[1walks3soar]

I just got a call from the nurse with my appointment information.
Obviously, I had no say in the matter (I expected as much).
But here's what she told me:

I have to arrive at my RE's office at 7:30.
At 9:45, I have to be in the surgery wing of the hospital.
My surgery itself is at 11:45.
The surgery will take about 15 minutes.
I'll be able to leave as soon as I can go to the bathroom.

With my D&E (my first one), I was in and out in less than three hours (and they had MUCH more to clean out).

Why so much time with this one?

I *did* ask for an u/s before the D&C, so maybe that's why I have to go to my RE's office first? She just said it was for "pre-op" but isn't that why I have to go to the surgery area two hours early? And why TWO HOURS EARLY?!

This TOTALLY ruined my plans. I was going to have my best friend take me so that I wouldn't have to deal with my mom being an emotional wreck. My friend agreed to take a few hours out of her work day to help, but I can't expect her to take the whole day! She's an HR rep and has to handle a termination tomorrow.

UGH!!

[maddie02]

I just got a call from the nurse with my appointment information.
Obviously, I had no say in the matter (I expected as much).
But here's what she told me:

I have to arrive at my RE's office at 7:30.
At 9:45, I have to be in the surgery wing of the hospital.
My surgery itself is at 11:45.
The surgery will take about 15 minutes.
I'll be able to leave as soon as I can go to the bathroom.

With my D&E (my first one), I was in and out in less than three hours (and they had MUCH more to clean out).

Why so much time with this one?

I *did* ask for an u/s before the D&C, so maybe that's why I have to go to my RE's office first? She just said it was for "pre-op" but isn't that why I have to go to the surgery area two hours early? And why TWO HOURS EARLY?!

This TOTALLY ruined my plans. I was going to have my best friend take me so that I wouldn't have to deal with my mom being an emotional wreck. My friend agreed to take a few hours out of her work day to help, but I can't expect her to take the whole day! She's an HR rep and has to handle a termination tomorrow.

UGH!![/b]

This is just a guess, but if they are doing your pre-op the day of the surgery, they probably want plenty of time for your lab results to come back before surgery. It usually takes at least one hour, sometimes longer, to get lab results.

[1walks3soar]

This is just a guess, but if they are doing your pre-op the day of the surgery, they probably want plenty of time for your lab results to come back before surgery. It usually takes at least one hour, sometimes longer, to get lab results.[/b]

But why FOUR+ hours before the surgery?

This is just SO different than my D&E. With that one, I was supposed to be there like 1-2 hours before surgery and was pretty much in and out.

[maddie02]

But why FOUR+ hours before the surgery?

This is just SO different than my D&E. With that one, I was supposed to be there like 1-2 hours before surgery and was pretty much in and out.
[/b]

Because after the lab work is done at the office, it takes more time to prep you for surgery. The anesthesiologist has to get a history and physical, they have to start your IV, give you pre-op meds, etc. Plus, your OB doctor may get done with the surgeries before you a little sooner than scheduled and they want you to be ready when the doctor is ready. Usually when a doctor puts you on his surgery schedule he has a whole list of patients to do surgery on that day. They just want to make sure you have enough time to get ready. It's nothing unusual.

[Ava+Bryce's_Mommy]

I agree....it's because they're doing pre-op the day of the surgery...I had my pre-op done the day before...so I'm sure that's why the wait. But I still had to arrive at least 1 hr early before my surgery!!