April 14, 2022.
The night before my uterus transplant.

The night of the 13th when my surgery was pushed back to Friday we got to to go home to sleep. Thankfully it was the best sleep and we slept ALL day until it was time to go back to the hospital around 6 PM to be admitted again. We stopped on the roof of the parking garage for me to take some photos to post for all the Goldman Baby fans to finally know that we got the call and I was having surgery! 😍

I was so excited but so incredibly nervous too – was this really happening?!?! There was also a big sadness in my heart because I kept thinking about my donors family non-stop. 😭 I’ve seen first hand in the OR how beautiful organ donation is. I’ve seen a heart be handed off and put in a cooler on ice then out the door off to be transported to save someone’s life. But I also felt the grief from the family each time I watched it too. 💔

I got my IV started and then was transported across the hospital and got a chest x-ray out of the way. When I got back Timmy & I cuddled up in my hospital bed and watched some of our tv shows on my laptop. We were anticipating what the next morning would hold for us. It was really happening! 💯 We may have gotten a couple of hours of sleep that night but how do you sleep knowing you are going into an 8-9 hour surgery the next day that’s only been performed 35 times in the whole entire US before?! 🤯 How do you sleep knowing your biggest and wildest dream would be happening less than 24 hours?

If I had to describe all the feelings for that night into one word it would be…

Thankful! 🥹

To be continued…

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