Tubal Reversal Surgery.

Sitting here at the airport because our flight has been delayed- and of course, I had YOU on my mind. I wanted to fill you in on my surgery. First I must say how beautiful North Carolina is. We flew into Raleigh North Carolina, and stayed in Chapel Hill at the Residence Inn. Not getting much sleep on Sunday night as we arrived here at 1:45am, not getting to sleep until around 2:30, We had to wake up at 7:00 to be at the Tubal Reversal Center at 8:00 for our consultation. We couldn’t believe how thorough and professional and sweet the whole staff were. Meeting with Dr. Monteith was awesome. He is very layed back yet SUPER SMART and I knew right away I was in good hands. Bonnie was my nurse, and this girl was adorable, super professional and so caring! Mario & I loved her!

At about 9:30 we went into the surgery room to get prepped. I needed two bags of fluids because I was a little dehydrated, I guess form the plane, and lack of water. Even now I feel bloated as a balloon (24 hours later). The surgery went great and Dr. Monteith said I had double huka clamps on each tube (I didn’t know this). Anyway, he snipped them off and says the length of the tubes are great! 7 & 8 on each side. The longer the better because once Mario’s sperm meets my egg they have longer to form before they drop into my ovaries and form a baby.  When I woke up I was sooo out of it. AT one point I was sitting up and almost fell on my face- while Mario thought this was funny, the nurse came running over to stop me.



We got back to our hotel room, and I crawled into bad for a good 5 hours. AT about 5:00, I got up and got ready for us to grab some food. I was in some pain but the meds still had not worn off completely so it wasn’t until around 7:00 that the pain really set in. I had a great little bowl of soup, a salad and some gluten free pasta with veggies. I sucked down 4 glasses of ice water but still felt extremely bloated. By 9:30 I was passed out. I slept through the night but by 6:00 am, I was feeling the pain get worse, so Mario got up to get my Tylenol with codeine and my Advil. The nurse came to my room to remove my bandage, clean my stitches and put a new bandage on. I couldn’t look down, I get so queasy when I see blood even my own!

I was starving at this point so we grabbed breakfast at some other hotel. I had some steel cut oats, an egg white omelet with squash and some fresh fruit. They even served lemon water! It was sooo refreshing! I sucked it down.

I am feeling ENORMOUS and BLOATED. I seriously feel as if I gained 10 pounds just from all the fluids before surgery and the salt in all the food we have eaten everywhere! I hardly had any carbs except for the oats, so I KNOW it's the salt. I mean really! All i eat are veggies and fruits! I am despereate to get back home.


At this point, I am so not happy with JET BLUE! our flight is delayed....not one hour but 5 hours later, we had to hop on another flight and get outta NC! 5 hours! After surgery! That sucked! I started crying simply because of the pain and discomfort I was in! It was horrible!

It hasn’t hit me yet that Mario and I are going to try and actually get pregnant, I don’t know if it’s because I’m in pain, or because I feel like a bloated blimp right now....
I DO KNOW that when we do try and start this baby making business, it’s going to be beautiful!