Nikki, thanks needed that! I stock up when they're on sale, and sometimes when I know I'm not preggers I'll take a regular one but only early in my cycle.
Laranna, that's really encouraging to hear, though I feel like I don't have 2 years of trying left
You never had surgery? Did your doc ever have additional concerns in the early months of the pregnancies once you were pregnant? (I hope that makes sense, somehow the wording just seems wrong to me)
Yer I had a laparasocopy and hysteroscopy to diagnose and remove my endo. They said it was severe/stage 4. When I fell pregnant, I never went back to the same gyno who did my endo surgery. I found a new ob/gyn who didn't think there would be any issues with my pregnancies. She was much the opposite really and very happy to hear I had fallen pregnant naturally. So no concerns LTTC takes it out of you for sure. My diagnose of endo and not being able to have children was a big factor in a relationship breakdown at the time. That kinda helped me take the thinking away from it all.
Also, my endo didn't appear to return after my first and second pregnancies. I only had cycles for 5 months each time though before I fell pregnant. This pregnancy is my last so it will be interesting to see how it all pans out in the future.
Don't give up hope yet, it can be a long road but definitely worth it in the end
It's encouraging reading these posts of those of you who have been able to conceive naturally after endo surgery. I was just diagnosed on Friday with severe endo and have lap surgery coming up. I'm absolutely dreading it but if it helps to be able to eventually conceive it will be worth it.
Hi Neda,
I have mild endo and it took me about 10 months to concieve my son (born in Oct 2010). I fell pregnant in a month that we weren't 'trying' (we were in the middle of an interstate move and thought we had missed the window so were discounting anything happening that month!). Due to us living in different states for most of the month - there was only one date that it could have been - but it was much later in my cycle than i had thought my TTC window was. I have very irregular periods (30-35 day cycle) - but I had accounted for that in what i thought was my prime ovulation days - but obviosuly not enough! So all I can reccomend is trying at lots of different times of the month!
I have been pleasantly suprised (tuoch wood), that since my period has returned I have had relatively pain free periods (where as I had crippling pain before I fell pregnant). So I am hoping this continues.
We have just started TTC again this month - so we'll see what happens this time.
Stay positive and strong and I hope something happens for you soon.
Hi Neda,
I have stage III endo. We spent 2.75 years TTC before we got our first BFP. That was a natural conception between IVF#3 and #4, but unfortunately it ended as an early m/c. At the time I was doing acupuncture and TCM and my endo hadn't been diagnosed or treated.
I had a lap several months later (after changing to a new FS) and that's when my endo was diagnosed and removed. We did IVF#5 with him 2 months later and that gave us DD. We had spent 3.5 years TTC#1. All up, we had done 6 IUI, 5 IVF and 1 FET.
We started TTC#2 as soon as AF returned and got another natural BFP after only 3 months of well-timed TTC. Again, I was going to acupuncture (but no TCM). Unfortunately it also ended in m/c.
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LTTC takes it out of you for sure. My diagnose of endo and not being able to have children was a big factor in a relationship breakdown at the time. That kinda helped me take the thinking away from it all.
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