Re: I got a diagnostic lap appointment!
From: summer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat Jun 28 12:31:53 2008
Nurses are such heroes :)
Progesterone really can help stop miscarraiges, if that's what's
happening. I know some women who have children because progesterone
saved them. But that needs to be the problem, for progesterone to fix
it. Great story :)
At Sat, 28 Jun 2008, Cal wrote:
>
>Amy,
>As Summer indicated, most of my symptoms went away during pregnancy (I
>had developed intolerances to wheat and dairy and, unfortunately, those
>didn't go away). I nursed for over 2 years and my symptoms mostly
>stayed at bay until I began menstruating again when my son was just over
>one year old.
>
>I had the lap in June and got pregnant in October and miscarried early
>in the pregnancy (6 weeks). I didn't get pregnant again until May
>(almost a year after the surgery). Curiously, I began to miscarry again
>early in that pregnancy and a wonderful nurse had the forethought to
>immediately give me a prescription for progesterone (although test
>results hadn't yet confirmed that I needed any). The bleeding stopped
>very soon after taking the progesterone and I carried my son to full
>term! The really interesting thing is that a couple days after starting
>the progesterone, I got the test results back and we realized that,
>according to the test, I hadn't been low in progesterone...
>Needless to say, I can't help imagining that Tommy wouldn't be here
>right now if that nurse hadn't given me the progesterone.
>
>Anyhow, I'll be hoping for the best for you and please don't hesitate to
>send me an email if you have any questions for me. I'm sure we both
>realize that everyone's experience is different, but I've sure found it
>helpful to have folks around to share questions and concerns with.
>Cal
>
>At Sat, 28 Jun 2008, summer wrote:
>>
>>A lot of women have symptom relief during pregnancy and even nursing
>>because progesterone levels go up
>>
>>At Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Amy wrote:
>>>
>>>Thank you so much Cal! This means so much to me! I hope it works for us!
>>>Did your symptoms go away after your pregnancy? How long after the
>>>surgery did you get pregnant?
>>>At Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Cal wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Amy,
>>>>Yes, I had a successful pregnancy after endo (or in the middle of endo).
>>>>I had a lap six years ago to remove endo (and I don't know what method
>>>>she used but I performed in a musical 2 days later). At my follow-up
>>>>appointment, my gynecologist was practically being a cheerleader for my
>>>>husband and I to try to get pregnant. She kept saying "this is it! this
>>>>is your window of opportunity. the endo's gone for now, so go! go!
>>>>go!". I can't remember if she had pom-poms but I'm pretty sure...
>>>>Anyhow, best of luck to you with your appointment. I'll be rooting for
>>>>you (without the pom-poms).
>>>>Cal
>>>>
>>>>At Fri, 27 Jun 2008, summer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Will your doctor remove endo? How would the doctor do this?
>>>>>
>>>>>At Thu, 26 Jun 2008, Amy wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>So my ultrasound was normal except for my left ovarie being below my
>>>>>>uterus. I don't have any cysts or anything else abnormal. My doctor
>>>>>>scheduled me for my diagnostic lap surgery for August 7th. I am so
>>>>>>happy to finally be on the right path! Have any of you, or anyone you
>>>>>>know had successful pregnancies after endo?
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