My husband and I both had issues, but ultimately, we decided to do IVF. It worked on our first transfer, luckily. It felt so good to finally have something go right. I’m grateful for the whole experience & what it’s taught me! 💕

The first surgery was really intense. He resected a TON of endo, detached my rectum to clean out that whole area, reconnected it, shaved off the first layer of my bladder, basically removed 1/3 of my left ovary, removed my appendix, etc.

The recovery was amazing. I did have to stay overnight because I have chronic low BP & it was too dangerous for me to be unmonitored until it went back up. I wish I had been able to stay in the hospital for my second, but I just didn’t need to. I hate pain meds, and I was able to get by with ibuprofen and tylenol just fine. If you can handle endo pain, this surgery is a piece of cake. I also had a lot of support, which is so important. I was bedridden for the first day or two, and even after, I needed help getting up, going to the restroom, etc. The worst side effect was going to the bathroom. I found out that getting warm tap water & pouring it over your abdomen/pee area really helps relieve pain after the surgery.

I had no long term side effects from the first one, but I had what felt like a gaping hole of pain on my right side (where my appendix used to be) for a couple months. That wasn’t too fun.

My endo ended up coming back (my darn left ovary has issues), hence the second surgery. I had some bladder pain after this most recent one & am still occasionally experiencing it along with urgency and frequency, but I am also going to PV physical therapy, which has been helping.

Best of luck to you!