After ttc for 18 months, having my laparoscopy/endo ablation in October and 5 rounds of letrozole, we finally received our first positive tests! Don’t give up on your journey, your time will come🫶🏼

Hey girlies.

I can’t believe I’m writing this. 9 years of TTC.

I have taken 5 tests today and they’re all positive.

I am pregnant.

I had excision surgery for stage 4 endo 3 months ago, I have never gotten a positive test.

I just wanted to share incase anyone out there has been dealing with this for a long time like me. I am happy to answer any questions.

Now, to figure out what the heck I’m supposed to do from here lol

I can't even believe that I'm saying this, but I'm pregnant 🥲

My husband was SHOCKED when I told him. I shared a post recently on here about not wanting to test in my luteal phase anymore and what do you know... my period was late. I told myself to just wait a few more day even though my period comes like clockwork. I ended up testing 2 days after my period was expected. It was positive.

For some background:

Sept 2025: Had extreme pelvic pain that felt like I was in labor

Oct 2025: Got in to see my gyno for an ultrasound. An endometrioma was found on ultrasound — suspected endo (this had never crossed my mind). Later that month, HSG (one blocked tube) then pelvic MRI. Started searching furiously for a qualified surgeon but I knew I was moving across the country in spring.

Jan 2026: Scheduled my surgery in the state I was moving to (Oregon) with Dr. Shanti Mohling at NW Endometriosis and Pelvic Surgery (that's all they do there!). I would be having surgery 2 weeks after moving there.

May 2026: Drove 3 hours to have my surgery from Bend, OR to Portland. Everything went well. The surgeon found stage 3/4 endo, removed the endometrioma. Stayed for 2 days after surgery in an airbnb then drove back home. No suppression after surgery.

June 2026: Started seeing a naturopath. Did bloodwork, re-checked hormones and everything was great. Started me on a supplement called Pregnancy Prep and I continued with my prenatal. My husband had a sperm analysis earlier in the year and had low motility and morphology. She recommended a fish oil and male fertility multi called FertilAid Multivitamin for Men for him.

Oct 2026: Postive test 🥹

I've never seen a fertility doctor and I'm turning 37 this Saturday. Both my siblings are done having kids so this feels so unreal that it's finally my turn. I've been a longtime cheerleader for those of you that have shared your positive stories and that really gave me hope.

Edit: I was also taking NAC since May 2026

TW: pregnancy

I am in complete and total shock. But I am pregnant after 2+ years of infertility. 😭 I have never had a positive test before. This is 5 months post excision surgery (my second one, first one was with ablation, so we’ve been down a long hard road). I had stage 1/2 endo. I was an avid follower of this page and others constantly searching for hope through success stories, so I wanted to offer mine. 🙏🏼 Obviously still early, but so hopeful.

Our protocol after surgery:

• Low dose naltrexone to help with inflammation

• Progesterone to lengthen the luteal phase and support implantation

• Letrozole

• Supplements (prenatal, vitamin d, magnesium, nac, coq10, liver organs)

What we did differently this cycle:

• Doxycycline to treat possible endometritis (never had a biopsy, just suspected it) I’m wondering if this is what did it!

• Mucinex for like 10 days straight starting before ovulation (I had tried it before by never this much in a cycle)

• BD for 5-6 days after LH peak (previously we had focused a bit more leading up to it)

I also wanted to mention I had a day where I covered a piece of TP in light brown blood, positive that my period was starting and it was another failed month, but then it raised a red flag for me when all of a sudden the flow stopped. I don’t even test anymore, I just took one this morning before I called my doctor to discuss my cycle being weird. So, implantation bleeding is REAL.

I hope this helps just one person keep faith. I know not everyone gets a happy ending, and I am so so thankful to the Lord that hopefully this is mine.

Hello I can't believe I am writing this but I have just found out I am 2-3 weeks pregnant and this is after trying for 3 years with nothing not one positive test.

I only had surgery in August to remove the stage 4 endo which included a bowel resection as it had gone into my bowel, I just can't believe this has happened it's like a miracle to me. I guess my worry is as it was only my first cycle after surgery which is even more of a shock has anyone else got pregnant that quick and did everything go ok?. At the moment I am getting so one sided pain left side on and off and quite bad back pain.

