If you have endometriosis or adenomyosis, how long did it take you to conceive?

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Just that really. Had a lap for endo removal. Consultant warned to TTC sooner rather than later. Definitely not the right time and can't see that it will be for a good few years. Just trying to get a feel for how easy or not it was for others in the same situation.

Questions to ask your doctor

This does not answer your question directly, but I hope that you find it useful.

If you can reduce your Inflammation you might improve your chances of conceiving

What if your Endometriosis is caused - or made worse - by things that you eat, or don't eat ?

You may think that this is fantasy since you have a terrible painful illness and you may be expecting your doctor to prescribe a drug to help you, but this information has helped a number of women

Here are some questions to ask doctors about Endometriosis:

• What causes it ?
• How will looking at it and scraping it help me get better ?
• How can I stop it recurring ?
• Do I have too much Estrogen 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 ?

These are easy questions to ask, but very difficult for doctors to answer as they know very little about Nutrition. It may be worth asking them to refer you to a Dietitian or a Nutritional Therapist, as they specialise in Nutrition.

If your doctor won't do this, try a search for BANT or Nutritional Therapist and interview 10 of them to find 1 who has had success advising about Endometriosis

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

Some people have reported that eating specific foods like meat or dairy gives them an instant flare-up. You may find that keeping a Food Diary may help you find out which foods make your Endometriosis worse and which may help

This and the suggestions below may help to reduce the pain

Here are 3 well-proven natural ways to reduce the Inflammation that causes the pain of Endometriosis

• Increase your Vitamin D
• Increase your Omega-3
• Reduce your Omega-6

These 3 things are also relevant for your partner to help your chances of conceiving

Here are some relevant references that may be useful to you:
Vitamin D Wiki
Optimise Omega-6/3 Ratio
How much Omega-3 ?
15 Omega-3 Foods
What to Do About Inflammation ?
Expert Omega-3

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