3rd base...

June 15 came quick...my mom was coming to stay with me for the week I needed off to recover so Jimmy wouldnt have to take time he didnt have off from work.  Jimmy, my mom and I were on the road at 5:45 for the Hospital where I had to be there by 7 for my surgery at 9:30.  Again I felt the HUGE love and support from friends and family, my phone started going off at 6 that morning.  I handed over my phone to my mom so she could answer the over flowing amount of text.  I went back about 8:30, kissed mom and Jimmy and the rest is a blur...all the sudden Im waking up and the nurse is telling me everything went great, I wouldnt know what that meant for another hour when I saw Jimmy...

I kept asking where my husband was and the nurse kept telling me that when I went to recovery he could see me, im sure she thought I was crazy cause I just kept asking her...finally I was in recovery and she went to get him! He came back with a smile and said "have you talked to Dr. Elben, have they told you"? I just looked at him and said "NO, they havent told me anything"!  He then tells me that they removed the cysts, lasered the Endometriosis (I had stage 3 out of 4) away and most importantly my tubes were CLEAR!  Apparently between the Endometriosis and the cysts they were the reason my tubes appeared to be blocked.  We were so excited! Of course it didnt really hit me till the next day...

They only let one person back at a time so Jimmy left, Mom came and left, Dad came and left, Vic came and left and then Jimmy came back and stayed till they released me.  That day at the hospital is still such a blur, it happen so fast it just blows my mind!  We came home and I went to bed, of course they woke me up to eat and take my meds and Dad and Julie came to visit.  While I was asleep flowers were delivered from my BEST friend Terri, her husband Michael and precious daughter Briley.  I also recieved flowers from Vic and my Dad and Julie. 

The next few days I spent on the couch with Millie (she wouldnt leave my side) while Mom spolied us!  I also answered lots of texts and emails. The week flew by and before I knew it Mom was leaving and I was headed back to work.

Jimmy and I went for the Post-Op on June 28, we really didnt know what to expect, I knew she would want to look at my scars and I thought maybe she would talk about the next step but again we were walking into the unknown...when we saw Dr. Elben she was still SO excited about the success of the surgery.  However, she is a DR and starts talking numbers and deadlines...she put me on Clomid for 3 months in HOPES that I get pregnant FAST.  She wants me pregnant and to have the baby before the Endometriosis comes back (which is anywhere within a year or 2) so she has us on a fast plan...if im not pregnant within the 3 months she allowed she wants us to talk IUI...


 An IUI -- intrauterine insemination -- is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. The whole process doesn't take very long — it usually only requires the insertion of a speculum and then the catheter, a process that maybe takes a couple of minutes (60-90 seconds to introduce the catheter, then sperm injection, and another 60 seconds or so to remove the catheter — going slowly helps reduce discomfort). Sometimes when the cervix is hard to reach a tenaculum is used to hold the cervix, which makes the process a bit more uncomfortable.

This would be done in a regular office visit by one of the nurses, Dr. Elben laughed saying that they were better at it then she was! 

This brings us to the present stop...I just took round 2 of Clomid and im set to start/not start my cycle at the first of the month...