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32 weeks pregnant, and in painFrom: Crystal (anonymous@obgyn.net)Fri Sep 30 09:34:35 2005
Hi everyone I'm not usually a "poster" but I read the threads and can't tell you how much it helps. I'm 32 weeks pregnant, and have been having endo problems since day one. I had surgery last May, enDO was on bowels, bladder, intestines, uterus, tubes, ovaries, although there wasn't a lot of it. The doc had said the placement though was tricky, and she was unable to remove all the adhesions. I was almost pain free for the first time in years!! Anyway, I was told that it would be a good idea to use this window of almost symptom free time to trying to get pregnant. I noticed in December that the pain was getting worse, but didn't telL anyone, cause frankly they were sick of hearing it. On April 2nd my husband & I took a test, it was positve ( we had begun giving up hope), on April 3rd I was in the ER, in such horrible pain, worse then it's ever been. My pregnancy was confirmed, and everything seemed OK, being it was my first pregnancy, they decided it was just normal pregnancy pain (ligaments, etc)and that I was overreacting. April 28th I practically collapsed at work and was in the ER again. My family doctor, whom I had started seeing because I was pregnant ( had moved and hadn't found a new doc yet). Asked me one simple question. What does the pain feel like to you? As soon as I told him it was my endo pain, I had no doubt, he accpeted it. He told me it was my body and I alone knew how I felt. It was such a relief, to finally be believed. He helped me get medical short term disability through my job, to cover the time until mat leave. (in Canada can apply for government paid mat leave, 8 weeks before due date), he sent me to a "specialist" although it was a waste of time. She tries to tell me pregnanCy cures endo, which we all know is crap because there is no cure. He has prescribed mild pain killers which do help. He said the stress that my constant pain puts on the baby is more harmful then the pain meds ( I've researched this, and it is true). Anyway, to make a long story short, the pain has recently gotten worse. I'm a little concerned because I have read articles that endo can cause minor complications, such as early delivery, the need for a C-section, unhealthy placenta in later stages, etc. I'm wondering if anyone out there has had any of these problems, and could offer their support or advice. And for all those out there who are still not being listened to... Listen to your body, you know if something isn't right. Don't take what the doc says at face value, because many of them are still in the dark. Keep fighting until you find someone that will listen. It's not all in your head, you don't have a low pain tolerence, or whatever other nonesense the medical establishment might try to tell you. Keep up on the lastest news and don't feel badly about bringing your own research in to the docs. Of course they won't like this, they don't want to be told that they are in the dark ages, but we have the right to the best care possible!!! It took me 9 years to be properly diagnosed. I'm 26 now. And remember, PREGNANCY DOES NOT MEAN YOUR SYMPTOMS WILL LESSEN, OR THAT YOU ARE CURED. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF US FOR WHOM IT GETS WORSE. DON'T LET ANYONE TRY AND CONVINCE YOU OTHERWISE. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY.
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