ladybug8372

ok....I have been a sufferer of mild endo for 13 years. I have had 3 laps, and had the lupron injection series twice. Here are your answers....having laps done, or any other treatment method, does not always help to improve fertility. I have not used protection in the last 11 years. No pregnancy has occurred. The doctor that performed my 1st and 2nd lap told me (after the 1st one) that I had a 10% chance that it would come back. Well, the very next month after having the surgery....it was painful....I didnt see where it helped. So after a couple of years, I had it done again. Still no improvement. So I tried a different doctor a few years later, and he performed the surgery again. He took pictures of my insides so that he could show me where it was found, what it looked like, etc. He then explained to me.....endo can hide and lurk anywhere....in places not visible to the doctors...in places that they cant get to.....so they can only get what they see and are able to get to. That explains why I had problems so soon after my first surgery. So, then I tried a round of the lupron injections....it helped with the pain for 2 years...felt so wonderful!! So, when the pain came back, I tried another round...this one was a stronger medication......I quickly ended the process, as the side effects were horrible!

I was diagnosed with mild endo at the age of 19....luckily....I already had my 2 girls by then....one at 17.5 and one at 20 years of age. (was in the process of trying to find out why I was having pain at age 19....then got pg before I could have the lap done....so had to wait til after she was born, so technically i wasnt diagnosed at 19...but obviously that is what was wrong with my before i got pg) Had I chose to wait later in life to start a family......oh how depressing that would have been. I love kids....and really wanted more.....something very hard to go through and accept....but much harder for ones that have never been blessed with a child. I finally accepted the fact that I cant have more kids......even though during my last lap, the dr found no reason for me not to be able to conceive. (that was 2 years ago). My tubes were clear as a bell, and he fixed my ovary that adhered itself to my uterus and had not been working (didnt know this until after the surgery!) I am now 33 years old. My doctor told me when my youngest child was a baby....that my best chances to conceive would be within the next 2 years....well...I wasnt ready for more at that time...cause my baby was less than a year old........and I just wasnt ready to have more. When she was 2 years old, we decided to try for our 3rd........still hasnt happened. So, guess the doctor was right! I did try clomid for 3-4 months....but it was too painful to not see results, and I decided to stop torturing myself.....as we had already tried for 3 years prior to my taking the clomid.

It isnt hopeless yet for you......but if you want kids......you need to start now...and not wait...because the longer you wait....the harder it will be, and the less likely that it will happen. Stupid ole endo!!!

Most parents would get VERY mad if their teenagers get pg..(i am talking 16-18, not any age younger!).....but this helped me to decide that if my girls did get pg...there is no way that I will be mad.....endo runs in my family....so there is a chance that my girls can develop it. So, if God gives them a child before they are actually ready...I will do what I can to help them...and not condemn them....cause I know first hand that endo can keep you from getting pregnant....and I sure dont want them to go through the pain of waiting then wanting a child so bad....and not be able to have them. Obviously I have not told my kids this....cause I dont want them to think that they have my blessing to have sex.....but if one day they walk in and say they are pg..I definitely will not yell or have a fit.