy for Monday the 29th of June.  That's the day after Jon's parents come home from China.  They've been there for a year teaching English.  Not the best timing, but this was really the only date that we could do AND stay in-network for our insurance without messing with our timing.  This procedure is minor, but I still have to be put under.  It's just to check that everything looks good on the inside.

I spent over a half hour on the phone with insurance today registering for authorization of infertility coverage.  Alton and Ashlyn are currently napping- although, I just heard Ashlyn kicking the wall so they're up.  Time to go get them.

I'm excited. Scared. But excited.  Knowing that there's a possibility for another little one to love on in spring 2016 makes my heart feel good.

Random fun fact:  A frozen embryo only takes 45 minutes to thaw!  Who knew??