Frozen pelvis/ovaries stuck with endometriosis. Is conception still possible?

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i was diagnosed with endometriosis and had full excision surgery in early 2024. I was extremely lucky to fall pregnant 6 weeks post-op.

we’re now ready to start trying for baby no2, but today I had the results from a scan back and it appears my endo is back with a vengeance :(

I’ve been told my ovaries are both stuck to my pelvis, and I’ve been referred for another laparoscopy.

I feel absolutely gutted.

has anyone successfully conceived despite having frozen/stuck ovaries?

im of course on the pathway to surgery but the waitlist is very long. We struggled for years before having our baby and the emotional toll it took on me was awful. I’m so scared of experiencing that again.

I’m so sorry to hear this.

I also have endometriosis and my ovaries were stuck to the surrounding structures, I didn’t have a frozen pelvis. I had surgery in October last year and my surgeon showed me afterwards how the placement of where my specific lesions were would have made natural conception very hard. Mine were right where sperm meets egg.

I found this book a god send: https://amzn.eu/d/0cKhZDOG Heal Endo by Katie Edmonds. It’s got so many linked medical studies and is an evidence based approach. She does say there’s no substitute for excision surgery but she puts forwards a protocol to follow and there are lots of case examples of how following this helped women conceive and improve symptoms too.

If I were you, I would stay on your waiting list for the laparoscopy but this book can help you feel you’re doing everything you can in the meantime. It definitely not only made me feel like I had more agency but I do believe it helped my surgery. In particular I took two supplements she recommended in it. NAC 3 times a day, shown to shrink endometriomas, mine halved in size between 3 month scans. Also a green tea extract shown to devascularise lesions and help them break off and break down in the blood stream - I can’t be sure this is why, but the surgeon remarked everything lifted out more cleanly than he expected.

We still had to pursue the IVF route for various reasons post surgery (mainly a clotting issue). I did conceive naturally once post surgery but had a miscarriage. I’ve literally just conceived again via an embryo transfer. Will be our first if it works out this time.

Good luck xxx

@SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite thank you so much for your reply and for your recommendations, I will definitely check out the book and read up about the supplements.

I wish so much that there was a “quick fix”. I can’t believe how devastating endometriosis can be, and yet there’s so little available in the mainstream to help.

huge congratulations! An exciting but very anxious time I’m sure. I really hope this works out for you ❤️