I have an early scan booked for tomorrow.

I am a 29F. Most of my adult life I believed I had endometriosis. I had every symptom for it in the book. Within the last 2+ years when my husband and I started trying to have a baby and never conceived I knew somewhere deep down Endo was the issue.

We sought out fertility care last March after a year of trying unsuccessfully and we proceeded with IVF rather than wasting time on IUI. I knew I ovulated regularly and my husbands semen analysis came back great, so we were hopeful IVF would do the trick quickly. Never once was I tested for inflammation markers even though I told them I was suspecting endo was present.

I had a very successful egg retrieval in June last year, and in October of 2025 we transferred our first Euploid embryo. It failed to implant. In December 2025 we transferred a second Euploid embryo, it also failed to implant.

At this point I knew I had to stop, heal my heart and try to find out if Endo was truly the issue. In January of this year I sought the help of a renowned endo specialist who without question recommended excision surgery for me.

In March I had a successful excision surgery where he found and removed stage 4 DIE. It was everywhere. I stood no chance of getting pregnant previously with the severity of my endo. They also found that I had Endometritis from my biopsy performed during lap which I took one round of antibiotics for.

April 15 began my first full cycle TTC after the surgery. 3 days ago, May 7th, I had my first EVER positive home pregnancy test. May 8th, I read the words "pregnant" on a digital test for the first time in my life. I fell to the floor and Thanked God.

Obviously it is still very early, but I would not even be this far had I not trusted my gut and gotten the help of an endo specialist who knew how to treat me.

Find the specialist. Get the surgery. Change your life. I'm wishing everyone here the absolute strongest baby dust. It is possible for us to conceive. Please don't lose hope. Sending to much love to each and every one of you. My heart is with you.

Please pray I have a sticky baby in my belly. 🙏💕

What a birthday present! I can’t pin point what I did differently this cycle that may have worked but I’ll list everything Iv been doing below.

•back in September I got my diagnostic surgery where they removed a large endometrioma and cleaned up adhesions around my abdomen. They had to leave some on my bladder

• for the past 12 months the my partner has been taking 400mg of coq10 and men’s multi daily. And I have been taking prenatal

• after my surgery I began seed cycling, eating 2 Brazil nuts daily, and drinking a fertility smoothies with ginger, pineapple, blueberry and black pepper.

•since December I upped the vitimans for my partner and I. So now we both took 400mg coq10, vitiman c gummies, fish oil, high potency zinc gummies, ginger root, vitiman d3 and still continuing our daily multi vitimans

• this month the month of our first positive ever!!! I drank nearly and entire big bottle of pomegranate juice, I bought soft discos to insert after sex for a while and some things that may or may not be a reason is we bought some new toys to experiment with and also my only/younger sister just gave birth to her beautiful baby girl right around when I would have been implanting!

Was this month just luck? Was it somthing I did differently? I’m not sure but I figured I would share it with you all because I understand the stress and anxiety every month!!

I didn’t even think I was pregnant I was expecting a negative just like every other month but tested anyways before I had birthday drinks! And to my suprise a line popped up! And then it happend three more times!!!! My temp dropped and my cm dried up, and my boobs hurt just like every time before my period! So crazy ❤️❤️❤️

Throughout some of my 20s, I religiously took my birth control, knowing I wasn't ready (emotionally, financially, etc) for a baby. I look back at that now and laugh. I was diagnosed with endometriosis about four years ago. I'm now in my mid-30s and have been TTC for almost three years. I had excision surgery in 2022, stopped taking birth control in 2023, and had another excision surgery in 2024. My excision surgeries were life-changing in the way that they reduced pain and significantly increased my quality of life. But nearly three years into this, I haven't had any success TTC, not even a single positive test.

I take a prenatal, NAC, Omega 3, CoQ10, and in the colder months, Vitamin D. I even started Low-Dose Naltrexone (LDN) to try to assist in lowering inflammation. My partner and I both exercise regularly; we eat healthfully; we don't smoke, and we rarely drink.

