Comments on: Diagnosis: Infertility Caused By Scar Tissue

By: renee

renee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:03:41 +0000

can bacterial vaginosis stop you from conceving?

By: WF

WF — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:12:56 +0000

There are so many diagnosisis and causes of infertility that it is best to try and find a supportive Fertility / IVF clinic.

By: Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:44:38 +0000

I saw infertility doc who pushed IVF right away because HSG showed both tubes blocked. For personal reasons, IVF is out of the question. I had dye pushed through my tubes via HSG in 2008 to “unblock” tubes. No pregnancy. Then I quit my super stressful job, lost 50 lbs, and had another dye HSG to see if tubes were still open. The tubes were partially closed and the HSG unblocked them again. A month later I conceived. Baby is due at the end of 2010. Every dang doc I saw was so darn negative about the possibility of my becoming pregnant and they were downright condescending when I told them IVF was not something I would do. Anyway, had an ultrasound to make sure the wee one is in the uterus and not in the tubes. Wee one is in the right place. Sometimes these docs do not know every dang thing and we have to ignore their negativity and keep on keeping on. I did not let them take my tubes either despite their claim that they are useless to me. Removing them would have made IVF my only option for bearing children. Some of these doctors make me sick.

By: mash

mash — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:54:12 +0000

I had a ruptured liver after a horse riding accident, and I spent a few weeks in an induced coma in ICU. This happened 11 years ago. After a few months of TTC I asked the gynae if that’s what caused it, and she said no, definitely not. A year later, I went to a fertility specialist who saw the scars on my belly and instantly diagnosed scar tissue problems. An HSG confirmed one blocked tube, and he told me the other is very likely to be damaged. A lap is out of the question for me as the adhesions might have affected my bowel, causing it to adhere to my abdominal wall, and if the scope sinks into my bowel, it could be life threatening.

IVF it is then!

By: Holly Jensen

Holly Jensen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:33 +0000

My Husband and I were married 8 months ago. We started trying to have kids right away since he was older than me. Neither one of us has had kids. I have a great OBGYN and he said that I need to have an HSG done. I did, the right tube was completely blocked. From there he suggested a laporoscopy to remove the right tube. He said that he could trying clearing the tube but that it would probably lead to an ectopic pregnancy if I was able to concieve. When I had the LAP done it turned out that I have horrible scarring everywhere. He removed my right tube and told me that the left one was completely wrapped around my left ovary. He said that we could try IUI’s but that our best option is to do IVF. How can anyone afford this option? Did my appendectomy cause this? Was birth control the culprit? Did I really have an STD? Was it caused by my IUD? There are so many questions and no answers. I am having such a hard time dealing with this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:04:04 +0000

I would also like to thank you for this article. My husband and I had been on the TTC train for about two years before I found this blog site. After reading this, a red flag went up and I brought it up to my doctor. When I was young I had my appendix removed and six months later scar tissue had grown around my intestines blocking them. This resulted in another major surgery to remove several inches of my intesine.

I had my lap done two months ago and I'm so thankful for it. She found my abdomen full of scar tissue blocking my tubes, pulling them in different directions, and my uterus attached to my bowel wall. Luckily she was able to remove the adhesions and fix things and we are currently back in TTC-mode.

I wanted to add that if you have any suspicion at all you need to get checked. In my case, I had no pain from the scar tissue and pretty normal periods. No signs that there was a problem. You just never know what is going on inside your body.

GL to all..

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:35:36 +0000

I was diagnoised with PID at 17, with three different STD tests coming back negative for everything. I am now 19 and still have reoccuring attacks, which make my periods super painful and sex with my husband, if I've recently had a bad attack, is almost non-existant because of the pain. I'm not interested in children, yet, but I know in the future, I'm going to want them. This article was very helpful to me, because I can suggest trying a lap test to see how bad the scarring is. Thank you for posting this article.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:41:00 +0000

I found your article very interesting and informative. Thank you. I am 41 and have failed over the years to conceive. I did 2 mysmectomy and told that my womb is now malfigured. I was treated over a hundred times for STD that I contracted from my husband who claimed he has always been faithful. I would like for someone to tell me if I can still conceive after experiencing all this. I am now out of a relationship for the pasr 2 yrs and is dtill interested in having even 1 child. Please help.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:56:00 +0000

My ex partner gave me chlamidya when i was just 22 years old. This resulted in an eptopic pregnancy as the left tube was full of puss. Doctors could not suggest why I was so poorly and in extreme pain and I eventually ended up having a laparoscopy to investigate, this is when they found the infection. They treated me and also told me I had PID, my womb was retrovert and the tubes had fallen behind my womb, also I know that my womb is substantially lower that it used to be with perhaps only 2 and a half inches of the vaginal entry befor I can feel my cervix. Ever since I have been in terrible pain, whilst running, during intercourse and it was getting worse. That is when I went back for a 2nd laparoscopy and they discovered severe adhesions that caused my womb to stick to my liver, they cut it off and removed adhesions and then did a tubular inslaflation ‘dye test’ when i opened my eyes from the op the doctor coldly told me I would never have children again and that a small trickle passed through the right tube and that if this did result in pregnancy it would cause another eptopic. I’m 26 now and still in pain when I have intercourse, some positions are worse than others but that feels like the position of my womb being tilted, i have various sharp pains and before periods can feel agonising pain in my tubes and ovaries. Does any one know what I can do, I so want children again, it has made me feel so depressed and the pain has ruined my sex life, my new partner and i are planning on getting married and i’m sick of pretending I’m too tired for intercourse that lasts over twenty mins its really affecting me and i don’t know how long i can keep up he pretence

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:13:00 +0000

How much does the lap test cost? My situation, after trying 3 years:

1) Clomid challenge--ok
2) H's sperm--ok
3) 1st HSG--blocked
4) IVF --> failed
5) 2nd HSG--one side open (WTF?)
6) 1st IUI --> low beta, then failed
7) 2nd IUI --> failed

I asked before the 2nd IUI if we needed more testing and was told no. But at over 2K per medicated IUI and around 15K per IVF, I feel like I need more answers. I don't think a lap has been brought up. Or, the doc may have said it wasn't worth it due to cost or something. I don't remember. But if one HSG showed blockage on both sides and the 2nd showed one side blocked....