Official Depo Thread

[Bibliophile]

Hmm. I wonder if white tights would do. They're cheaper. And we have three black animals. White is really not allowed in our house in any form, so they'd never be worn again! LOL.

They found some abnormal cells on my pap about a year & a half ago. They biopsied a few spots on my cervix (Worst. Experience. Ever. -Maybe that will change when I give birth.) and decided they needed to freeze a couple areas. I don't remember all the exact terminology, but I've had a normal pap since, so no one's given it a second thought yet. Except our new doc told us the other day that the freezing might have made it close up really tightly. So that's something we might have to check into once everything else is normalized.

Waiting is soo hard. A year exactly would be pretty neat. Though a positive test is amazing no matter when.

 

[sherylb]

I had that exact same issue except went the surgery route and had the abnormal cells removed. That was in October 2010 and Kristin was conceived end of February 2011.

 

[Bibliophile]

They didn't even offer surgery for mine. Which is ok! The biopsy was sooo many times worse than the freezing part anyway.

 

[Bibliophile]

I had that exact same issue except went the surgery route and had the abnormal cells removed. That was in October 2010 and Kristin was conceived end of February 2011.

So.... My plan should have been to stay off the bc entirely. LOL. BF would have had a heart attack if I'd gotten pregnant back then!

 

[sherylb]

Should have clarified that. My last shot ran out in July, we were married in August and started TTC. I got my positive pap in September, surgery in October and he told me I had to wait until I had a clear pap in January to TTC. The two things aren't related.

I had some mild and moderate dysplasia. I never imagined the surgery would be sooo expensive but I am having surgery Monday to fix stitches that were done too tightly when K was born.

 

[missjenn]

Hmmm...so it's possible that the sperm cant through the cervix because it might be too closed now? Hopefully that's an easy fix! Great news that your paps have been clear though!

@sherylb - You have to pay for the surgery? It's not covered through health care?

It would be great to be successful on the one year anniversary from last shot...I think I will be totally crushed this month if it didnt work. I've been pretty good at keeping positive all year but this month I'm symptom spotting like never before!

I have these pains in my stomach but they are in the middle and just below my rib cage...I figure pregnancy pains would be much lower. Also, my boobs are usually sore until AF arrives but this time the soreness went away like a full week earlier than normal.

Let this be my month!!!!

 

[sherylb]

Good luck Jen. I am in the U.S. and we have private insurance. I don't pay for the entire amount but we do pay a good amount. For my cervix surgery we were paying a lot for our insurance so we paid our deductible $2,000 and then they covered the rest at 100%. Our new insurance with DH's new job is different but also a lot cheaper. We pay less than $60 a month for family medical and dental. For this one we have a family $3,000 deductible and then they cover 80% so that our max out of pocket for the year is $8,000. But I only had to pay $1,900 for this one despite the hospital quoting me $1,000 more when I asked before scheduling so I'm hoping I don't get a huge bill afterwards once they actually bill insurance.

 

[Bibliophile]

Should have clarified that. My last shot ran out in July, we were married in August and started TTC. I got my positive pap in September, surgery in October and he told me I had to wait until I had a clear pap in January to TTC. The two things aren't related.

I had some mild and moderate dysplasia. I never imagined the surgery would be sooo expensive but I am having surgery Monday to fix stitches that were done too tightly when K was born.

Ahhhh.

Hmmm...so it's possible that the sperm cant through the cervix because it might be too closed now? Hopefully that's an easy fix! Great news that your paps have been clear though!

@sherylb - You have to pay for the surgery? It's not covered through health care?

It would be great to be successful on the one year anniversary from last shot...I think I will be totally crushed this month if it didnt work. I've been pretty good at keeping positive all year but this month I'm symptom spotting like never before!

I have these pains in my stomach but they are in the middle and just below my rib cage...I figure pregnancy pains would be much lower. Also, my boobs are usually sore until AF arrives but this time the soreness went away like a full week earlier than normal.

Let this be my month!!!!

Yep. And no one mentioned that at all when I had it done. The doctor didn't say what would need to be done if that's the case and I didn't ask. We'll get there when we get there and I truly don't want to look forward to another wide awake cervix procedure if that's what it'll be.

Crossing fingers for you! I have no clue what "good" pain would feel like & where it would be. But I figure that anything unusual could be a good sign. Would this be your first BFP?

 

[missjenn]

Omg,living in Canada those costs even with insurance scare me! I couldn't imagine having to pay that kind of money but when it comes to your health and babies then you would do anything! We would never be able to afford IVF or any of those procedures so i really need to work!!!

This would be my first BFP. I'm 32 and my fiance is turning 38 so I really hope we get it soon!

 

[missjenn]

I can understand your fear of having another surgery down there awake...ugghhh. I'm supposed to go for a HCG but I keep putting it off.

 

[sherylb]

I had my 15 minute surgery under general and will be under general for this one too.

 

[Bibliophile]

I think maybe I missed what surgery you're having. ?

 

[sherylb]

When Kristin was born I had an episiotomy. Ever since then BD has been impossible and painful. I finally asked the doctor who did my IUD and he said that I was stitched too tightly. He's going to make a small cut and stitch me up a different direction to fix me up.

 

[jme84]

Yikes! Hope all goes well with your surgery! I just thought I would update that my little one was born 2-6-13. She is such a miracle everything I went through to get her was so worth it!

 

[sherylb]

She was born on my 27th birthday!! Congrats!!!

 

[Bibliophile]

When Kristin was born I had an episiotomy. Ever since then BD has been impossible and painful. I finally asked the doctor who did my IUD and he said that I was stitched too tightly. He's going to make a small cut and stitch me up a different direction to fix me up.

Ouch! I'm sorry. Hope that will solve the problem, though.

 

[missjenn]

Yikes! Hope all goes well with your surgery! I just thought I would update that my little one was born 2-6-13. She is such a miracle everything I went through to get her was so worth it!

Congrats!!! I'm so happy that you are finally enjoying what you wanted so very much! Wishing you and your new family many happy years together!

 

[missjenn]

When Kristin was born I had an episiotomy. Ever since then BD has been impossible and painful. I finally asked the doctor who did my IUD and he said that I was stitched too tightly. He's going to make a small cut and stitch me up a different direction to fix me up.

I just googled that surgery....ouch...and sounds very scary!! eeeekk!!! It sounds like it is pretty rare these days for women to have that done.

I hope they surgery to loosen the stitches makes you feel alot better! That's also a very long time with no sex!

 

[sherylb]

Yeah. I was hoping it would get better but it's not. My husband is very understanding at least and supports the surgery obviously.

 

[Bibliophile]

Did anyone else notice that they felt fine for a while after going off Depo and *then* had the hormones hit and start feeling icky? I felt perfectly normal until the beginning of this year and have felt steadily worse ever since. Was hoping that this is the beginning of the end signal.