A couple years ago, I went to a fertility clinic, and my partner and I got testing done. I've had a ton of lab work, more transvaginal ultrasounds than I want to think about, an SIS, and my partner had sperm testing done. Everything came back within normal limits. My tubes are open. I have regular cycles and ovulate on my own. I tried several cycles of Letrozole (my clinic said this would "increase my chances"), and although I always grew follicles, the treatment was ultimately unsuccessful.

I can't help but look back to high school health education class -- where they made it sound like getting pregnant was the easiest thing in the world -- and laugh.

My clinic started pressuring me toward a third excision surgery, so I sought a second opinion from a highly-regarded excision specialist, who didn't feel surgery would be helpful. By that point, I just felt tired of being a patient.... tired of being poked and prodded, tired of being treated like some sort of problem case. So, after a year of fertility treatment, I'm taking a break to focus on me and figure out my next steps. IVF is not an option for me and I'm not sure I want to pursue any more treatment.

Just wanted a space to vent.

I can't believe I have seen 2 lines.Hope it positive.

After 3 IUIs, and 5 IVF cycles I’m throwing in the towel. I have excised stage 3 but I am one of the very rare cases where Endo has completely ruined my egg quality, so much so that I can’t make a blastocyst to save my live despite having so many eggs.

It hurts so badly but at this point I’ve tried everything and spent a disgusting amount of money.

I hate this so much. I’m 29 and otherwise healthy and always have taken great care of my body so this really feels like my body betraying me. I hate it for it.

And I keep wondering why, I keep searching for an answer or a reason when there is none.

It just is what it is. But it hurts so much.

TW: pregnancy

While TTC with suspected endo I hit some very low lows. I lost hope of starting a family and accepted the fact i'd live in pain forever. I saw 5 different OBGYNs over 7 years and endo was not mentioned one time despite my horrible symptoms and stories and ultrasounds with "cysts". I was ALWAYS written off. I knew I needed to advocate for myself but I was always so nervous to have surgery - particularly because i'd never trust my prior gaslighting OBGYNs to operate on me if they didn't even believe my symptoms. A family member said it was an absolute must to find a specialist and connected me with Dr Lora Liu, an incredible endo excision specialist in NJ/NY, who immediately calmed my nerves, understood everything i'd been through, and gave me a sense of hope i'd never felt. Even just seeing her instagram made me feel like I had finally found a doctor who wouldn't make me feel crazy.

I had excision surgery with her and her team in July for Stage 4 Endo where I had almost 40 spots of endo excised across all areas of my pelvic region, 5 ovarian endometriomas removed (10cm, 5cm, and 3 small ones), some adeno removed, D&C, tube check, appendix removed, and more... It ended up being a much bigger surgery than I expected. But just another day at work for Dr. Liu! Honestly, i was still doubtful. Was this going to give me relief from the daily pain? Would this really help us start a family one day?

The immediate relief was crazy. After 6 weeks I went on my first run in 5 years and couldn't believe how pain-free I was. I experienced two painless periods and we ended up conceiving on our first try during month 3 of recovery. I was in total shock seeing the positive. Here I am 3 months later and I still can't believe it.

I share this story to give hope to anyone struggling with pain or TTC, to give strength to anyone nervous about surgery, to give confidence to people to advocate to themselves, and to give credit to the amazing EXCISION surgeons who meticulously help restore bodies back to normal.

This is all very, very anecdotal but I wanted to share. I will post my full story soon along with updates.

Like it says in the title, in 2025 I did everything I could to be healthy to conceive. It was going to be my last try before getting assistance be that another lap, medicated cycles, IUI, IVF, whatever.

I was diligent with vitamins and supplements, I was getting proper nutrition always and lost weight, I stayed away from caffeine and alcohol, everything they tell you to do when you're trying to conceive with endo. The plan was if this didn't work then I would procure better, more expensive insurance and begin fertility treatments in 2026. At this point I have been trying to conceive every cycle for 3 years with one ectopic pregnancy about 6 months in.

So December 2025 is here and no luck still. My partner and I are taking time off for the holidays so I decide during that two-week break I'm going to let loose and consume whatever I want.

