Hi irisha,

Don't think that because you have endo you can't have children... I've been blessed with two beautiful children.

I was finally diagnosed with Endo at the age of 25... after having painful periods from day dot... and the previous two years going through intermitant bleeding that eventually went to every two weeks instead of monthly and last for a week or more. I also started bleeding during intercourse and the problems were causing a strain on my marriage.

Finally with it being suspected... I was scheduled for surgery... Endo can not be diagnosed without a laparoscopy to confirm it. Once in... it can range from mild to servere... with a many and varied symptoms... some women have none... some have many.

I was diagnosed with servere endo... and after my lap was place on Zolodex for 6 months to control it. This places you into a mini menopause... unfortunately for me... it didn't help too much... I was back for a lap less than a year later... with my doctor suggesting we looking seriously at conceiving.

I will say it took me two years and another lap inbetween to finally fall pregnant with DS... however... I have a problem of also not ovulating all the time... which doesn't exactly help.

I'm now 34 and have been through 5 laps... I average about 1 per year... throwing 2 pregnancies in there of course. My endo in reoccurring... but not all women have it this way... and in fact pregnancy can in fact cure it.

With DD... I had a lap just after we started trying to conceive... and I was blessed 5 months afterwards with another little miracle.

I won't say it is easy... cos I know for me... it isn't always... at the moment... it's in control and I'm mostly painfree for the longest time I can remember... of course with children out the way... I don't have to worry about conceiving again.

Once you know you have it... you can look at controling it.

Get a second opinion by all means.