Fertility Forum - Newly Diagnosed With Endo...

Hey holliadrienne, I am a 25 year old female and have been dealing with endometriosis for quite a few years now. I had my first lap when I was 23 and they removed a lot of the endo at that time but my doctor told me it would come back. I have always wanted children and I wanted my first one when I was 24, I still don't have any yet. My boyfriend and I keep talking about marriage and definatly plan too, but I am still waiting around for him. Which also means I am waiting around for him to have children as well. I have explained to him on numerous occasions that now that I have had the surgery, I have a small window of time to be able to conceive before it comes back. But he just looks at me like I am trying to trick him into have children. Finally, I took him with me to my doctor, I made him come in the room with me and made the doctor explain to him that I was not making this up, that the longer we wait, the harder it will be for me to be able to conceive and carry a child. He now believes me but at the same time doesn't really take it too seriously. But maybe your husband will be different. Try taking him to the doctor with you and have the doctor explain that due to unfortunate circumstances, starting a family is going to have to come sooner than later for health reasons.
Like I said, I am now 25 years old, the endo is back and there are only so many surgeries you can have before you just have to have everything removed. My mother had it, she was fortunate enough to have 4 children before her's became as bad as mine.
Now I don't want to scare but I have a question, have you had your surgery yet? And if you have, did they laser out the endo or cut it out? I was told by another doctor who had endo, that she had 1 child, ended up with endo and then had laser surgery. She tried to conceive a child after that and it was impossible, they had to do invetro. She told me that the laser creates too much scar tissue and that makes it hard for the embryo to attach to the uteran wall. She told me to have mine cut out if I can. Unfortunately it was too late, I already have the laser surgery. My doctor on the other hand assures me that it won't be a problem, I will only have the "time" problem. But I guess everyone is different.

So try to get your doctor to explain the situation to your husband and the importance of it all. I wish you all the best. Let me know how it goes or if you have any more questions or ever need to talk, feel free to send me a message.

Erin