Healing

I had my post-operation appointment today and the doctor said he thinks everything is fine and that in two weeks, when it’s one month after the surgery, we can start trying to get pregnant again.

Stop right there.

I am not going to start trying to get pregnant again until I have another hysteroscopy to look inside and make sure everything has indeed healed fine. He said he didn’t think it was necessary and after a while (both me and my husband had previously agreed that we would insist on having a follow up hysteroscopy) he finally agreed to do it. It’s scheduled to happen in two weeks. Then I will start thinking about conceiving again.

One thing that intrigued me a lot was the way my doctor was talking about our conception chances. I didn’t like the tone one bit.

First of all, we never had problems conceiving, so why would he doubt our ability to conceive now? Does he know something that we don’t? Is he not telling me something about the surgery? He basically said that we should start trying right away and that we should consider artificial insemination to boost our chances. I asked why would we do that if we never had a problem conceiving and he just said that we shouldn’t waste any time because my endometriosis can come back while I am trying to get pregnant (since the treatment for endometriosis is the birth control pill). I said we will try on our own first for a few months and if we are not successful we will consider his suggestion. But that made me REALLY uncomfortable. I can’t stop thinking that he knows something that he is not telling us.

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