Re: Endometriosis and IVF
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jan 28 09:07:38 2004
Drew,
I have read that some doctors think that the reason that endo can cause
infertility is due to a lack of a certain enzyme that is necessary for
an embryo to attach itself to the wall of the uterus that a lot of women
with endo apparantly lack. So in a lot of cases, the woman with endo
can make a good embryo, but due to lacking this enzyme, the embryo
cannot attach to the uterus and is therefore flushed out of the body.
What I was reading said that this is a new discovery and they are hoping
to create a synthetic form of the enzyme to administer to women with
endo who are experiencing infertility with the hopes that it will allow
successful implantation of the embryo. I am sorry that I cannot
remember where I read this, but perhaps you could research it or at
least ask your doctor about it.
God Bless!!
At Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Drew wrote:
>
>I am a 30 year who had been diagnosed with Endometriosis (Stage III) for
>two years now. I am unable to conceive naturally since my left ovary is
>totally tied down with adhesions, and my right ovary doesn't seem to
>function at all even though it looks `pristine'. Although I count
>myself as one of the lucky ones since I don't experience much pain
>associated with Endo(except for tingly pains prior to my period - but
>not severe enough to require medication), I am plauged with the fact
>that I cannot conceive naturally.
>
>I attempted IVF for the first time last year. I `grew' 6 eggs good
>sized eggs, all of them fertilised successfully, in fact 4 of them was
>classed `Grade 1' embroyos, and the remainly two as `Grade 2'. I have
>been assured by the clinic that this is `good'. However the two
>subsequent separate transfers of the embryos failed implant. The first
>transfer was a 4-cell embryo, I experienced very intense `contraction'
>pains and bled profusely one week after the transfer. The second
>transfer was an 8-cell embryo, I bled on the second week post transfer,
>and by the end of the second week I had a full-on period, blood tests
>indicated HCG = 2 and P4 levels are high enough (normal).
>
>My question is has anybody here had `good' embroyos, and has a history
>of endometriosis? If the embryos are supposingly in good shape, is there
>a reason why they won't implant or is there something wrong with my
>uterus?? Should I get checked out for this?
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