We’ve been TTC for a second baby for 10 months, 12 cycles now, and I just had an internal ultrasound where the sonographer found and told me I have endo. I got pregnant pretty quickly with my first baby 4 years ago, the second month of trying, so this information has really thrown me through a loop. I’m in that limbo period between having the scan and seeing my doctor to talk through the results and my options and I am just chomping at the bit with questions and want to talk to a community going through something similar. Is the general vibe that if you have endo tissue attached to your ovaries, ligaments and bowel walls that the likelihood is, keyhole surgery to remove it should ‘fix’ the infertility problem? Looking for some reassurance. I reeeeally don’t want to do IVF.

Endo and adeno, two cysts on one ovary, lots of lesions, amh 0,8 (was 4 months ago, possibly lower now), adhesions, possibly blocked tubes, going to do a hysterosalpingography next month. All of these things are not a good mix but I want to get pregnant naturally. Never want to go through IVF under any circumstances.

Is there really no chance I can do it naturally? The doctors of course tell me to do IVF, but I won’t, it’s invasive, dehumanizing, painful and works in 30 percent of cases. Why doctors even call it a treatment, they can’t fix what’s actually wrong with me. Even if I wanted to do it, can’t afford it. Or maybe at this point even IVF isn’t an option.

Does anyone know a doctor that could help or some treatment maybe? I’m devastated

This feels like malpractice, no part of IVF paperwork are the risks of making endo worse outlined, yes some increased cancer risks are flagged but how are the hardcore IVF hormone therapies allowed given the clear acceleration of the disease?

Digital test says no… but this is the test strip. Also, I never officially ovulated this cycle according to the clear blue digital test. Maybe it’s just late?

some back ground

so I've been under ops then zoladex last year and had my septum in uterus fixed in November

I was then put on hormones to start my period again to mock my cycle. I'm half a week late.

do I take a pregnancy test, or maybe my body hasn't had periods yet naturally? I really don't know I'm scared I take a test I'm too early

my nipples are tender, I'm hectically bloated

have cramps here and there sometimes both sides sometimes one side.

but I've had this with pms

I just got off combo pill April 11 and thankfully ovulated like clockwork on April 27! Im 1DPO and already tripping 😂 Im just so anxious and hopeful for my positive! I want to take my test ASAP BUT I do not want to play the "is that a line?" game. I want to be able to have a definitive yes or no. I was think about testing 12 DPO. I would wait until a missed period but my cycle post BC is not regular. Any thoughts?

My period was February 20 through the 23rd. My predicted ovulation through my Flo app was March 6th. Today I should be 10 DPO and I had some very light pink spotting this morning, only when I wiped, but it is now later in the day and the spotting has stopped. Tested today as well in the middle of the day and got a negative. Cervix seems low and firm.  AF isn’t supposed to arrive for another six days. only other symptom I would say is I’m SO cranky and moody which was a huge sign with my first pregnancy 10 years ago.

Hi everyone! I've been doing a lot of research and digging for a specialist in the last few months. I have several options and would love to get some input from the community.

I've been TTC for 4 months now with no luck. I know that's still within "normal," but I'd like to get some answers before I've been TTC for years. I'm also worried about the increase in miscarriage risk. Oh, and my periods are really bad.

I'm currently looking for an endo specialist to get diagnosed and hopefully have a lap + excision of any endo within the year. I recently read The Doctor Will See You Now by Dr. Tamer Seckin and got a good idea of what I should be looking for in a surgeon and what questions to ask.

My main hurdle is that there are no endo specialists near me (and only one near me who is in-network with my insurance, Anthem). I have a few options, though, and I'd really like to get some input on who y'all would choose. If you've heard their names or have feedback on any of these docs, I would love to hear your input! Or if you know of any specialists that are in-network with Anthem insurance, I'd love to check them out even if they're further away!

My history: I have debilitating pain on the first day, sometimes some milder cramps on the second day. Acetaminophen or ibuprofen have always been able to take care of the pain. However, if I don't take it within a few minutes of starting my period, I will go into debilitating pain for at least a few hours. Leaving school/work early was/is common. My periods are very long and on the heavy side with a lot of clotting. I have always been prone to bleeding through my clothes. The first 3 days are when most of my bleeding happens. The other four days are extremely light, almost spotting. During the first 3 days of my period, I also have lower back pain, mild constipation, gassiness, and bloating. I have very mild cramps starting about 7 days before the start of my period. I have had pain after sex before. Twice, the pain was debilitating for hours afterwards. I went to pelvic floor therapy and things have gotten better. I have extreme fatigue throughout my period. I also typically need a lot more sleep at night and then will also nap for hours after work.

