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Hopeful24-we might be at operating room at same time, because your c-secton is same day as my myo. Have a good luck and lets God guides your Dr. hands. Enjoy every moment of that so long awaited delivery day. You desrve it GIRL.

Hopeful..I'm so happy for you. I will be thinking about you! I can't believe it the 24this next week! Wow! You must be so excited and over joyed! MsMonet..how are you doing, are they going to move your c-section up or you still set for Feb? KKMS, welcome to the board. I'm glad you were able to make it through your surgery, what a long and bumpy road you traveled, but thank GOD you made it out safely. I will pray for you to get prego soon. I'm in the same boat and am currently ttc but doe to scheduling conflicts and to be honest the holidays with all the running around and partying we weren't able to try often..not that partying was more important but I just choose to have a relax holiday rather than focusing on TTC. But is a new year and a new att_tude..at least for now..it will be something completely different if I am not prego by April! A-Miracle, welcome also. Your surgery will be fine and before you know, it will be over! I'm also happy to hear that you were reading our posts and we have all helped you. Feel free to post as often as you like or to just read..and this goes for anyone who just reads. We are all here to help each other. KMMS, don't you find it strange that with all the havoc fibroids can cause it still doesn't seem important to some doctors. Looking back when I had a pap done I had a large bulge in my abdomen, to my non-trained eyes I thought it was just fat, the doc who was a female even pushed on it and I said ouch, but she didn't seem concern about it, or even mentioned it to me, and I thought the pain was just because she was pushing on it... before this story gets into a novel..I just find it strange knowing what I know now that fibroids are not discussed when you go see a doctor and to think they might not even say anything about is unless you go in there complaining about common symptoms. I just think that they would try and make women more aware of these sort of things. Take Care everyone.. SANDRA-D AND KATARINAK and you too A-MIRACLE..I will be keeping all of you in my prayers..your surgeries will be smooth and over before you know it. Take Care and as soon as you are up to it post and let us know how you are doing!

JOKER- As of now, I am still scheduled for Feb 1st at 8am.

Thanks Ms. Monet. I have followed your story since I've been reading this board and you are truly a testimony and a product of the saying "you shall recieve double for your trouble." How exceptionally wonderful for you and your precious blessings!!! Thank you Katarink and Joker for the encouragement also. Although I am a bit nervous, I still keep reminding myself that in a few days, I will be fibroid FREE!!!!! I can even feel the pain of one of the fibroids when i sit down with any type of pressure. So there should be some relief for that soon. One of my friends is 5 weeks post myo and after surgery she is doing great as well. She had a total of 23 fibroids but the doctor could only remove around 20 of them. Her stomach was really huge with the appearance of pregancy but now she has a new self esteem and it is really great. Thank you Joker and KatarinaK for the encouragement. Today will be my last day at work until March. I took 8 weeks off from work to make sure I get plenty of rest and healing from the surgery. Yes there will be 3 of us having the surgery next week. I will think about us all as I have already said a prayer for everyone on the board when I first began to read it. I am glad to be a part of such wonderful women. Hope to have an update soon after the procedure. Say a prayer for me. Thanks and Blessings!

