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Originally Posted by Olivia2501
I am new here & glad I found this board-long story short, had endo twice, 2 laps first being several years ago, 2nd was stage 4 endo 7/08. Been trying to conceive since surgery. RE did sugery said tubes were all fine, ovaries were fine, try 6 mths if not  we will see you back. DH SA was great. Went to my OBGYN for annual 2 wks ago, he said u look great I bring up trying for 6 mths & he said dont worry it will happen(I LOVE THAT STATEMENT, if I had a dime well anyway).
I went to my RE this week & mind you I have been on no meds at all and he says I have 2 options, try IUI and then move on to IVF if it doesnt work. He said fertility meds have not been proven to work in women with endo. I just sat there, my insurance covers 0 towards fertility and he hands me a price sheet for IUI & all meds associated ranging from 5000 to 6000.. we dont have the money to do that and I am just shocked that he wont even try meds.
meanwhile I just sit & wonder how fast this endo is coming back, month by month that goes by...any thoughts, meds and endo experiences and trying to conceive? I am wondering if I should try another doctor??? I have done some reserach on my own and read about femara, my mom just happens to be on this post breast cancer. Please any stories??? I am thinking of going back to my OB since he is local and saying listen, I am 37 next week, have had endo twice and telling me to just wait it will happen does not work for me at this point or try another doctor??? My RE obviously has his mind made up & the next closest RE is over 3 1/2 hours away from me. I have never felt so helpless |
I am 28 years old, I never had any endo symptoms. Last October I was diagnosed with endo via surgery for a cyst that I was having removed. I was then referred to an RE which wanted to run some tests and also see my surgery pictures. When we went back to get the result he confirmed by looking at my picutes that it was Endo stage 4.
My fsh also came back elevated (he said I the FSH of a 37yr old) that with the endo, he recommneded for us to go straight for IVF.
The RE said that any other fertility treatment including IUI would only make my Endo worse. He said that the meds have alot of estrogen which is something that we, endo women, so not need any more off.
As of right now, my chances of conceiving naturall are very low, my best option is IVF. I am in the same boat as you, my insurance does not cover anything other than the testing. We just started saving and are hoping to do IVF either late this year or early next year.
The RE also mentioned that endo women have problems because the egg can't find a stable place to implant itself. Where with IVF, they would implant the egg where it needs to be.