Endometriosis

[Atia_Julii]

So, a couple days ago, about a day after ovulation, I got a couple sporadic cramps in my lower left and right pelvic area.  They weren't severe, and literally only lasted about 2 seconds.  But, I was googling it today (wasting time at work again. Hee hee) and I was routed to an endometriosis page.  Well, I haven't been able to get pregnant again, so naturally I have myself convinced that I have this.  ERGH. . . I'm "probably" over reacting, but I would like to hear if anyone on this board has it and what symptoms led to it being discovered?  

Thanks.

[JoyRenee]

A pap would not detect cysts. You need a vaginal ultrasound to see if there are cysts on your ovaries. It doesn't mean cancer because it's apparently normal for women to get cysts throughout their lives, that will dissolve or burst.

Hopefully it's just ovulation pain, though!!!

[prayerful wife]

To:  Atia_Julii

I've had Endo since I was 13 and I've been through hell and back with it.  My periods are awful and heavy and the cramps when they get bad enough used to send me to the hospital to get IV pain meds.  I have 3 kids, but I've had to have several D&Cs done to remove scar tissue from my uterus.  Several lasar surgeries to remove cysts from my ovaries, and a few laparascopic procedures to unblock my tubes.  I've been through hell with it, but I have 3 boys to prove it's possible to conceive, and I have a more severe case than other people I know!  

If you have it believe me that pain is something that you'd know...so I think you're in the clear.  To be on the safe side have it checked.  Good luck!

[Atia_Julii]

I hope it's nothing serious, and maybe just ovulation pain that I was experiencing.  I suppose cysts aren't detectable by just a pap smear, are they?  I'll just wait and see and hope I get pregnant in the next few months. :-D

[JoyRenee]

I was going to say it sounds more like cysts as well.

My SIL has endo. and she has heavy, clotty periods.

[KM604]

No.  The cysts actually come and go throughout a women's cycle (it's called a corpus leteum or something like that).  It did however take me 3 months to get pregnant after getting off the pill, then I m/c'd, then it took 4 months after that.  I was having crazy issues with my cycles and turns out I wasn't ovulating.  But once we established I wasn't ovulating, I took the proper medication for it and I got pregnant that cycle.  It's been a total of 11 months of TTC.  I don't know how your cycles are, but if they are irregular it will be hard for you to figure out when you are ovulating.  For me, I was getting my period every other week for a 4 week period.  But I am able to use EWCM (egg white cervical mucus) to determine when I ovulate.  I conceived the day after I last had EWCM.  Which makes sense.  Hope this info helps :)

[Atia_Julii]

Do your small cysts interfere with your ability to get pregnant?  Thanks for responding.
:-D

[KM604]

I don't really know anything about endometriosis.  But, I would get sporatic pains in my left pelvic area and an ultrasound discovered that I have small cysts on my left ovaries.  They come and go with my cycle, but they are there.  I would get a dull pain for like 10-15 seconds and then it would go away, but I would get that pain multiple times a day.  My cysts are small though, too small for the doctor to even feel during a pelvic exam.  Hope this helps a little.