Our Fertility Journey: Forever in My Heart-Waiting for the Day I Can Hold You in My Arms

I can't thank everyone enough for their continued prayers, positive thoughts, and words of encouragement.  After my last post, life went back to normal and I regained my strength again. I think the hardest part was waiting two weeks to heal properly which meant my running went out the window and I didn't feel like my energetic self.  Luckily it went by fast and I was quick to recover.  My post op appointment was Monday, September 19th and as I began that sunny drive to Mason, I turned the radio off to say a prayer and was then on my way.  I am so glad I did. The doctor met me in this mini-conference room where she gave me an update of how the surgery went and showed me those lovely pictures you all got to see on my last post.  She was happy with the surgery and her confidence made me feel good about it.  She also told me the polyps were benign (I kind of forgot they even checked to see if they were Cancerous which is a totally normal precaution), so that ...

I must forewarn you before reading further that this post will get quite technical so if you have a weak stomach or prefer to avoid anything related to the female reproductive system, please stop reading and go about your day.  Today's post is to give a run down of our recent events with discovering I had a septum in my uterus, which likely caused our miscarriage in December, and the surgery that removed it.   Pre-Surgery: As my previous posts indicated, Dr. Shavell, from the Fertility Center in Grand Rapids, looked at my results from my records from my OBGYN that showed I had a Bicornuate Uterus, which basically means it looks like an upside down heart.  The typical uterus looks like a heart without the actual heart shape indenting.  This is pretty normal and can lead to successful pregnancies.  However, Dr. Shavell wanted to look further into it and found it wasn't a heart at all, but a septum dividing my uterus into two parts.  This septum is likely...