Re: question about Follow up appt after resection (mc ment)

January 13, 2004

Hi Lola,

I would love to hear how your follow-up appointment goes. I had my

septum resected with a hyst only on 11/26, and my doctor said he

usually doesn't do ANY follow-up, but I should wait 3 cycles to TTC.

I insisted on making sure the septum is really gone (since I've had 4

mc and don't think I can deal with another), so he said after 3

cycles I can have an in office SHG. I am very inpatiently waiting...

So please tell us how your follow up goes and what your doctor says

about TTC.

Thanks!

Ronna

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January 14, 2004

>did you have to go through 4 m/c in order to find out there was a

>problem? that sounds brutally painful- i hope and pray for the

>best for you. ill write on thursday!

>

> Lola

Hi Lola,

I had 3 mc before they finally did an HSG and discovered an MA. I

feel sort of guilty and sad that I did not do more research after

the first or second mc to discover my MA. I think I just trusted my

docs a little too much. Naive on my part. Now I know differently.

After the 3rd MC I finally saw an RE who ordered a battery of tests

and discovered I had a MA. Then I had an MRI which came back as BU

and my RE told me to go ahead and TTC, that the previous 3 mc were

just " bad luck " since all my other tests came back normal. I got pg

that month, the same month I decided to meet with the radiologist to

review the MRI so I could see the extent of the BU.

Well it turned out to be an SU, not BU. The ill-informed radiologist

admitted that whenever they see 2 uterine cavities they usually

report BU. I asked to see the dip in the fundus on the MRI and he

showed me a flat fundus, which indicates SU. I mc #4 shortly after.

It was pretty devastating, but somehow I made it through. I had to

wait 3 months after the D & C to have the septum resection, now

another 3 months to TTC again. All this waiting is tough...I am just

hoping that since I got pg easily in the past I won't have to wait

too much longer. I got AF 31 days after the surgery (after 30 days

of estrogen), so I am hopeful my cycles will get right back on

track. I'm hoping for my followup SHG at the end of February.

Thanks for you kind thoughts. Good luck on Thursday!

Ronna

January 14, 2004

(((Ronna))) I am so sorry about all you have been through. It has been a long

road to get here for you. I hope these months pass by quickly for you so you can

TCC again. I wish you the best of luck and hope you get preggo's right away!

January 14, 2004

Ronna,

I was so sad to read about your miscarriages. Please don't feel like you did

anything wrong. MAs are so extremely rare. And it is not uncommon for people

who do not have MAs to have numerous miscarriages. My mom had three

miscarriages and I am 99.99% positive she doesn't have an MA (My MA is due to

DES exposure and is not inherited.) You doctors should have been smart enough

to check for an MA, not you. The important thing is that you are on the right

track now. I'm so glad you are a part of this group! I hope that this next

year goes quickly for you and that you have a baby in your arms soon.

Best wishes,

Mikell

Re: question about Follow up appt after

resection (mc ment)