Hi everyone,
A newbie here. I am considering doing a laparoscopy procedure to address my endo in order to increase my chances of fertility. Has anyone gone through this procedure who can tell me what kind of downtime to expect?
I work a full-time job and would rather be able to work soon after the procedure. How many days recovery does this normally take? How many cycles do I have to wait before trying to conceive again?
Thanks in advance!
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ME(41.5) ENDO; DH(42) fine; DS(6) born 01/11 natural pg; TTC#2: since 10/14
IUI#1-6: all BFNs
IVF#1 05/16 7 ret, 3 fert, 0 gen normal
Re: Laparoscopy for endo recovery time?
In my case, I only had 3 tiny spots that were removed, so recovery was mostly related to the anesthesia and the 3 small, abdominal incisions.
I had surgery on a Friday and went back to work on Monday. The day I had surgery, I was very groggy and had a sore throat most of the day from the tracheal tube. The next day, I was tired and a little sore. The 3rd day I felt fine mostly, and probably could have went back to work. There are restrictions for lifting post surgery, that prevented me from doing some tasks at my job for another week, but I felt fine.
I hope this helps!
We had no restrictions on TTC post surgery, but I didn't feel up for BD'ing for a few days, since I was sore.
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
Married 10/12
DS 11/14
Ectopic 2/16
PCOS/Ovulation Dysfunction 11/16
IUI x 3- BFN
Laparoscopy 3/17 Endo and tubal damage
IVF- 4/17- 40 eggs retrieved, 10 blasts, 7 pgs tested embryos
FET- 6/17- BFP!
Due Feb 15, 2017
MFI (High DNA Fragmentation) & Mild endometriosis
Aug 2016 - May 2017 6 IUI's with letrozole - BFN
April 2017 - laparoscopy to remove mild endo
June 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU - Cancelled early ovulation, no eggs retrieved.
Aug/Sept 2017 - Mini IVF letrozole 12.5mg, Gonal-F 75IU, cetrotide - 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature
5 eggs ICSI'd 6 eggs frozen - 1 day 5 blast transfered, 2 expanded blast frozen - BFP!
May 2018 - Baby girl born - Our Joy
TTC #2 since July 2019
July 2019 - FET - BFN
Jan 2020 - FET - canceled due to family health issues
Mar 2020 - FET - low beta - chemical pregnancy
July 2020 - ICSI'd remaining 6 eggs - 3 fertilized - 2 survived to early blast stage, transfered both - Chemical Pregnancy
PCOS baby due October 09, 2016
Beta #1: 22.5
Beta #2: 74
Me:28-Severe Endometriosis DH:30 -Excellent
Spring 2008-Started TTC
Fall 2011"Unexplained Infertiltiy"-3 IUI's with Clomid-All BFN
Spring 2013-Divorce
Feb 2017-RE Consult "unexplained Infertiltiy"
Mar, Apr, May 2017-Letrozole/Ovidrel/IUI-BFN's
July 2017-Laproscopy/Hysteroscopy-"Severe Endometriosis with Bowel Lesion not removed"
November 2017-IVF-14-Retrieved, 7 Mature, 6 Fertilized(ICSI) 0 embryos. Fertilized did not divide.
New d(x)-Egg problem