Hi all! Glad to see everyone is doing well. My little Lexi poo is 17 weeks old now, 13 lbs and a happy happy baby. Our nanny started 5 weeks ago and WE LOVE HER! So good with the baby. I am back at work, everything is going well. The baby goes to sleep at 7 pm, we wake her at 10 pm for a bottle then she sleeps until about 4 am, so not too bad. Ms. Monet_ A couple of items for you that I WISH someone would have told me before the birth!!! 1) Don't worry to much about the C Section, it freaked me out alot of course, but it is not bad at all, it goes by so fast and you're in the delivery room and all of a sudden there is this baby (for you babies :) ) and everyone is crying and the doctors get all excited! Your babies are fine so you'll get through it no problem. I was walking that night, make sure to start walking around ASAP. 2)BUT THEN (this is what no one explains very well), you take the baby home and it is REALLY TOUGH the first 4 weeks. Our baby would wake up at 12, 2, 4, 6. Be ready for this as it is really tough when you have the surgery to deal with too, and seriously, no sleep at all. The most important thing you should do straightaway is work through the schedule right away with the babies - and I MEAN THE NAP SCHEDULE. Look to the book the Baby Whisperer. The first week home it is IMPOSSIBLE to get the babies to sleep, you basically have to train them. You put them down for the nap, they won't sleep, you'll spend that "nap" time soothing them, then you take them out of the crib at the end of the "nap" time (they probably will not have slept!), feed em, play a little, then back to the crib for NAP time. And repeat the cycle. Pick a bedtime and stick with it. Be ready for this and have a plan where you and DH swap out so you do not go insane !!! For example, he might be the diaper changer, you b___st feed, etc. By week 3, we put Lexi in her crib in her room (cause the crib was not delivered when she was brought home) and we trade nights in her room, so that's how we got past the sleep deprivation. Don't be NOBLE, get your DH right in there taking turns with you. And get a b___st pump right away and get the babies on the bottle by week 3. 3) Now I WISH someone told me this! Get some laxitives in your house NOW and take them religiously after the surgery for the first week. The complications that arise from trying to move your bowels IS UNBELIEVABLE, and many women end up back in the hospital because of the pain. No one wants to talk about this little issue. Also, use a towel pressed against your incision that first week when trying to make that BM happen (lol, you'll thank me for this advice later). 4) take the drugs they give you (percocet). They make you loopy but they work. The pain feels alot like a burning sensation and it goes away within 3 days of being home. 5)Have your sense of humor! What you experience that first 2 weeks at home improves RAPIDLY around week 3 and really evens out around week 4. Then it becomes very fun, the baby starts to be more alert, you settle in better and start to sleep a little bit better. It's an exciting time, have your sense of humor, smile as the babies cry when they are scared to sleep and the baby will sense your calmness, and they will react accordingly, to their trust in you, anfd the love you will give them. And lastly, just love your babies, thats all they really want, to be loved and respected.

Aw, thanks so much Melissa. You brought tears to my eyes. I am going to cut and paste this. Read it a couple more times before I go in and definately after. So, I was told the C-Section is pretty much the same as the Myo. Is this incorrect? Did you have help the first few weeks? My Mother Inlaw will be here the first week and then friends off and on after. So, did you put them on schedule the first week or did you wait? Its funny because I wake up every 2 hours now. Its pretty much the times that you listed. Perhaps, I am being prepared. I am excited! Did you wear the abdominal binder the first or second day? I am so happy for you! Congrats! Where is RU93 and Ms Positive?

Ms Monet - I found the myo to be tougher. It's because after a C Section, you actually have a baby and your just so darn happy, and excited you forget the gory detail, even as it goes on around you (you know, the fun stuff I explained, and the bleeding, etc). My mom came out to help and she was completely useless. So I was basically left high and dry! The most helpful thing for us was a SLING. I used it for the sleep training and getting Lexi on a schedule. MAN did that help!!! Go get 2 slings so you and DH can each wear one. Babies stop crying almost immedietly when in a sling, and also, "wearing" a really young baby can ward away colic, so go get a sling. AND YES, start the schedule immedietly. It won't work right away, but it will within just a few short days. And babies thrive on schedules. Use Baby Whisperer, it's more like a routine that becomes a schedule. Better for the baby. And be ready for other goofy behavior on your end - I became a nerotic cleaning fanatic for the first 6 weeks (she would sleep, I would vacuum!). It's actually normal to do this, because your life is thrown into chaos with the baby, so your control freak comes out. Just go with the flow. So exciting!!! By the way, we started taking Lexi to ski school last week and this week and they actually gave her a season pa__s with her picture on it!!!! (this is really a "ski school" that allows infants, we bring her there so we can ski 1 day per week and so she can interact with other babies). Also, there is an "Infant Care" forumn on this site that I have found to be hugely helpful - in just 2 weeks you can move on over to that board!!!

Oh and Ms Monet - Here is another one "no one tells you about." Little bitty babies makes tons of grunts and moans until about 8 weeks old. It sounds really WEIRD at the start, like there is a barnyard in the crib or something!!! We call it "baby barking" or "banguage." Be ready for it and make sure to laugh when you hear it - it only lasts a few short weeks and is pretty funny - nothing to be alarmed about! I actually miss the banguage!

