Secondary Fertility

[katybee]

I am incredibly lucky & have a little boy who was conceived very easily (much to mine & my consultant's shock!) just over 3 years ago. However we are struggling to get pregnant again. My endo symptoms vanished during pregnancy & whilst breastfeeding but are starting to come back with a vengeance now. I just wondered if we conceived so easily first time around & I was symptom free so long, if the endo is likely to be part of our difficulty now? Most anecdotal evidence I find suggests that people struggle every time they want to get pregnant, if endo is that issue! Anyone else experienced anything similar?

[Amullins12]

Hi, my situation is almost identical. I had no ebdo symptoms before having my son four years ago, then following pregnancy the symptoms started and worsened over time. Eventually, after trying to conceive for over a year and having no luck, with my endo symptoms getting progressively worse, I was finally diagnosed with severe endo after a lap in November. Lindle's response is far more scientific, and very interesting for me too, but I can certainly say I have experienced what you're describing x

[katybee]

Thank you both for taking the time to respond! Lindle I really appreciate your insights and i'm sorry to hear of your own fertility troubles. I had a lap in 2010 to diagnose & excise my endo and unfortunately they accidentally perforated my ureter during that. I needed 2 years of further procedures until they could repair it. I conceived my son a couple of years after that, so there was no lasting damage but it does mean that any further laps are not recommended due to the build up of scar tissue, which means i'm going to be in the dark a bit with regards to the progression of my endo. I did have a slightly shorter cycle after having my son, but I used Agnus Castus to get it back to 28days - so no issue there I don't think. Yes I am using OPKs and had a scan and i'm definitely ovulating and I also had my hormone panel done, all normal. I am still breastfeeding my son at bedtime, but everything I read says that if you ovulate, BFing should be no issue. I so know what you mean about pregnancy being blissful Lindle - it really brought home the pain i'd lived with for a decade. Amullins12 it is so interesting to hear from someone who conceived their first without and issue and is now having a problem - what is your fertility prognosis now? IVF?