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Re: Trying to get pregnant....
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Mon Jan 30 12:27:01 2006
April, what stage endo did your sister have?
Alexis
At Mon, 30 Jan 2006, April wrote:
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>Our situation sounds a lot alike. I've come to the point where the only
>thing in this world that would cheer me up is a positive pregnancy test
>but when I start to feel horribly down I try and focus on my sister who
>overcame endo. It took her 3 years to get pregnant. She had a lap..
>(no laser though).. then she went on Lupron for 6 months. & now she
>has 3 beautiful little boys.. 6, 4, and 1.. My nephews give me lots of
>hope.. so chin up.. all this we're going thru will make us all the
>better mothers .. ( i know you've heard that one b4 too.. but it
>really is true....) Did your dr. suggest possibly doing IUI? My dr.
>wants to be very aggressive w/ this window of opportunity now that the
>surgery has been done b4 the adhesions and scar tissue get a chance to
>reform..
>At Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Tanya wrote:
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>>Hi April,
>>I'm just about to turn 31 and I now have stage 4-5 endo with severe
>>adhesions. After my first lap (2yrs ago), my gyno said it was medically
>>impossible for me to have gotten pregnant prior to the op. This was due
>>to endo blocking my falopian tubes, left ovary, womb, around my bladder
>>and vagina. I had my second lap in Nov '05 and my left ovary folded and
>>fused together and then fused to my pelvic wall. My bowel fused to my
>>uterus. I had endo blocking my pouch of douglas and other areas. Plus
>>a few other extras done to fix me up so I can conceive. My gyno
>>strongly advised my hubby and I not to wait and to try for children
>>straight away as waiting may cause my problems to increase and be worse
>>than before. I had to wait 4 weeks before trying as I had a pessary
>>stitched in, which prevented intercourse. We have been trying since
>>xmas and I am now waiting for my periods, if they come...it's a waiting
>>game! I'm still getting a lot of pelvic pain as well as nausea, which
>>are extremely annoying and distruptive to my life, as u all would know
>>and understand. I feel quite fatigued each day and don't feel as
>>energetic as I used to. Stressing doesn't help while trying to get
>>pregnant...but we can't help it. We want to have children and yeah,
>>it's probably 12 months earlier than we planned, but we are looking
>>forward to having a baby. I am stressed waiting for pregnancy and if
>>the adhesions will affect the baby...but as advised by one of the women
>>on this forum - take the chance...so I am. I suggest you do too :) I'm
>>just a scared, nervous and stressed. Good luck and remember to take
>>Folic Acid while trying to conceive and whilst pregnant (check with
>>doctor if okay). All the best,
>>Tan
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>>At Fri, 27 Jan 2006, April wrote:
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>>>Hello, I'm somewhat new to the forum.. I was looking for some advise or
>>>to chat with someone going thru the same endo issues as myself. I was
>>>just diagnosed in November w/ stage 3 endo by having a lap. I went to
>>>another dr. who is a RE and he wanted to do lap. so back to the
>>>operating room I went 2.5 months after the first surgery. (We've been
>>>trying to get pregnant for a year and four months.) My 2nd dr. is a
>>>very skilled surgeon who specializes in endometriosis so he was able to
>>>resolve A LOT of the stuff the other dr. did not address or laser. He
>>>said it was not possible for me to ever get pregnant becuz of all the
>>>adhesions that had glued my ovaries, tubes, and bowel away from where
>>>the needed to be for conception. The day after my surgery I ovulated &
>>>we luckily were able to have intercourse. The dr. said that if we do
>>>not get pregnant this month, he's going to start IUI next time I
>>>ovulate... This is just really nerve racking.. I'm starting to wonder
>>>if I will ever get pregnant. My husband is taking it so hard. Everyone
>>>says to relax.. it's definately gonna happen but I'm really scared.. I
>>>don't know if I will ever come to terms w/ not being able to be a mother
>>>if it comes to that.. any advise or anyone else going thru the same
>>>thing?
>>>
>>>--
>>>April L.
>>>
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>April L.
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