I just had to ask Google what I’m supposed to do with my Steri-Strip incisions because I don’t remember what the doctor told me and the paper she gave me just says listen to your doctors instructions on postop care.. she literally told me all this while I was coming down off of anesthesia and on Dilaudid. I just don’t know why they don’t tell you before the surgery, it doesn’t make sense! Same thing happened after my wisdom tooth surgery. No post op care was given until I was high after the surgery and didn’t remember. 🙃

My bilateral salpingectomy is on Wednesday. My husband took the day off for that, but will I be okay the next day? We have a 3 month old, 5 year old, and 8 year old. He works long hours and I'm the only person that can drive them to school/pick them up. I don't want to make him miss more work if he doesn't need to. How much pain should I expect to be in after?

I had my uterine ablation done 9 weeks ago, I’ve had 2 periods since then and they are SLIGHLTY lighter but still lots of bleeding for about 10-12 days. My periods before were very similar just more bleeding. Did anyone take a few months to stop bleeding? I know some never bleed again, I was hoping that would be the case but it’s not 😭. Just wondering if their is still hope or if I will eventually just do a hysterectomy. Just for reference I am 43 ♥️. Thank you in advance!

Hi, I am new to the community and need some advice. My doctor told my family I would be fine in 2 days but I ended up having complications day 0. My belly button incision (laparoscopic) would not close and was still bleeding 12 hours later and I was advised to go to ER. I am almost 2 weeks post op (10/2 was surgery). I still have this almost heaviness feeling in the bottom of my abdomen/stomach (especially under the bellybutton). So, I have to hold the bottom of my stomach whenever I move to mitigate pain. My surgeon basically said it is in my head and google was not fruitful with results. I am curious if anyone knows why my abdomen/stomach feels like this still and it is seemingly not getting better? Also, any advice on how to help this discomfort (particularly when sleeping) would be appreciated. Thank you 💜

I want at least one more kid but I also don’t trust OBGYNs after what happened with my first pregnancy. I’m considering just getting sterilized so I don’t have to deal with the same garbage I did last time. It was basically a case of doctor ignoring everything that had been put in my file for what I wanted so she could make a little bit more money for the hospital. I’ll share more details about it if anyone is interested.

I guess my biggest question is would it be better to try and find a midwife willing to do a home birth for someone who is a clotting risk or get sterilized and adopt?

I do already know that I want to get sterilized when I turn 30 or after my second baby whichever comes first.

Hey im 36 i have huntington disease ive had 7 pregnancy no living babies ive watched 4 of them in my hands already passed away n i cant go thru that depression anymore but i wanna know best procedure n what happensa after

Hi guys, I am curious if anyone else had this happen.
I’m 1 week po from my laparoscopic bisalp and my recovery has been great, I feel good but today I looked closely at my belly button incision and the dermabond is starting to crack/flake off which I know is a normal timeline. My question is that my belly button incision itself looks mildly open. Like there is a line of dried blood and then it just looks like the skin is also kind of cracked open. It’s not actively bleeding or showing any signs of infection, it’s just not fully closed even though it was a few days ago. Anyone else have this happen in the belly button?

Title says everything but i finally found a doctor to do it but transportation might be an issue with family not supporting my decision. From what I heard, they cannot release you in an Uber.