TTC Baby #1 endometriosis and clomid?

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My husband and I have been ttc for 6 months. I am 24 healthy. I have taken ovulation tests and done the temping. I almost wonder if I am not always dropping an egg. Before I started temping I would have months that I never had a LH spike on the tests. I know 6 months is not as long as many couples but I have a very strong family history of endometriosis (mom, aunts and all of my female cousins on both sides) I have always suspected that I had it as well. So how did you get diagnosed if you have it as well. What steps did they take and could I be a candidate for clomid to finally get my ovulation figured out? We are good with twins :) I just don't want to wait another 6 months to find out I need a procedure.

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I will have to check those out! My husband actually just bought some essential oils for some neck pain and stress. I will have to look them up and see if they are ones that would help me. We also read something about going gluten free that could help. His brother and his wife just had their first and we just found out his sister is 12 weeks.  I want them close in age but I don't want to feel like it is a race!

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Love this new doc! She got right to business and took labs for my thyroid and progesterone levels. We are waiting on clomid, she wants to see how everything comes back.

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I was having a ton of cramping out of my period or ovulation time and went back to the Dr. and I am scheduled for my laparoscopy jan. 27th!

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Well my labs came back consistent with ovulation. They can't diagnose the endometriosis without a laparoscopy. So I will just make another appointment in a couple months and complain some more about the symptoms I have.

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i started having issues at 16 and my dr kept blowing me off.  Finally at 22 he decided to do a lap and found endo. By that time i had two kids.  I never had any more issues until after my baby was born 17 months ago.  Pain, awful crazy periods, spotting, you name it.  I asked my OB (different than first OB) about it for 14 months and she kept saying it was normal for me to bleed all the time, etc.  I researched online and found a Dr nearby who specializes in fertility and endo.  I met with him one time and he immediately scheduled a lap and sure enough the endo was back in full force.  That was 2 months ago... and im still TTC...hoping to get a + soon

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Yes I totally understand! Clary Sage, rose, lavender, and almond oil is the best combination! Just make sure they are quality grade oils or it doesn't work at well. Massage it on your abdomen, and if you feel inclined use a heating pad after.

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Part 2: Fortunately pregnancy and breast feeding completely stop the growth of endometriosis until you stop. But since all that I have managed to completely cure my endometriosis holistically. TMI but after I finally healed I bled for 3 1/2 weeks and haven't had the horrible pains since. Definitely listen to your own body and DONT take everything the doctors say as true. Endometriosis isn't studied nearly enough and most doctors don't really know about it unless they suffer from it! Check out the book "the endometriosis diet" it is great. Essential oils are amazing too. I hope this can help!

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No definitely not! Just like you I have a long line of family history of it and my doctors blew me off for years making me feel like I was making it all up! They had me convinced I wasn't feeling what I knew I was. I was so nervous that the laparoscopy would come back as negative but it turned out I had MUCH more then they expected and then they finally took me seriously. But it took some serious determination to get them to listen. Unfortunately even if you get surgery and they find it, if they can remove it the results only last about 5 years before it's all regrown. After they discovered mine they tried me on about 10 different BC before I finally said enough is enough and stopped taking everything because of the toll it had on my body.

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Thank you for your insight! I will stress all of my symptoms. Is it bad that I want to exaggerate to the dr how long we have been trying so they will actually do something? Wouldn't be a whole lie because we stopped using condoms a year ago and I never have been on BC. We said if it happened it was meant to be. Just the last 6 months we started actively trying.

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But to answer your question better.. They only ordered the laparoscopy after 4+ years of making appointments with them letting them know how much pain I was in. It's 24/7 cramps all month!

TTC Baby #1 endometriosis and clomid?

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