I was diagnosed with severe endo and a frozen pelvis through a laparoscopy earlier this year when I had a chocolate cyst removed.
Since then, I've been suffering chronic pain, and severe period pains - much the same as I was before the lap, no improvement at all. I'm very worried that my cyst may have come back.
The only medical treatment for endo is to stop your periods to let it all calm down for a bit. After my lap, the Dr did offer me this, but as I'd been ttc for 2 years at that point, the thought of actually going on contraception just felt wrong. Time is running out for me, I'm in my late 30s, so I just didn't want to delay it at all.
I was told that the dye test showed no obstruction, so no obvious reason why I shouldn't conceive (apart from the frozen pelvis pushing everything out of whack). So I carried on ttc, but have had no hint of a BFP. My Drs have given me to the end of the year to ttc, after which they've said they'll refer me to a fertility clinic.
However, I'm seeing the Dr next week, and I'm wondering whether to ask for contraception for a few months to just let it all settle down a bit before going to the fertility clinic (which will start the ball rolling for IVF). Is there any benefit of doing this - will it let my endo shrink a bit?
Obviously I don't want to compromise my fertility at all, so I don't want to go on the pill if it means any delay to starting IVF. But the thought of being period free and therefore less pain for a few months is appealing.
I also feel like I could do with the mental break from the constant cycle of ttc, 2ww, disappointment, horrendous period, start all over again....
Does anyone have any experience of doing this?
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Treat my Endometriosis with contraceptive - or carry on TTC?
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UnGoogleable · 22/08/2015 14:50
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