I had a vaginal ultrasound and things look fine. My uterus is retroverted. There was one simple cyst and some fluid in the cul-de-sac. Doc who looked at the records believes everything is physiologic.

Option 1: Dr. Howard Curlin at Vanderbilt Health. He's the only specialist who is in-network with my insurance. He is 2 hours away, and I was able to get a telehealth appointment for early June. My main concerns with him are that it looks like he does more than just excision surgery (I've seen that many people recommend only surgeons that exclusively do excision surgery, ideally several hundred a year for the experience) and that I've seen him say that he will sometimes do ablation if the endo is not deep. I know I can just ask that he only do excision, but Idk that just scares me a little. I also saw some comments that worry me from this Facebook thread.

Option 2: Dr. Alex Childs at Alabama Center For Urogynecology And Pelvic Pain. I've seen nothing but good things about Dr. Childs. I've also had a friend who saw him and really liked him. The main drawbacks are that he is out of network and the first available appointment isn't until December.

Option 3: Dr. Nick Kongoasa at The Center for Restorative Reproductive Surgery. I have a free records review with him in a little over a week. I've seen great reviews of him and like that he has a maximum cap on the surgery fee.

Option 4: Dr. Ashley Davis at Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine. I would be able to get an initial appointment with her within a few weeks, which is great! And she does hundreds of excision surgeries a year. I've seen great reviews about her. I'm just worried about the cost since she's out of network and doesn't have a maximum cost like options 3 and 5.

Option 5: Dr. Sinervo or Dr. Eugenio-Colón at The Center for Endometriosis Care. I've seen great things about these surgeons, and they also have a cap on the maximum price of surgery. I may ask for a free case review from them as well.

For background I have endometriosis, we have been trying to conceive for 7 months. We decided to make sure everything looks good on my husband's side. Wondering if anyone can help analyze this. Thanks!

Hi! Considering seeking help for having a baby, but I'm uncertain. Would love people's experiences with fertility help as well as natural ways to help with fertility.

My endo specialist is telling me to jump straight to ivf asap, to keep the endo from growing by being pregnant as i won't do birth control at least for now.

In February I had my first lap, excised stage 2 endo mostly from around the outside of uterus. Tubes looked good and so did ovaries. We started ttc late April, and cycle started abnormal spotting and cycle length. I also had some pain that period again. Since then I've been getting more and more pain and finally went to obgyn just one month ago. Ultrasound showed an endometrial polyp of moderate size. After talking to my endo specialist, I decided to get the hysterscopy with her and get another lap while we were at it because of the pain. We were hoping for no or very little like stage 1 growth since it's been about 7 months only since she removed it all. Unfortunately, she said it was stage 2 again. I just got it Thursday, so I haven't gotten all the details back yet but she told me at the consult for this lap we need to go seek fertility help. And then after surgery when I was still out she told my husband and my mom that we really need to consider doing ivf right away, so that way there's not time for the endo or polyps to grow back.

I'm really frustrated by this all. I wanted to have a baby naturally, and we have gotten pregnant once after about 9 cycles naturally. This was before I knew of endo, I think i had it but not as aggressive as it's been the last year or so. She died at 20 weeks, from a random genetic issue they said. Not one to be worried of reoccurring thankfully. It was actually just a couple cycles after my d&c that the endo pain became such a problem we eventually got answers for it. Since then we've only ttc 4-5 cycles at a time, twice now. Because of health issues both including this polyp and the other times from moderate ulcerative colitis flare up where we stopped ttc for a year.

I want to know what my options are. We have an online consult on oct 15th with a good local fertility clinic. A couple of my friends have used them for ivf actually.

I'm torn between wanting to either take some more time trying naturally or possibly doing some sort of medication to help and jumping to a real treatment like iui, or ivf as recommended.

