Endo and spotting

[Pinkendo21]

I got diagnosed with endometriosis over 10 years ago when I was 17, stage 1 in my pelvis and on my left ovary it was ablated. I was giving the pill, and told it won’t effect my life keep taking the pill until I want a baby and discharged. So I was on the pill for over 10 years. I came off the pill due to starting to get side effects, then after 9 months got a regular cycle back which was really painful, so tried the merina IUD. I just bled for 3 weeks every month with this and my hair was falling out so got it removed in January this year. I do have a regular cycle again now and have all symptoms of ovulation and positive LH test and every month around 4 days after ovulation, I start spotting. It isn’t alot only very slight mixed with some discharge and then I start getting cramps up until my period. I’m worried my endometriosis has come back or it’s effecting my hormones. I’m wanting to try for a baby next year so I’m just worried it’s going to affect my fertility. Has anyone else had this issue with spotting in the Luteal phase and what was causing it ?/ could you conceive ?

[BloomingMarvellous]

Complicated isn’t it. You’ve probably tried a myriad of stuff to get on an even keel with this particular car crash 💥 but first stop has to be you ensuring you are as well as possible both physically but also emotionally before trying to conceive to give you and the baby maximum protection at the time and in future. It can be a massively anxious time esp when the mountains look and are higher. Irrespective of the endo that was always the foremost advice I’d put to patients who came to me in my past role as nutritional therapist and acupuncturist. Men need plenty of care too with ensuring a great nutritional profile and plenty of Omega 3 to help both with the swimmers and it now appears preventable obesity in their offspring. So it’s not all on you to make this a success.

Everyone is an individual on this front but have a look at @heal-endo for well researched info on endo and fertility and she’s done a book of the same title. Ensuring your Thyriod / Progesterone metabolism is in the best nick possible will help manage the risks around endometrial failures and any issues with progesterone or thyroid resistance causing knock on problems. It’s not about certainty but about upping the odds in your favour. Even with having to do IVF the odds are much better improved by having a sound nutritional base to support all the processes involved. It can take such a toll emotionally and physically that we need every ounce of TLC we can give ourselves.

This bit I say not to alarm but bear with me reassure by the back door so cut me some slack here. Lastly one in four pregnancies in healthy people without medical complications ends in miscarriage, so please don’t be disheartened beyond measure if this is ever your experience and happens first off as heart breaking as it can be. It’s important to consider that here you may be being just normal, like everyone else, rather than getting anxious and first off self blaming which is all to easy to do. Don’t beat yourself up with worry and disappear down the road of failure “because of endo “when it maybe for completely different reasons. We need to be so kind with ourselves when it can already feel like it’s weighted against us.

Hope it goes well.

[Pinkendo21 in reply to BloomingMarvellous]

This is brilliant advice I will definitely look into the nutrition stuff I do like to think I eat well but I suppose we can always improve thank you

[BloomingMarvellous in reply to Pinkendo21]

Have fun on the way and hope it pans out well for you both. ❤️