Pregnancy success with endometriosis

Below is a collection of stories from women who have had happy and successful pregnancies despite suffering from endometriosis .....



Pregnancy success rates depend on so many variable influences including: how serious the disease was for these women, the quality of treatment they were offered and any natural treatments they used to improve their fertility.


By reading of first hand experiences you can hopefully gain some hope that your own chances of becoming pregnant and having a child of your own are much more possible.


Statistics say that around 40% of women with the disease suffer from problems with infertility, however this still gives you a 60% chance - and you may read advice in these stories that provides tips and ideas of how to improve your chances.


A couple of these stories include women with stage IV endometriosis who have been able to have children. Some of these stories include accounts from a number of women who have been able to have a few children.



Have you had a successful pregnancy despite suffering from endometriosis?

Other women would love to hear your story especially if they have been told they could be infertile

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Endometriosis pregnancy success stories 
Hello all! I have Stage 4 Endometriosis and Endometrioma (the ovary version of endometriosis). My husband and I went to a fertility specialist to look …

Damaged left tube caued by endometriosis but conceived naturally 
Hey everyone, I am glad I am being able to share my story .. I have been operated for endometriosis in 2012, an open surgery when I wasn't married. …

Second naturally conceived child after being told it would be difficult 
I was diagnosed with endometriosis and fibroids at age 26, but suspect I had it from my early teens, as the symptoms were always the same. So, after already …

Endo & PCOS  
When I started my period's at 12 I was told its normal for it to be erratic, it took 8 years of getting my period twice a year for my doctor to refer me …

Told less than one percent chance of conception but now I have my baby! 
My heart was broken and felt beyond repair when I was told that I had a less than one percent chance of conception. And that was just conceiving - my doctor …

Told I would probably not conceive but conceived after 3 weeks of trying! 
In the summer of 2009, my husband and I decided it was time to try for a family. We'd talked about it before and just felt we were ready, but I warned …

Two children by IVF despite severe endometriosis 
Due to endometriosis I got into trouble for missing too many days in middle school, because EVERY time I got my period, I would be crumpled in pain and …

Damaged fallopian tube and endometriosis but conceive naturally 
My husband and I had been trying unsuccessfully to get pregnant for a year without any success. As I was over 35 I went for infertility tests and the hysterosalpingograph …

So happy to get pregnant despite endometriosis 
I first started noticing pain at 15 after many visits to drs and getting palmed off. One day at about the age of 17 I started to have a shooting pain betweens …

Happily able to get pregnant 
Managed to fall pregnant despite having endometriosis ..... I was in matric, a young energetic 17 year old girl with big dreams of being a MOM and having …

Four children despite endometriosis 
I was diagnosed with endometriosis when I was 24 in 1971. I had been married a year and after diagnosis, I was taken into hospital for laparotomy. …

Stage IV Endometriosis - IVF worked! 
Tried to conceive for a year before seeing a specialist. Gyn of course kept telling me my pain was normal and tried to give b/control my whole life. …

Diagnosed with endometriosis and I have four children 
My first pregnancy was ectopic and they took my left fallopian tube and medically aborted the pregnancy. Within the year, I was experiencing severe pain …

3 years misdiagnosed - but managed successful pregnancy 
I started trying to get pregnant in 2005. I went off birth control pills and thought it would be easy. However, my period never started. After 6 …

I was blessed despite endometriosis 
This was the line that was given to me after I awoke from my lap surgery 'Have you had your kids?' It wasn't until my own research did I understand the …

Successful pregnancy with endometriosis  
Well I am 21 and I have 2 kids so when I missed my period I took some test and some come up positive and some negative. So I went to the DR and they …

Conceived despite serious Endometriosis 
I always had terrible cramps with my period when growing up. I was a majorette in high-school and sometimes it was so hard to perform and pretend everything …

Struggled to get pregnant but have two children 
I was diagnosed with endometriosis about 17 years ago, although after much research by myself I already new I had it. I was told I would find it difficult …

Three successful pregnancies after endometriosis surgery 
I have had endometriosis since I was 11 years old and I am now 38 years old. My very first period was 11 days long. My periods were tough from the beginning,but …

Successfully had 4 kids even though I have endometriosis 
My story begins with something good. I am very fortunate to have 4 wonderful kids. My endometriosis never interfered with any of my pregnancies. I am 40 …

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