24 days and counting

We're good to go!!

I love my gastroenterology surgeon. He is our angel. He sat me down and have me the usual "it's a ticking time bomb..." "...we need to surgically remove it" etc etc etc... And then he looked at me and said "BUT, I've just read your notes and you've started IVF. Correct? How long have you been waiting" I replied with 3 years TTC and he pulled a really sympathetic face and explained that although the gallbladder needs to come out, he doesn't see why it can't wait for a while if I keep care of myself. I'm in a healthy weight range, don't smoke, don't drink, exercise daily and have a healthy diet, he believe if I keep that up he doesn't see why I can do IVF and take things from there. If it works he'll keep an eye on my gallbladder with scans and, worst case scenario, it starts to get worse (small chance) it's quite common to perform gallbladder removal on pregnant woman in their second trimester, and apparently quite safe. (But again, he said very small chance and he doesn't think that will happen) if it fails, we can do the surgery before having our second attempt.

I love him! He treat me like an actually human being and admitted that he wouldn't normally take this course of action, but conversed with me about it. So we are officially starte IVF when next AF arrives.

I also went to the GP this morning and he prescribed some beta blockers for my dentist related anxiety - I know they're not as potent as benzodiazepines but they seem to be working wonders! Need my fluffy slippers on though!