Endometriosis and ttc

hey there......i hope your resting up after your surgery...i've had 2 now and they are more painful than a c/s!

i have endo and PCOS and was told if i didn't conceive after 6mths of trying, then to go back to the specialist and they'd help...........but both my kids were 'first night trying' babies!!

so try not to worry, just yet.....wait and see what happens, you may not have any problems at all

I have it and got pregnant both times quickly also.
I have had other friends who have also had no trouble. Try not to worry in the meantime.
Hope you feel better soon.

Hi Konagirl.  I too have recently had surgery for removal of a cyst on my ovary and removal of endo.  The cyst disappeared on its on accord (as they do ) and I ended up having the endo lasered off.  I was very sore after surgery for at least two weeks, don't force yourself to get up and about too early.  Today I had my follow up appointment with the Specialist and it turns out I am not ovulating (I only have the one ovary) so I will be starting Clomid in the up coming days.

Hi girls, how did you find out you have endo and PCOS? Can anyone recommend a doctor or a specialist to go to to find out? I've always had irregular periods and am currently on CD55 with no signs of AF. I'm wondering whether I could have endo or PCOS? I've done 3 HPT, which have all been negative so it's not that.

Hi Konagirl
I'm having surgery for suspected lap on Tuesday. My surgeon told me that for women with endo pg rates double after surgery. He also told me to try for 6 months after the lap and then we could move onto IVF - and that given that I'm so young (27!) I could even try for 12 months if I wanted to. I think if there wasn't any hope of getting pg naturally after the surgery they wouldn't tell us to do it. He told me not to TTC for 1 month after surgery and then go for it because the 6-12 months after surgery is when you have the best chance of conceiving.

Publicly I had to wait 4 months (that was in 2003) and privately it was 2 weeks.

wow, that's quick emily, i'd jump on a plane and go to chch if it meant less of a wait but I guess it doesn't work that way.

Looking forward to hearing how it all goes later this week, good luck :)

Did the insurance decline because it was for fertility? Did you tell them that it was? I'm going to try for private too but I'm guessing they'll decline.

Oh no, that sucks, AngieBabe, thanks for the heads up, though. xx

Hey Chelle
Sorry forgot to mention mine is private - that is why is was so quick. I was trying to point out that even if you go private it could be a couple of months before you acutally get the surgery.

and like Angie said don't mention that it's for fertility. My surgeon also said not to mention that I've had 'symptoms' since I was a teenager. Fortunately for me my pre-existings are covered anyway and I had my gall bladder removed through laparoscopy 3 years ago and they saw no sign of endo but he said he's seen the insurance companies looking for reasons to reject claims lately.

Also, I would say if you are going for pre-approval ring - don't use the online form. There were a lot more questions on the form than I got asked over the phone - maybe because they could see my policy and my history but on the form they asked when you first started having symptoms and when you first sought treatment but they didn't ask me those on the phone.