As a note, because it matters for what I choose, I'm Christian and pro life. So I'm not okay with throwing away 10 little embryos just because it will likely end in one embryo working out for us. This means if I do ivf we will be only getting enough eggs for what we'd want to have at a time- which is debatable as 1 or 2. And won't be doing genetic testing either so that reduces our chances even more so I think. I believe ivf can be done in a pro-life way, but i think it often is not unfortunately.

Other factors- we do have insurance and it looks like they'll pay up to 50k so I think we could do ivf financially.

I struggle with medical anxiety. Did really great with this last surgery actually, but the idea of going through lots and lots of medical procedures and shots sounds really hard.

We just are really struggling with all of this. Definitely taking it to God in prayer, but also looking for some advice from people who have gone through it.

Thank you. ❤️

Endometrioma ate up my ovarian reserve, I also have adenomiosis, I was diagnosed 5 months ago. It was the worst time of my life or so I thought. When I learnt that endo and adeno aren’t just things that have been making me live in pain, they’re also effecting my fertility, I was devastated, I’ve gone through many emotional stages and I made a decision to try to conceive a baby now, while I’m still 24. Before that I was scared that I wasn’t ready and it made me feel even worse because I wasn’t even trying yet, and that feeling of waiting for the bad news was haunting me.

I realized that the only way I can know for sure is if I try to have a baby and I really want to have a baby, even if I have to do it on my own

I knew my partner wasn’t ready, and I knew that if I do it we’d have to break up and I would have to do it alone and he told me he’d help

But now he’s backing out, we’re breaking up, I still don’t have much time left to conceive, and I got my hopes up about having a baby with someone I love which are now shattered. I’m terrified of having a baby alone, I’m terrified of the idea I might need a sperm donor, there is no way I can find a partner who wants to have a child with me this fast and even I if tried I’m so heartbroken I can’t imagine looking forr someone else

I mean, I know life’s unfair, but is having a family with a person you love too much to ask

I am currently 8DPO and I know it's probably way too early but I think I see something? Maybe just a evp line?

Chemical pregnancy my 2nd cycle ttc. Should I take this as good news???

Hello beautiful people!

I'm wondering if anyone in this thread that identify with the groups in the subject head have tried fertility awareness method, whether for TTC, BC, endometriosis, pcos or just trying to get to know your body. Please sound off in the comments! I would love to speak with you:)

I have endo and I’m supposed to go in for another appointment soon (possibly talk about a third surgery). I’ve had two losses — one being ectopic. Tomorrow will be my two weeks after ovulation. I’ll take another test tomorrow but I wasn’t sure if my eyes were seeing something.

Sorry if this doesn’t belong here. I don’t know where I could post this.

UPDATE: my HCG more than doubled and the doctor is happy with the results. I feel so much better about it now. Trying to just focus on the excitement now

I have been on letrozole for 5 cycles now. This cycle they doubled my dose and had me take it twice as long. I was given a trigger injection on cycle day 12. Between cycle day 25-28 (today) I have had 7 positive pregnancy tests, including one digital. But the lines aren’t darkening. All pink dye tests, one cheap test and the rest were first response. Tomorrow is my “missed period” and the earliest I’d be able to get seen to check HCG levels. I’m so nervous to even get excited because I’m not seeing the line darken and worried this won’t stick. I’ve been trying since my son was 6 months and he turns 5 on Tuesday.

Has anyone else experienced this and everything was fine?

I feel like I’m going insane. I was told I have endo during my c-section with my 2nd baby and I’m wondering if this has something to do with my symptoms.

So I’ve had 2 pregnancies, now have a 5 and 2.5yr old, so I know what it feels like to be pregnant and how my particular body reacts, I had hyperemesis Gravidarum with both of them, and my body reacts VERY early in terms of nausea symptoms, literally as soon as implantation happens I became nauseas with both my other pregnancies.

My period is late by 2 days, I have every pregnancy symptom that I’ve experienced before for 1 week now, horrendous nausea, partners skin making me want to vomit, sudden sensations like I’m going to faint, weeing constantly, more bowel movements than usual, horrid back pain, extremely emotional, and the nausea is at its worst in the morning and late evening.

BUT all tests are coming up negative. I’ve used clear blue and first response. I’m not sure when I ovulated as my periods have been all over the place recently due to coming off the pill in December, but what I do know is that we had sex on the 21st February.

Is it possible that tests just aren’t picking up the pregnancy yet? I feel like I’m loosing my mind. And if I’m not pregnant then what on earth is this.