Endometriosis and ttc

Did you have your laparoscopy today Emily? I hope everything went well :)

Hi Chelle
Yes I had my lap on Tuesday. Still feeling quite sore today but am getting better. I have to say that this one has been more painful than the one I had to remove my gallbladder but from what he told me he had to do quite a bit of work in there. He found endo under my ovaries on both sides and in the cavity behind my uterus, he also found adhesions where I'd had my gallbladder removed and on my bowel (which he said I was probably born with but he removed anyway). He said the worst of it was in the cavity behind the uterus and because of that he gave me a stage 3 classification. He also said that my ovaries had dropped down into the deep pelvis so he pulled them up and stitched them in place and wants to do another lap in 3 months to make sure they have stayed in place.

He already said that we couldn't TTC for 1 month after the lap. Fortunately I had AF during the lap so it will only take us out for 1 cycle. But I'm assuming if he wants to do another lap in 3 months that we can't TTC until after that. We didn't really talk about it much so will ask him at my next appointment (which is in 1 month).

As for fertility it should improve things. He didn't find any endo in my ovaries or tubes and he said my uterus is fine so everything looks ok. I'm assuming that the reason we haven't conceived yet is because my ovaries were being pulled down. He did tell me at my original appointment that I had a cyst on one side which quite often pulls the ovary down so the egg can't get out. Given that he said he pulled both of my ovaries up I guess both were hanging down. So if they stay up we should be good in terms of fertility. He basically said at my original appointment that fertility rates double after surgery and we should try for 6 months on our own and then move onto IVF. Not sure what our chances of public funding will be given that I have stage 3 endo but none of it was found in my ovaries or tubes. So its just back to waiting - waiting to see when we can TTC again, waiting to TTC, waiting to see if we can do it naturally, if not waiting for IVF. Infertility certainly teaches you patience - if nothing else!!

We're going to keep trying the natural route. All my blood tests have come back normal and I'm definitely ovulating so at this stage there's no reason to think there's any problems other than the endo. If we don't get pg within 6 months though I'll be going back to the fertility specialist.

Glad to hear the waiting list is less than 6 months angiebabe as I'll probably be on that list shortly too :)