This episode continues on from Episode 22, as a more general episode to help improve people’s overall understanding of Endo during Endometriosis Awareness Month. Strategies and treatments should be viewed differently between if you are trying to get pregnant or not. Not all conventional treatments are appropriate, for example, taking the contraceptive pill or the coil are obviously not options! So that leaves surgery, and this is why I wanted to present the advantages and disadvantages of surgery, which is considered gold standard treatment for treating Endometriosis.
I then go onto to talk through the actions used in a functional approach to support the body to enable it to heal by itself. I also talk about the need to take an integrative approach, using a variety of tools to compliment and support the body to heal and deal with Endometriosis, and also to improve fertility. It is important to note that whilst Endo and fertility are very much linked, they are also not mutually exclusive – there may be things out of balance in your body that are not necessarily caused by the Endometriosis, but rather are doing the causing or triggering of Endo.
It is a rather complex picture, but I have attempted to try to simplify it as much as I can in one episode!
So in this episode I talk about:
- Surgical intervention
- Excision and ablation surgery
- Advantages and disadvantages of surgery for your fertility
- Questions to ask yourself if you are considering surgery
- Hormonal medical treatment post-surgery
- Nutrition
- Digestion
- Liver Function
- Hormones
- Nervous System
PLUS, I also let you know of some amazing upcoming interviews I have scheduled in the coming weeks!
NEW FREEBIE to download for the month of March in support of Endometriosis Awareness Month:
Relevant podcast episodes
- EF#21: Endometriosis and Your Fertility
- EF#20: Five Functional Tests for Endo Fertility
- EF#17: Stop Feeding Your Endo & Optimise Your Womb Lining by Balancing Your Estrogen
- EF#12: Five Things to Increase Stomach Acid (Part 2)
- EF#10: Five Reasons Why Stomach Acid Is So Important (Part 1)
- EF #9 Healing the Gut & CNS Reduces Endo Pain and Infertility with Dr Jessica Drummond
- EF#6: Using Food as Medicine for Endometriosis and TTC
- EF#5: Good Guts, Lively Livers, Fibroids & Endometriosis with Christine Garvin
- EF #4 Stress, Hormones, Fertility and Endo
Relevant blogs:
References:
- Marcoux S., Maheux R., Berube S (1987). Laparoscopic surgery in infertile women with minimal or mild endometriosis. Canadian Collaborative Group on Endometriosis. New England Journal of Medicine; 337: 217-22.
- Sutton C.J., Ewen S.P., Whitelaw N., Haines P (1994). Prospective randomised double- blind controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal, mild and moderate endometriosis. Fertility and Sterility 62: 696-700.
- Sutton C.J., Polley A.S., Ewen S.P., Haines P (1997). Follow-up report on a randomised controlled trial of laser laparoscopy in the treatment of pelvic pain associated with minimal to moderate endometriosis. Fertility and Sterility 68: 1070-4.
- Endometriosis, Fertility and Pregnancy (2008) by Endometriosis UK. Available at: https://endometriosis-uk.org/sites/endometriosis-uk.org/files/files/Information/fertility.pdf
Further Endo Fertility resources:
- Join my Endo Fertility community! Find us in the Thrive and Conceive with Endometriosis Facebook Group.
- Follow me on Instagram and Facebook
- Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Optimistic Future
This episode is sponsored by the Endo Fertility Resource Library where you can get your 3 amazing freebies: E-Book:
- 5 Things I Learnt to Drop My Pain & Optimise My Fertility,
- Your Guide to Super Sperm
- 88 Ways I Dropped My Pain and Got Pregnant.
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