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Re: pregnancy and endoFrom: Hope (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue May 31 12:39:25 2005
At Tue, 31 May 2005, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: > >At Mon, 30 May 2005, mel wrote: >> >>hi i have been having unprotected sex for 3 years now with my b/f anf we >>always just thought we were lucky to have not gotten pregnant because we >>are still fairl young, but then i was diagnosed with endo last year and >>have already had 2 surgeries for ovarian cyst, my doctors says its not >>likely that i will ever be able to conceive. Im very scared because i >>have always dreamed of having children of my own and want to be able to >>more then anything. Can anyone tell me if it really will be impossibel >>for me to have children or is there anything else i can do, my doctor >>suggested that a hysterctomy was my best option, as far as realiving the >>pain. Just wondering if anyone had any experiences were they were told >>they could never have children but did. Something to give me some hope. > >Hi there. I was finally diagnosed with stage 4 endo via a laproscopic >surgery after years of pelvic pain and heavy/irregular periods. I have >had 3 surgeries since and I am currently on Lupron with add back therapy >to keep my pain under control. I have also started going to a physical >therapist who specializes in pelvic pain as well as a urogynocologist. >The OB/GYN who initially diagnosed me said the same thing to me...that I >would not be able to have children. That was the last time I went to >him. I researched on the internet until I found the specialist I have >been going to for the last 5 years. No doctor can tell whether or not >you will have a problem until you are seriously trying to conceive. >There are currently so many options available when it comes to >infertility treatments that it is disgraceful that a MD would make such >a blanket statement of negativity to you. I will advise you to use >birth control, unless you are ready to have a child. I say this from >experience...I got pregnant immediately following a 3 month course of >treatment with Lupron...it was not a planned pregnancy. And this was >after the dr. who initially diagnosed me w/endo said I would not be >able to conceive. The specialist I am currently going to told me that >sometimes women have a higher success rate at conception if they have a >laproscopic surgery to remove as much endo as possible immediately >before trying to get pregnant. >There are many avenues to go down in terms of pain management...a >hysterectomy will not necessarily solve the problem, especially if your >endo is in other areas (e.g. bladder, bowel, ligaments, etc.) My best >advice to you would be to talk to people through the endometriosis >association who live in your area to find out about doctors who >specialize in endometriosis. A lot of OB/GYNs are not aware of the most >current treatments/options for women with endometriosis and it is in >your best interest to find someone who is. Best of luck to you. > >-- >Heather >Hi, I was diangnosed with stage 4 endo at 26 years old and was told I could not have children. At 29 I got married and started trying to conceive 6 months later. I had no success naturally, IUI was our next step with cholomid, no success. After a year of trying IUI we opted for IVF. Today I have twin girls who will be 8 in September. Never let anyone say never. I was able to with the help of a wonderful specialist. Good luck, Hope
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