Conceiving with endometriosis & Adenomyosis

[Faith-89]

Just looking to hear any positive stories of women who have conceived with endo & adeno and what worked for you. Feeling very hopeless at the moment!!

[Greencupcake]

Hello lovely. I have both and am pregnant. There is hope. I conceived after my zoladex injections had ended.

Have you seen your consultant to ask for advice? X

[Afrohair in reply to Greencupcake]

Could I ask about zoldex does it interfere with conception ?

[Greencupcake in reply to Afrohair]

It’s a medical menopause - you are advised not to conceive whilst on it. Believe it causes birth defects.

[Faith-89 in reply to Greencupcake]

Thanks so much for your reply. I am seeing a consultant who performed a laparoscopy & excision surgery, I am starting clomid next cycle and then iui/ivf if that doesn’t work. All my blood work has been normal which is good. I haven’t heard of zoladex I must do some research on that. Have you been ttc for long? X

[Greencupcake in reply to Faith-89]

Hi. Zoladex is basically a medical menopause. Not something you want if trying to conceive. I was very lucky that I managed to conceive when I stopped it. Likely due to it keeping my endo and hormones at bay for a bit.

Sounds like you have a good plan in place. Fingers crossed for you. Xx

[Roro1 in reply to Greencupcake]

Hello Greencupcake, congratulations on your pregnancy. I had my operation last Wednesday so recovering well. The consultant thinks I have adenomyosis and has scheduled a follow up hysteroscopy in 3 months. My last triptoreline injection ( menopause inducing) is due end of dec. The question is how long after zoladex were you able to conceive and was the adenomyosis an issue?

[Greencupcake in reply to Roro1]

I stopped the injection end of December. Pregnant in May. Gynae not able to say if the adenomyosis has been a factor. I suspect it could be contributing to why I’ve had some pelvic pain during my pregnancy.

[Afrohair]

Hello I have stage four unfortunately my reply is not all positive but hopeful I conceived but lost my baby nearly 13 weeks as of yet no explanation for the loss but I’m hopeful I can conceive again if I get the right support and maybe have surgery it helps to change your diet and less stress

[Faith-89 in reply to Afrohair]

Thanks for your reply Afrohair. I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. I have stage 3 endo & had excision surgery which I do feel has improved my symptoms. I have heard of a lot of people becoming pregnant after laparoscopic surgery so maybe this would be a good option for you. Xx

[franathy]

I am 38, have severe endo (not sure what stage I would imagine 3/4), had my second lap in April to drain cyst and clip one tube, 7 months of Zoladex injections, ICSI fresh transfer in September (failed), frozen transfer in November, now pregnant! I honestly thought it was impossible so don't give up, good luck x

[Hidden in reply to franathy]

Congratulations with your pregnancy!

I’ve just had a failed transfer and will be having a FET in January. I have stage 3 endo as well. If you don’t mind me asking, what was your protocol for your FET?x

[franathy in reply to Hidden]

Thanks! It's still so early days but hopefully all will be OK. I've just been on Cyclogest pessaries twice a day and 3 x Progynova tablets, I didn't need to down-regulate because of the Zoladex injections. And we used embryo glue. It's so, so horrible when it fails isn't it, I really hope your FET works, I've heard it often works better when you aren't pumped full of the stimulating hormones as it's more natural x