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Published On: Sep 08, 2007 11:33 PM
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Published On: Sep 08, 2007 11:33 PM
Recuperating
Hey everyone... I'm home now, and healing up,
but we had a roller coaster of a week. Within hours of finding out we were
pregnant (a surprise, since I was on bc), I went in for an ultrasound because of
some pain. A few hours later my midwife called and said I had to get to the
emergency room stat, so away we went. Lots of blood tests later, they rushed me
into the operating room, where they did laprascopic surgery.
It turned out that my pregnancy was ectopic (the embryo had implanted and started growing in my left fallopian tube, causing it to swell, start to rupture, and bleed into my pelvis), and I had already bled out quite a bit into my abdomen. We were blessed in that they only had to remove one fallopian tube - going into the OR they couldn't tell me WHAT they were going to have to remove, since they didn't know what they would find once they suctioned out the blood - scary indeed.
Having one healthy fallopian tube means we still have a shot at getting pregnant naturally, and they also were able to leave both ovaries in place - one ovary "is plenty" according to my docs, but I like knowing I still have both! I lost a lot of blood, but the iron transfusions I had yesterday through my iv helped... Lots of healing, physical and emotional, to be done, but at least I'm home and starting that journey. I may be home for another week and a half - they reccomended a two week recovery before I go back to work, but we'll see how I feel (I can take another three days of paid sick leave and we have a three day weekend because of MLK). For now I'm going to take it day by day, and today I'm resting, taking my pain meds, and grateful to be home. Georgia will be home in an hour - I can't wait to see her!!!
It turned out that my pregnancy was ectopic (the embryo had implanted and started growing in my left fallopian tube, causing it to swell, start to rupture, and bleed into my pelvis), and I had already bled out quite a bit into my abdomen. We were blessed in that they only had to remove one fallopian tube - going into the OR they couldn't tell me WHAT they were going to have to remove, since they didn't know what they would find once they suctioned out the blood - scary indeed.
Having one healthy fallopian tube means we still have a shot at getting pregnant naturally, and they also were able to leave both ovaries in place - one ovary "is plenty" according to my docs, but I like knowing I still have both! I lost a lot of blood, but the iron transfusions I had yesterday through my iv helped... Lots of healing, physical and emotional, to be done, but at least I'm home and starting that journey. I may be home for another week and a half - they reccomended a two week recovery before I go back to work, but we'll see how I feel (I can take another three days of paid sick leave and we have a three day weekend because of MLK). For now I'm going to take it day by day, and today I'm resting, taking my pain meds, and grateful to be home. Georgia will be home in an hour - I can't wait to see her!!!
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Posted: Fri - January 12, 2007 at 11:34 AM