Managing Endo thru Diet

[~Jane~]

At the moment my baby radar is in full swing and it seems like every woman I meet or walk past in the street is pregnant! Exciting for them, but makes me think about my issues and I get abit down about it at times.

Try not to get down about it if you can, I know this is easier said than done as I have been there too. I was diagnosed with endo 14 years ago and have had 9 laps and had some big ones where I had it removed from the bowel etc. I conceived my first bub through IVF and there are a few of us around who have had success with IVF and endo.

Have you thought about going to see a naturopath to get help with the dietary side of things? I have done this before and it does help reduce the symptoms. My big culprits were sugar, caffeine and like Leis the artifical sweeteners.

All the best

[Laranna]

Thanks so much again guys. Just coming on here and reading everyones posts always keeps me positive. I can't wait until we start IVF.

Jane - I saw a naturopath after I had my op 2 years ago. She gave me this liquid vitex agnus cactus (sp?) to take which tasted awful! However, I had the opposite reaction to what it's supposed to do. Made my periods worse and my moods changed (turned me into pyscho woman) so after giving it about 3 days I stopped taking it. Haven't been back to naturopath since, but lately have been starting to think about it again. Willing to try anything to get my body moving in the right direction.

Thanks again