So when I woke up from my laproscopy I was told that I had confirmed stage 4 endometriosis and the surgeon had removed as much as he could manage to get to. He also told me that I would not be able to conceive a child naturally and that I would need a hysterectomy in the near future. I was advised that if I wanted to have children it would basically need to be now or never and I would need help in the form of IVF.
I had not considered children in the near future. I’d always assumed I didn’t want them as I have never been maternal but when I was suddenly told it wasn’t something I could choose everything changed. My husband and I then made the decision to go for it and try IVF.
After the laproscopy my body needed time to heal and so I was given a monthly injection to induce menopause. The plan was to be on this for at least six months however after the second month I began to feel so low and considered suicide. We then made the decision to stop the injection and my next surgery was moved forward quite quickly.
A few months later I had a laparotomy where most of the remaining endometriosis was removed along with 80% of my left ovary which further reduced my chances of having a child. I was terrified and desperate so kept telling myself “it just takes one egg” and I don’t need them all.
A few months later, we began the IVF process. Now, I don’t want to go into detail about the process, how many rounds, how many embryos etc as that is a whole other very long story. The point is, after a couple of years, our last and final embryo was transferred. We had agreed we would 100% not go through the process again.
On the Christmas Eve of 2017 I lost my job, I was a store manager for a company that went into liquidation. On Christmas Day, we found out….. I WAS PREGNANT!
On 20th August 2018 our miracle was born by c-section, his name is Freddie.
My Endo Life 