Ok so I'm asking this question because my Mom is curious. How many of you were on long term birth control before you started having issues trying to conceive?
My Mom is convinced birth control (or something consumed in our generation) is causing infertility. We know birth control keeps Endo from growing quickly, so I'm not sure her theory applies with our disease. But I told her I would ask

After reading a lot of people’s stories on here, I’m starting to doubt getting the surgery from seeing so many women having more problems after surgery than before. I really want to be able to have a baby and I do have “simple” and “complex” ovarian cyst that go up and down in size also they said I have “endometriomas” on my ovaries through MRI at my first hospital stay last November. Im not sure if those are the ones that grew into the complex cyst I have now? I’m so confused now with all my… read more

Ok this may seem a stupid question. So my surgeon/endo specialist told me I have endometriosis and he removed as much as he could but along with it I have 'trapped blood' and my blood 'washes back' up into me..he told me this after surgery while I was still drugged so I was like oh yeah endometriosis and blood washing back up cool. What the heck is this? I was bleeding everyday horrible stuff coming out of me TMI. I have my post op appt Tuesday but curiosity is killing me. Does anybody else have… read more

Hi all,
I've been trying to convince for almost a year now, without any luck at all, which is really disheartening. My menstrual cycle is regular and I've been using ovulation strips as well as taking folic acid.
I'm currently waiting for blood tests and scans to check my fertility, is there anything else I can try to help conceive?

Thank you x

I tried 3 IUDs and my body rejected all 3; then tried Norethrindrone and I hated it . My weight changed for the worse and it effected my mood. So I stopped . My doc told me about a newer pill called Slynd . Wondering if anyone else has had experience with this ?

Hi I hope someone can help I've been to my GP he did blood test and my estrogen levels are low I'm 47 it's causing a lot of problems down below he has prescribed 10mg of vagifem weekly to help I was a bit concerned because I said to him I taught that estrogen feeds endometriosis he said it was fine because it is a low dose and I'm not taking it by mouth so it's just helping the problem below has anyone tried this before as I'm getting really depressed cause I've tried all of the creams and… read more

After going to an MRI my doctor confirmed the presence of a chocolate cyst around 5.5cm (left ovary) and one of 2cm (right ovary). He decided to give me the combined pills (Levonorgestrel/ethinylestradiol; 0.10mg/0.02mg) and he said to me that I should come back in a month to see if the cyst shrank or not, if not then he would recommend a surgery for removing only the big cyst.

I started taking the pills on the first day of my period and 29 days after I was still bleeding (non stop), on the… read more

I'm 17 years old right now and have been dealing with chronic pain(abdominal and migraines) since I was 12. It started with dually migraines and then went into daily nausea. I went to every odctot possible and they couldnt figure out what it was. I have been in the ER too often to count. It went over too extreme abdominal pain more in the upper area and then in the lower area also. I was checked for gallstones through ultrasound and blood tests. I also had a CAT scan done and two upper and one… read more

I was diagnosed at Christmas with both. How long was it before anyone managed to conceive with both or one or the other? More Adenomyosis for me! Did it take a while etc?? Been having such bad pains and we’ve been trying! Keep getting my hopes up I might be pregnant but I don’t think I am. After losing our first 2 years ago in Feb at 22 weeks + 1 day, is there any hope?:( The only thing left is a hysterectomy for me as it’s so severe that that’s the only option left so they want to try help us… read more