Endometriosis help

[starwishing]

I am also going to post this in conception and pregnancy so hopefully one of the three will be a hit...

A bit of background to start with. We have a 3yo DC that was conceived instantly. We weren't trying and just had a happy surprise. In September 2015 we decided that we were going to try for our second so we would have a nice age gap. However between then and now we have not had a hint of a positive even though we have put a lot of effort in.

I went to my gp for help and we were started on the way to fertility investigations. My OH has 4% morphology but his motility and count is really high so they haven't seen that as a problem. Despite this though he has started a healthy eating diet and upped his exercise to help. I have had my bloods done and (from what I can remember) they are normal for my age of 35. I'm aware though at 35 time is running out in terms of quality and quantity.

I have recently had a laparoscopy that came up with my ovaries and tubes being clear and bilateral. They removed superficial endometriosis from my POD and flushed my system.

When looking online it says that superficial endometriosis shouldn't cause infertility, yet when I saw my consultant he was really positive and said we should find things easier now. Which is right though? It was o my superficial so why was he so positive? Was it just to give me false hope? Positive thinking?

If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate the advice. My hope for a baby is quite fragile so I'm just researching like crazy and it's driving me insane!

[AlexGreen]

An anti-inflammatory diet should help both your fertility and your endometriosis

You may find this very surprising, but what if your endometriosis is caused by things that you eat, or don't eat ?

Search online for "anti-inflammatory diet"
Here is an example: Vitamonk - Anti Inflammation Food Guide

This and the suggestions below may help you to reduce your pain

Here are some questions to ask your doctor about endometriosis:

• What causes it ?
  
• How will looking at it and scraping it help me get better ?
  
• What can I do to stop it recurring ?
  
• Do I have too much Estrogen or other hormones in my body ?
  
• Could my illness be caused by things that I eat, or don't eat ?
  
• What can I change about my diet and lifestyle to help my body repair itself ?
  
  Maybe search for 10 local Nutritional Therapists who have had success advising about endometriosis and fertility before choosing which one you would like to work with
  

• in the UK search for "BANT"
  
  Here are 3 well-proven natural ways to reduce the Inflammation that both causes the pain of endometriosis and may block your fertility
  
  

• Increase your Vitamin D
  
• Increase your Omega-3
  
• Reduce your Omega-6
  
  Search for more information here:
  
  
• Vitamin D Wiki - Search for Endometriosis & Fertility
  
• Authority Nutrition - Optimise Omega-6/3 Ratio
  
• Chris Kresser - How much Omega-3 ?
  
• Dr Axe 15 - Omega-3 Foods
  
• GreenVits - Blog: What to Do About Inflammation ?
  
• ExpertOmega3 - Studies: Inflammation & Fertility

[starwishing]

Thank you for your reply. I've looked into anti inflammatory eating and it's very similar to my existing moral conscious diet.

I'm considering cutting back more though and will give your advice regarding questions so serious thought and bring up what I can at my next appt xx

[CatRen27]

Hi star, I feel like I could have written this word for word. I'm looking into ivf but it's just so expensive. My obgyn consultant said there's nothing stopping me from conceiving after my lap. But 5 months on and nothing. I feel in a limbo as we haven't "completed" our family although i also feel like I'm wasting precious moments with dd by being sad and in this limbo. The age gap is now moving into 4 years and im just so sad about the whole thing.

Sorry to vent.

I'm interested to hear about the anti inflammatory diet so might try that out.