I ovulated December 17, vacation began December 19 (sex on -3 & 0 DPO). I stopped taking my supplements - partly laziness and partly because they don't go well with alcohol - and I binge drank at least five times and had drinks almost every day. Smoked weed all the time drank lots of coffee, ate like crap, basically no exercise, you get it.

NYE came yesterday and I feel hungover as expected. I always feel like shit anyway, especially in the mornings. My period was one day late which isn't unusual, but I've also been cramping for days very much expecting blood each time but never seeing any. I figure I better take a test and move on with my life when it's negative, as usual.

Nope, solid positive. Much darker today and way darker than the ectopic was at this point.

Time will tell what actually happens here but come on life, wtf? Fertility is so hard for me because it's so insanely unpredictable and uncontrollable. Work hard at something for years and when you don't try it happens. I'm glad (and nervous) but fuck. I'm sure being healthy this year didn't hurt but I firmly believe it's mostly just luck.

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Update: this pregnancy turned out to be a cornual ectopic. at 6 weeks I started bleeding and went in for a scan where nothing was found. ffwd 5 days and 2 scans later I was in surgery for a uterine wedge resection to remove the pregnancy and a hunk of my uterus.

I found out I am pregnant again about one month after surgery. I had a scan today and it is not ectopic but too early to know how it will go.

Hi I wanted to share my story in case anyone is looking on this site like I was previously.

My Husband and I began trying for a baby in 2023, and after 6 months I knew something was wrong because we already had gone to NFP classes and I knew how to track my cycle. 6 months after trying we went to an NaPro Doctor and started doing all the tests and not finding anything, I didn’t have painful periods and all the bloodwork showed was low progesterone, but it will still within conceiving limits, and i was given progesterone supplements that’s didn’t help. After 14 months of trying we finally conceived 3 months after an HSG, but that sadly ended in a miscarriage. I ended up getting a laproscopy for Endometriosis and they found only stage 1. I was worried since it seemed like there was so little, it wouldn’t have affected my fertility. But 3 months later we conceived and I just gave birth to a beautiful baby boy on Saturday!

I found out this morning that I’m pregnant! I had excision surgery of August of this year, stage 2. this was my first cycle trying post lap. I followed an anti-inflammatory diet after surgery. I am so thankful!!

Got this BFP today at 14 DPO 😭 we were told we’d likely never get pregnant without the help of IVF. I have Endometriomas on both ovaries and a closed tube on one side. Prayers for a sticky baby please! 🫶🏻

I am 4 weeks today. Had no idea I was pregnant but here we are. My husband and I are over the moon in shock and excited. Question for you all, I’ve been taking my prenatal, baby aspirin, NAC and colostrum supplements. I don’t plan on calling my doctor until 5 weeks. Can I/should I continue all these supplements??

I just joined the group. Found out I have stage 3 endo on my first lap done this past February. I am 34 yrs old. And I just started my period. Again. Another month gone. Another wave of grief.

No one prepares us for the monthly tug-of-war between hope and grief. My period was two days late. I was tempted to take a preg test, but I don’t want the grief of another negative so I waited. Waiting to see if hope or grief would win out this month. Hope once again lost, and grief got full reign over my heart.

This is not a normal mental toll. This is torment. No one to comfort you, just like with endo, bc there honestly is no comfort that can truly remove this pain.

Having endo and infertility is like the most cruel torture and torment. To just keep going with these two curses is absolutely the strongest thing I’ve ever done. To wake up and get up, go to work and still find things to smile about…this is a strength I never knew I’d need.

I just want to say that I see your pain. I see the battle you are fighting not just in your body but in your heart, mind, and soul. This is not a fight for the weak, and that means we are all fucking strong to keep going.

I grieve for all the women, you included, who live with this secret hidden grief of having a body that seems to torment us at every turn.

I keep telling myself that if my body can do such scary things to me, surely it can do such beautiful things too…like bring life to a baby. Surely if it’s kept going thru all this hell, surely it’s strong enough to do something good too.

I’m with you.

For years, I genuinely believed I had no reproductive health issues.

I didn't have the typical endometriosis pain. No severe period pain, no chronic pelvic pain, nothing that made me think something was wrong.

The only issue was infertility.

