Any one know anything about endometriosis, and laparoscopies?

[arj]

Hi, this is not about me but about my sister in law who has unexplained infertility/subfertility. She is 29 now, never has smoked or drank alcohol or done drugs, and is a small person, bmi of about 20. Very healthy!

She was married at 19 and started trying straight away, and after two years of no results she got tested to see if she was ovulating which she wasn't. (her DH above average sperm count).Took a whole tablet of Clomid and got 4 eggs. Pregnant naturally and one egg took.

Second time round she was ovulating and nothing was happening. Got HSG dye (clear tubes) and got pregnant straight after, but lost it at 5 weeks. (chemical).

Third time she did clomid again for a year on and off and got nothing. Then did IUI and 1/2 a tab clomid, got 2 eggs and one took, and she has a second baby.


4th time (now) NOTHING is working. She has done round after round of IUI, clomid, and also Clomid combined with 2 rounds of IUI, and had 2nd HSG dye scan which was completely clear. Things seem to be getting worse not better.

The only other option is IVF, or get laparoscopy to check for endometriosis. She has no symptoms of endo apart from 24-26 day cycles, and dodgy bowels around period time. She is getting a lap done sometime this year to see if it is endo, but is at her wits end and angry with her body, and every one (including me and her other SIL) seems to be all getting pregnant!! =/

She doesn't really know any one with fertility problems and doens't use the internet, and I feel so helpless as I get pregnant every time on cycle one so I cant really give her any advice!!

Does anyone out there have any similar experiences with this kinda thing, or had a laparoscopy done etc????

Thanks ladies

 

[kel21]

I have had a similar experience. I never had any real symptoms of endo, bad cramps, but if caught early enough with motrin was fine, and a heavy flow. While ttc #2 my dr decided to do a lap just to check things out. Come to find out I had very bad endo that had fused one of my ovaries to my body. It was everywhere! Did 3 mnths of Lupron (nasty stuff) and a year later still ttc. The lap is not too bad, after a couple of days (1 day of good drugs, and motrin after that) I was pretty much back to normal! Hope something I said helps, feel free to ask me any questions!

 

[arj]

Thanks heaps for that, she is on the waiting list for a lap, and is hoping it will give her some answers. Haven't heard of the drugs you mentioned tho? How long did your doctor say it would possibly take you to conceive? A year is kinda long...?

 

[kel21]

Motrin (ibuprofen), Lupron is a drug used primarily for men with prostate cancer, but it has been found to be helpful for women with endo. Basically it stops your body from producing estrogen, which throws your body into early menopause (only temperarily). Not fun, cause you get all of the symptoms, but it does go away! We decided not to try any fertilitly drugs right after, thought we'd concieve on our own, but that didn't work!

 

[arj]

Oh ok, so now what are you going to do?

 

[kel21]

Just getting ready to start clomid again and lots of prayers! Good luck to your SIL!

 

[tinkerbellsie]

My friend with endo has been trying for four years... I also know people with no fertility issues who have taken 12 months to conceive (doctors don't generally help before this point unless you have diagnosed problems, or not having periods etc, or are over 35). WIshing her lots of luck!