"It's been 84 years" infertile donkeys ahoy, all aboard! Not a fertile unicorn insight bus 5

@notyetamumbuttrying I'm definitely going to have a good read of the files, might try and get some read before my appointment if I can!

@notyetamumbuttrying it makes sense why the sonographer who did my scan a few months ago didnt see anything of note but the consultant did! I guess it's really hard to spot!

@acaciabluebell yes like @notyetamumbuttrying says, endo will need a laproscopy to diagnose but mine is indicated through a scan.

Google says:

"A standard ultrasound imaging test won't definitively tell your doctor whether you have endometriosis, but it can identify cysts associated with endometriosis"

@notyetamumbuttrying thank you! Some good info on there so far, I'm going to go through and write down all the symptoms I'm having tonight and ask for an in person appt if I can rather than phone this time as I feel she may listen better then

@notyetamumbuttrying I posted! 😬 no laughing emojis yet 😂

@thislittlebird if they don't you may be able to ask your previous surgery?

Hi @acaciabluebell 👋🏻 I suspect endo for me now too!

@notyetamumbuttrying ah amazing! Thank you @Marvellouslymadmum @got2be I'll makes some calls this week!

@Yutes sorry about the BFN. Fingers crossed you just ovulated slightly later

Welcome @acaciabluebell

@acaciabluebell welcome! Hope you get answers soon 😊

Hang in there @Yutes don’t overthink it at this point 🤞🏼

@notyetamumbuttrying I’m 14dpo

Hi ladies 😊 I was wondering if I can join this thread. I'm 25, TTC since early 2020, so 15 months so far, and had a CP back in March.

We've had our initial blood tests from our GP and are waiting for an appointment with the fertility clinic. We have a few potential issues... The first one is that I suspect I have endometriosis due to getting severe ovulation pains on my left side and also IBS type symptoms monthly. I also have low progesterone (from CD21 blood test) and I'm not 100% sure I'm ovulating properly, although I do get positive OPKs. My LP is short (9-11 days). I also have low AMH (but normal FSH). My husband has low morphology too. Fun times!

Thanks @Annny27!

At what stage or which appointment did they do that for you? @notyetamumbuttrying

@Marvellouslymadmum I know they won’t have my records, I just know it.

@notyetamumbuttrying will do as soon as I'm brave enough 😂

@thislittlebird I think it's supposed to be on your records but don't know if that's very reliable as when we moved f our records didn't move surgeries with us!

@thislittlebird not sure but the fertility clinic will check for rubella antibodies so that will give you your answer :)

I’m very, very bad at keeping up on this thread, it moves so fast, so sorry everyone if I’m not up to speed!

Does anyone know how we find out if we’ve had the MMR or alternative as a kid? I feel like if I ask my (terrible) surgery they’re going to just laugh at me expecting them to actually have this info and trawl through my records.

I’m feeling that big infertile donkey energy today.

On the subject of endo, this has popped up on my Facebook a few times this morning

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579802

It's a petition for Fund NHS scheme for women with Endometriosis to freeze their eggs. There's a bit at the at the bottom urging anyone impacted by endometriosis to respond to the Women’s Health Strategy consultation

Thought some of you might be interested!

Well I tested, even though I said I was going to wait. It was a bfn

I guess I’m still not out yet, but was hoping for a faint line.

@Crazydoglady123 I really think we are on to something all have same symptoms.
If you call the hospital and ask to be put through to the department to access your medical file. I can’t remember the name and might be different in each area. But mine gave me an email and was told to attach photo Id. 2 week turnaround

@Crazydoglady123 that would be really interesting if you could get your notes! Maybe try speaking to the hospital where you had it done and see what they say?

Quite nervous about talking to the doctor tomorrow as I know they like to dismiss most of what I say due to age 🙄 like my changing Lp which according to my googling is nothing to do with age like I thought!

@Juno231 I have stage 3 endo and only really ovulation pain, so it's totally true that pain and severity don't always correlate. When I had my first lap in 2007 I had painful intercourse but it seemed to go away after. When I very first started my periods it was agony every month, so it seems like it can change over time. I wish I'd been more insistent on another lap sooner this time tbh but we are where we are!

All this talk of endo makes me want to track down my hospital notes from my lap many years ago. Because the a&e I ended up with my cyst wasn't my catchment one, my gp never received notes from the op and when I had my check up it was with a gynae at my local hospital and she had no notes either so I had to tell her what happened and why. When I had the op, for the cyst removal my coil had gone missing at the same time and and when I was not long round the consultant came to explain how the op went and said it wasn't the cyst causing me pain it was "x" which at the time I assumed she said the coil but I was by myself and still so groggy I couldn't say for sure. I know my tubes are clear as I've had a Hycosy but my period pain has progressively got worse over the last few years. I have one day in agony where I have to take ibuprofen and paracetamol to get on top of it. I get a lot of pains in general in my pelvis which I've since my lap been told IBS (although the pain would be my only symptom) or scarring caused from the cystectomy. Does anyone know if and how you could request your notes from the hospital? Like I say my GP doesn't have them at all. I've always wanted to see them as the consultant had loads of pictures in the of my insides 😂