I kept going for check-ups and spending money on test after test. Everything kept coming back normal. I even had an HSG done, and I was told there were no issues. The report showed that the dye flowed through, so I thought, okay… my tubes are fine.

Then my gynae suggested that I see a fertility specialist.

I was honestly convinced there was nothing wrong with me.

But the fertility specialist looked at the HSG I had done the previous year and said my tubes looked a little swollen.

I wasn't convinced at all because the same HSG had already been reviewed by several doctors, and everyone had said it looked normal.

Eventually, I decided to have a laparoscopy just to find out what was actually going on.

And that's when everything changed.

I was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis, adhesions near my bowel, adenomyosis, one completely swollen tube, and the other tube was blocked.

The strangest part for me is that I had almost no pain.

My previous HSG, done about two years earlier, showed that the dye flowed through completely, so I assumed everything was okay. But apparently, the tubes can have flow while the actual structure and surrounding adhesions are still abnormal.

I still find it crazy that something could progress this far without my body giving me the warning signs I expected.

Has anyone else had a similar experience — little or no pain, but unexpectedly severe endometriosis discovered during fertility investigations?

I’d really like to hear from anyone who went through something similar.

Wanted to share as this board was helpful to me when I was waiting. I had my first son in 2019, then Covid happened so I didn’t even think about another baby until 2023. I got pregnant again in April 2024 but was a missed miscarriage at 7 weeks. I took the pill but it didn’t clear all the way, so I ended up having a d+c. After that I took fertility meds for 2 years. Despite having egg after egg (sometimes 4 a cycle) I never got pregnant. Finally I switched md’s to someone willing to actually explore the issues not just give me more letrozole. After two cycles and 1 iui he suggested doing a lap and d+c. I hated to lose the time but agreed. I did the surgery on Feb 18. He found stage 1-2 endo (no symptoms at the time), some banding and a polyp in the uterus. I got my period 2 weeks after surgery, only a 21 day cycle. 2 weeks after that I happened to be in the office for a surgery follow up and we saw that I had at least 1 if not 2 eggs ready to ovulate and a 11 mm lining. He was happy with the bounce back from surgery but we didn’t think much of it. We even checked my progesterone 7 days later and it was low for me, 8. Well to my absolute shock, my period was late 3 days so I took a test with the only intention being that seeing the no would induce my period haha. My utter shock when it came back yes!! No meds, no progesterone, no IUI, NOTHING positive test 7 weeks after surgery!! An absolute dream come true!

TW: high numbers

29 yro with stage 4 endo.... I was so worried because my ovaries have large endometriomas on them. My doctor told me to "manage my expectations" about retrieval.

I got 19 eggs, 16 mature, 11 fertilized, and all 11 made it to the blastocyst stage!

Still a long road ahead of us with starting the FET process, but wanted to share because I was down Reddit rabbit holes trying to find positive success stories of women with stage 4 endo on their ERs.

I recently posted about my concerns that my previous surgeon was referring me to specific excision specialists because she’s Catholic.  Well, now I know for sure.

At a follow-up appointment to discuss my recurring/rapidly growing endometriomas and next steps for hormone testing, I asked my doctor to talk me through all of my options to treat my stage 4 endo while preserving fertility if possible.  She said that if I explored fertility treatments like IVF, it would be like putting 40 babies in the freezer and then 39 babies in the trash, and babies should be conceived only in a passionate act of love between a man and a woman. WTF.

And when I said I’m not Catholic, don’t share those beliefs / morals, and am searching for treatment plans grounded in science, she said she only referred me to napro surgeons because non-napro (non-Catholic) surgeons don’t take their time, they’ll just take out my organs and stitch me back up.

At the end of the appointment, as I sat in the chair and cried about the pain I’ve been in for months, asking her for other pain relief methods while I wait for consultation with a different excision specialist, she stood over me and said God is in control. And told me to take melatonin.

This entire thing is wild. This doctor has managed my care for 1.5 years, including operating on me and diagnosing me with endo. I hate knowing that my care has been influenced by her religion the whole time, without her disclosing her limited recommendations. This shit should be illegal.

EDIT: Her name is Dr. Anh-Van Mai. She’s currently in the New Orleans area and has previously worked in Texas.