wondering about pregnancy, if it's possible?

[bonbon1981]

In 2006 I had a laparoscopy done, for a cyst on my left ovary. When My dr. got inside me, he found the cyst was a lot bigger than he expected. So with that I had half of the left ovary removed; there was still some healthy tissue left- so my dr. left the other half of my ovary.

with my left tube, I guess it was damaged or something; I forget exactly. So.... half of it was removed along with half of the ovary.
now I have half of my left ovary & half of my left tube left. the remaining left tube is dilated. I'm wondering how exactly does the tube become dilated? is that in result of the endometriosis? I never imagined that I would have a dilated non-functional tube.

I had an HSG test done, 1st test I had in 2007- both tubes had tubal obstruction. So I guess my right tube was blocked.
I had a 2nd HSG test done a couple weeks ago & my right tube is open.
I'm wondering something, how could my tube open up; if it wasn't open before? I thought the endometriosis blocked my right tube.

Lets see... I did IVF in 2007, I've done it 3x's; cuz we thought my tubes were both blocked. My ob/gyn told me that the best option of getting pregnant would be doing IVF, plus my husband has low sperm count/poor motility.

With doing IVF, I did get pregnant the first time, eggs were really poor quality; But miscarried. We used my husbands sperm; but I'm not sure if that's what caused the miscarriage.
With my 2nd cycle, we increased my stimulation medication dosage & I ended up getting only 1 egg & multiple endo cysts. Since I've had 3 surgeries I guess my FSH level is slightly high (around 11.5) so I guess with my response to medication it's sort of poor.
3rd cycle, we did an appropriate medication dosage I got I think 6 eggs. the eggs were much better quality-we used donor sperm. My dr. transferred 5 eggs; I didn't get pregnant. I have no idea why it didn't work & I"m not pregnant.
It's weird, I'm confused- cuz the first time I did get pregnant; the eggs were very poor quality. My 3rd cycle- eggs were a lot better quality & I didn't get pregnant. Anybody have any ideas?

Lets see... since my right tube is open & I have a non-functional left tube, severe endometriosis, Half of my left ovary is gone, I'm wondering if anybody knows If it's possible to get pregnant?
My husband also has poor motility & low count.

I get a lot of cysts on my left side, so I"m not sure if that's interferring with ovulation at all? I have read that when you have a cyst, it can disrupt your ovulation, & follicles. I"m wondering if anybody knows anything about that?

another thing I'm wondering is: with ovulation, does it switch sides each month? I have a blocked tube so I'm not sure really.

I get cysts on my left side, so I"m not sure if that's the side i ovulate from most? If that's possible.

I would appreciate any help, suggestions.
thanks,
Bonnie

[BC-Shelli]

I'm so sorry, it sure sounds like you've been thru a lot already. I have one question...have you ever treated the endometriosis? By treated I mean have it removed during lap and then doing treatment with a GnRH agonists such as Lupron. The reason I ask is that if there is any endo present it can really reduce your chances of a successful pregnancy. Endo does not only cause physical obstruction (blocked tubes) it also causes implantation problems in the uterus and affects egg quality.

Do you know what kind of cysts you have? Any chance they are endometriomas (endo filled)? At this point my recommendation would be another lap with removal of any visable endo, removal of the cysts, and then follow up with treatment with 3 months of Lupron to shrink any remaining endo. Follow this immediately with IVF. We had several women here get pregnant with that protocol.

Good luck!

[NikNJim]

First....I am so sorry for everything you have been dealing with.

Second...I had very large endometriomas on both ovaries. I have Crohn's Disease and a had an intestinal rescection in Jan 2006....so I was not a candidate for a lap to remove the cysts.

I found a great RE who was willing to drain the cysts (using basically the same procedure as an egg retrieval). I did Depot Lupron for 5 months to supress ovulation.

We did 2 IVF cycles (first cycle we had zero fertilization), and were sucessful on our 2nd try.

I am not sure if you are dealing with the same type of cysts, but basically my RE told me that with my endometriomas I would never get PG on my own. The cysts were taking over my ovaries.

I wish you lots of luck with whatever course you have to take.