LOL!! Ok I promise this is the last prep note for Ms Monet! I'll just rattle it off. 1) get a hair band for your bangs, you MUST get the hair out of your face or it will TOTALLY get on your nerves. Just use a band and pull it back. 2)Create a "feeding station" where you have everything you need in one place. 3)buy like 10 boxes of kleenex, and put EVERYWHERE in your home. 4)Buy food, everything frozen, go on a spending frenzy. It's true how handy this becomes because you won't be going to the store anytime soon. We did pizzas, mac and cheese and taco makings. I lost all of the pregnancy weight within 4 weeks - even eating that garbage food. Don't even think about that stuff, you'll notice is just drops right off. Lastly, if you run into problems b___st feeding, just get over it fast and get them on formula. I cried about this because I could not make it past 6 weeks, and you know?

Melissa-That is great! You are right! At least with the C-Section you get a baby and not a fibroid. Lol! My stomach dropped tonight. It was weird.I felt like there was lots of strange moving and shifting and I looked in the mirror and there was actually space between my b___st and tummy. Last night, I had contractions that kept me up. After, all that the kids wanted to eat. Lol! My sons kicks are so diff now. They are stronger and alittle uncomfortable now. I'm like " Whoa, buddy!". We will get slings, also. I know that I will probably be overly paranoid listening to see if their still breathing, etc. Sorry, but what is the Kleenex for? I created a feeding station a few days ago. Someone sent me a bottle warmer so I added that to it. How long did it take for you to feel better after the Myo? And when did you have s_x again? Its been so long that I am not sure I will remember what to do... Lol! Give me all the types you think are helpful. No, problem. So, you lost all your weight in 4 weeks? Wow, without working out? All my weight is in my tummy. A tiny bit in my thighs.

A-miracle-I will say a prayer for you tonight. Good luck tomorrow, will be thinking about you. :-)

Ms Monet - the kleenex is for a wide variety of stuff. Spit up and leaking b___bs that catch you off guard!! We were going through so many boxes inthe beginning I was about to buy stock in that company! S_x took about 6 weeks, mostly because I think I was little bit stressed. It took his mom coming for a visit and "jumping" him int he shower to restart that in our lives! Sadly, because we switch off nights in her room still, s_x has been hard - I guess everyone goes through this in the beginning. It comes back though, not to worry. So exciting! Just a few more days!

Morning Girls- I have something to share for all of you who know my story regarding my parents, etc. Well, I woke up this morning at 3am thinking my babies were hungry. So, I heated up chicken parm in the microwave and something said for me to check my email. I did and I'd gotten an email from my mothers son and daughter (my brother and sister) who I hadnt spoke to in about 10 yrs. They asked me to call them because my mother woke up Sunday morning and decide she needed to make things right with me after 10 yrs. So, she'd gotten on a plane with her 4yr old granddaughter and flew to NYC not knowing my address, phonenumber or married name. She was determined to find her 1st born daughter and knew she would. After checking into a hotel in NYC, she went to the police station and asked for guidance on how to find me. No luck. Her son who had my email address from many years ago sent me an email. I checked it at 3am. I was told to call my sister. I did. She told me my mother was here. We called her and she said she wanted to make things right and be here for me and to do whatever I needed. Well, I am meeting her tomorrow. She will take a taxi from the airport. She will be here with me for the birth of my twins. I thought that I would be angry if we ever met again but I am not. I am actually happy. Lol! :o) Just wanted to share. Wow, I am reuniting with my mother again in just a few hours. I cant believe it. What a blessing!

hi everyone, i'm going tomorrow so will feed back as sson as I'm able to. I've had a stressful week with my mum trying to discourage me saying its best to leave things and let nature take its course. I hope I've made the right decision and I'm trusting that God will direct my path and that everything will work out for my good in the end. God bless you all. will be thinking of you, A-miracle and KatarinaK x

Ms. Monet - WOW, that is quite a story!

Sandra-d-I am here thinking about A-miracle and you. Will be praying for you tonight. I know it is very tempting to just go and try pregnancy without surgery and see what will happened. I believe we are all very tempted to do so, but as one doctor said:"Nature made mistake and I think I can fix it." so just belive you are doing right thing, because you decided based on your best interested and just belive that you and your hobby made the right decision and one day you will be happy you did so. I am sending my thoughts your way. Wish you the best luck tomorrow and will post here soon after it is over. Next week we will be all over the surgery. Once again GOOD LUCK!