Hi Amabael

You can fall pregnant with endometriosis. It depends on the severity and exactly where in the pelvic area it is causing most problems. You are very lucky to have you son. No-one wants to have surgery but, if I were you, I would think about the laparoscopy as it is the only way of diagnosing it. Left untreated it will get worse and if you would like another child it may hinder this too.

You may have just have mild, there is moderate and severe. I am unlucky to have severe endometriosis and it affected my life so badly for 10 years. I had the laparoscopy done and there is nothing to it. I have had to have several IVF because of my condition, I fell pregnant twice, and lost both babies although was told it was not due to the endometriosis, although I have doubted this.

I am so much better now, and have not had bad periods for a few years now. I am still childless but at least I have IVF. I will have another go shortly and can't wait.

I do hope you consider the laparoscopy, speak to your doc, get some more info, advice and take it from there.

All the best.

Twinny.

Yes...I agree with Twinny. I'm not normally the type to go the surgery route, but there REALLY is no other safe way to find out and treat the endometeriosis. They tried lupron on me as a way to put me in "chemical menopause" ...as the thought is after menopause the endometriosis goes away (I do not believe this either)...so if put into it falsly and the pain subsides (thus no more bleeding and no more biuld up) you must have it....pretty stupid now that I think back....and now I have osteopenia, and osteoperosis(in my hips) and I'm only 34...point being...you will recover from the laproscopy....you WILL heal....the other methods you may not....besides, they have to REMOVE the tissue to help you, and to do that is the same surgery. If they found any scar tissue they could remove it right then. (which BTW is only temporary most of the time....but you CAN go years after this pain free)


I'm still looking for suggestions on how to subside the pain I'm having (the endo seems to be back 4 years after my hysterectomy and the docs are telling me NO it isn't.....any thoughts?)

Hello Ama,
I think there is a root cause for endometriosis, and I don't think surgery gets rid of the root. A place to start a search along those lines could be reading what Julia Chang has to say about what helped her. You can read about it at sensiblehealth.com.

Take care,
Betta