cyst on ovaries and blocked tubes

[lean123]

went to my gynae to find out why i wasn't getting pregnant she ran a series of test only to find out i have a 6cm cyst on my left ovary then it got more scary both of my Fallopian tubes are blocked i was place on contraceptive for 6 months to try to get rid of the cyst n was told by my gynae if that dont work i will have to do surgery for both ... i went to a second gyane n he told me the surgery for the cyst isnt a prob but doing the surgery to clean my tubes might damage it even further so my chances of ever getting preg would remain the same with cleared tubes or a blocked tubes ... im just scared and confused at this moment if anyone ever did surgery to clear their tubes plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz comment just to let me know if i stand a chance of ever becoming pregnant

I totally understand how you are feeling, this is what I went through 6 months ago when I was told my tubes were blocked and I needed to have them taken out. I was (and still am) totally confused, scared, sad and all I have been looking for is answers or advice to help me come to terms with it or understand my chances.

All I can do is tell you that I have learnt (and have to keep reminding myself) is that there are always chances to get pregnant, it is hardly ever a zero chance ever, it just means for people like us that we need extra help.

I myself was told I needed my tubes out and went in this week to have them out to be told they are not blocked - so I am even more confused. i was told there was no chance and they couldn't be fixed so best to have them out.... only for this surgeon to say he didn't take them out as can find no sign of hydrosalpinx... so I feel there is always hope and there are always miracles... just be sure you have asked every question you can and be happy with the responses before any life altering surgery! I wish I had asked more...!

Best of luck xx

Just to give you a story from the other end of the journey ... I have recurrent endometrial cysts on both ovaries which which stretched and twisted my tubes leaving them a complete mess according to the gynae. We were never given the option to try and fix them and were advised to go straight to IVF. I had surgery to drain bilateral cysts (in fact have had it three times now as keep coming back) but they were much larger than yours. I was then put on zoladex for 6 months to let things settle down. However by the time I got to starting IVF cycle they had regrown to similar size to yours and they said was OK to just go ahead with IVF. I had one fresh, one frozen and then another fresh transfer (all two embryos) before we finally got a positive and now have a lovely daughter. That pregnancy was initially a twin pregnancy but we unfortunately lost her twin at around 10 weeks and the five or six more transfers we had to try for a sibling all failed with a couple of early miscarriages and the rest complete failure. We have now given up trying for a sibling as the age gap is getting enormous and I was worried about what all the drugs would do to me in the long term.

I have tried to look into options for doing anything about the tubes but my impression is that all research is focussed on IVF and any ideas of trying to fix tubes has been abandoned in all but the simplest cases as IVF provides a solution. I am afraid this is why it really annoys me that so many people are given IVF that don't actually need it and more detailed fertility monitoring could have sorted them out. In the meantime those of us who have absolutely no chance of getting pregnant naturally end up paying thousands of pounds for treatment as the NHS can't afford to fund so many cycles.

I think that's a really interesting view on it, that actually we are told to have our tubes out as IVF is the simpler (?) option when there may be a chance to fix them and save the funding for the IVF for those who need it. Never thought of it like that, but I guess that's pretty much what I was told. Congratulations on your daughter :)