Endo- your experiences

Mine was picked up due to painful periods - they went from normal cramping to so painful I couldn't sleep through them. I mentioned it to my Dr at FA, who had a bit of a feel and decided that I most likely did have endo (although that wasn't fully confirmed till my lap op, where they both diagnosed it and did a cleanup). I don't know whether it would have affected my fertility or not, as before I was diagnosed with it I didn't ovulate due to PCOS... so perhaps it would have prevented implantation if I had have ovulated, but I'll never know. I was diagnosed one week, and pretty much had the lap operation the next; I had health insurance which covered it, so it was all very fast.

Hey Rach, in terms of the waiting list on the public system - I just had mine done on public. It depends where you are, but I got referred at the start of August, and then had my lap last week. I got told the wait was 3 months and obviously it was a lot shorter than that. Good luck

Wow didn't realise you only got referred last month Lou- that's good

Do a search on Endo and you will get a heap of posts about symptoms and what people have done.

I got diagnosed with suspected endo at 18 and had my lap two weeks after my wedding (2 months shy of 20)...i waited 6 months on public system for my lap...

I had severe painful periods, they had me on strongest pain meds they could give without admitting me to hosp for morphine and they didnt work, i couldnt sleep through them, they made me nauseous and constipated, which i think makes it worse so try and keep regular around AF time...

I had lap jan 2008 and we TTC#1 starting JUly 2009 and fell preg using charting and CONSTANT BDing dec 2009

I also have adenomyosis (sp) which is where its in the uterine muscle aswell so can hurt your chances of conceiving...but here we are...the only thing i was told with all this was to try and have kids as early as you can so that you have a greater chance and that i may have trouble carrying bubba or implanting due to adeno but i am very lucky that i can say iv never miscarried that I know of.

just looking at your two charts hun, i think you could do a lil better on the BD front, i hope this doesnt sound harsh but I think your not doing it close enough to OV and possibly not often enough leading up to ov, if you know roughly when you are going to ov try BDing three days before every day, day of ov and one after, i rekon youll get there in a matter of a month or two

im always around to chat or for advice on here or FB rach
luv nic
xx

Edited by BAMN08