Re: Info
From: April (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jul 26 19:01:05 2007
Michelle,
It was suspected that I had endo in 1995 and was told to start trying to
have kids if I had planned to have a family-I was 16 at the time but in
a long term relationship-I had always seen myself with kids, so I did
start trying. In 1997 it was confirmed by laparoscopy. It took some
time, but on June 22nd 1999-I gave birth to my first child. My second
child was much easier to conceive. I had another laparoscopy on Jan
23rd 2003-had stage 3 endo and had it all removed (that could be seen at
the time). I began Lupron injections-almost immediately (I do not
necessarily recommend this-as it has horrible side effects), then I went
on the birth control pill for 6 months to regulate a cycle-within 3
weeks of ending the birth control pill-I was expecting my beautiful son
and on October 21st 2004-he was born. I could not have asked for any
more of a miracle. Don't lose hope. It may be that you need to get
"cleaned out" again to help your fertility along. If this doesn't work
out for you-there are so many other children out there looking for a
good mother and father. Good Luck with everything.
--
April
At Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Michelle wrote:
>
>Hello! I stumbled onto this website while doing some research on endo. I
>was wondering if anyone had any advice. I'll try to make my story as
>short as possible :-)
>
>I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis in April, 2004 (3 months
>before I was married). I had one laperotomy by my regular gyno in May
>and he immediately stitched me back up because he had never seen
>anything so horrible and needed to refer me to a specialist. I saw a
>great doc at the Cleveland Clinic who was able to remove 90% of the bad
>stuff. Since then I have had bad cramps (which we all have learned to
>live with by now!) the first few days of my period and during ovulation,
>but no reoccuring symptoms for the last 3 years.
>
>ANYWAY, I've found myself more and more concerned with the fact that I
>am not getting pregnant. We have been trying for about 2 1/2 years now.
>Following my surgery 3 years ago, my specialist at the Clinic said that
>he saw no signs of infertility, but suggested going right to
>invitro-fertilization anyway! At the time, my husband and I thought he
>was jumping the gun a little bit and we decided to try on our own. I
>have not talked to a doctor about it since then. I think its because
>I'm afraid of being told that I cannot conceive.
>
>We are from Ohio but my husband is in the military and we just relocated
>to Puerto Rico for the next 2 years. I'm not optimistic about finding a
>good doctor that is well-versed in endo. So I feel hopeless. I'm just
>wondering if anyone has been in the situation of having endo, trying to
>get pregnant for so long w/o success, and then getting prognant on their
>own?? I hope so. I guess I just need a little positivite story to keep
>me sane! I try really hard not to stress b/c I know that's not good.
>Thanks.
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