Endometriosis

[_Jo_]

I was diagnosed with Endo in 2003 and have had three laparoscopies where I have had the Endo lasered away. It has really helped with the pain and heavy periods but seems to only last two years before the pain and heavy bleeding returns and I need another lap to have it relasered away.

It is situated near my ovaries and in the puch of douglas area which is behind my womb, near my bowel.

I have recently come off Microgynon and I'm trying to conceive. My last lap was in October 2008.

So far my surgeon has advised me that Endo COULD affect fertility in the long run but my ovaries and fallopian tubes are fine, not blocked and are healthy.

Does anyone else have Endo and have found it difficult to conceive?

Thanks!

 

[miel]

good luck darling and welcome !

 

[CurlySue]

Yours is in exactly the same place as mine. Pouch of Douglas. Mine is also on uterosaccral ligament and near the ovaries but not on the ovaries. Multiple spots over my left side.

I've been off the pill for 37 months now, not actively trying for the first year or so but having regular sex without protection and not really caring if I did get pregnant. I didn't. It's only now that I realise how much I was having sex and how I didn't get pregnant that I worry. No BFP at all. I was told the same as you. Nothing is blocked, everything is healthy. I know I'm not much help, here, just wanted you to know that there are people in the same position.

They say that Endo only prevents conception if it's blocking the tube or on the ovaries. It can affect fertility though. I don't think it's the endo that's stopping me, though. I wish it was because at least then there'd be a reason.

 

[_Jo_]

Thanks for the replies.

Sue, I fear the same for me, only because when I was younger and silly with my long term ex sometimes we didn't use protection out of laziness and sillyness and I never got pregnant once.

The idea of having to use fertility treatment and years of disapointment and doctors appointments and more laparoscopies upsets me slightly!

 

[CurlySue]

Most of us in here are using fertility treatments. It's not pleasant but needs must. I have always been a Three of Four times a Week gal when it came to sex. I've only been married a year and a half. Was still in that honeymoon period, really, and looking back I wasn't on the pill and even with sex three or four times a week I did not get pregnant, so though I was not actively trying to get pregnant I really should have got pregnant, if you know what I mean. I never did. And, it does scare me alot...

I might as well put myself at "TTC for three years" because I was shagging like a person who wanted to be, and I was not averse to becoming pregnant...it's just I wasn't consciously trying to. I wanted to get pregnant, in fact. I didn't try to but I always hoped I would.

Three years TTC. That feels scary, to me.

 

[hayz1981]

Hi,

I also have endometriosis. I've been TTC since October 07. I'm guessing it probably is the endo thats stopping me conceiving sooner but I dont know for sure. My HSG showed my tubes were clear, although gynae thinks that test isnt conclusive as passing dye through a tube isnt the same as being able to successfully carry an egg through.

But lots of women have endo and have no problems conceiving so with any luck you'll be one of those.

I'm about to start on Clomid when this cycle finally finishes (having a randomly long cycle after a year of being regular which is doing my head in!!).

Anyway, welcome to BnB.

x

 

[_Jo_]

Thanks

It's nice to be able to talk to people who are going through the same thing. I'm 25 and have had Endo since I was 19. Some days I thought I was going out of my mind, especially when I spent a year and a half going down the IBS route with a new gp who wouldn't refer me or believe I had endo so I switched doctors and he got me the lap I needed.

 

[hayz1981]

I've also had it since I was 19 and am now 27, so similar. I had to really push to get a diagnosis as the doc kept telling me I was too young to have endo and he wouldnt refer me to a gynae. In the end my mum came to docs with me and said we wouldnt leave until I got a referral!! (She suffered with it for years, eventually having a full hysterectomy in her 30s which is why I suspected I may have it when I started getting symptoms).

 

[_Jo_]

It's horrible isn't it?

My most recent lap was in October and I went to a private hospital. I got health insurance for like £11 a month and they paid for it. I was in and out within 5 weeks and had the best treatment. The NHS waiting list meant I wouldn't have even seen my gynae til the end of this month!

 

[bird24]

I have it too, found out last may - it was mild and they lasered it which has helped with the pain but still no BFP, I've tried for 16 months now x

Just started clomid so i'm hoping that helps x good luck