At 16 I started realising something was not quite right, my period was very painful, long and heavy. I went to the doctor who got me to have ultrasounds. I was the told everything was fine, ultrasounds showed up nothing and I just had painful periods ? over the next 4ish years I tried different BCP coupled with painkillers and the implanon - each with minimal success. my periods gradually got much worse and longer and I developed anxiety and was is fear of my period.

I don't remember exactly how I originally heard of endometrisis - it definitely wasn't from a doctor - but I began researching and realised the majority of my syptoms matched. my boyfriend and I then made the decision to ttc, we tried for about 6 months with no success when i finally had enough - the pain was too much. I saw a different doctor and told her the story and hoorah! she believed me and sent me to specialists. I had one specialist advise me to go back on the implanon (?) even though we were ttc - didn't go back there. another finally took me seriously and scheduled surgery! I was so happy to be taken seriously finally!

currently I am just 2.5 weeks post lap where they found stage 2 Endo on my bowels, bladder and pretty much my entire left side. cannot wait to start ttc again and hopefully get my BFP soon :) love that this group was created and hope to hear others stories!!