trying to get pregnant with crohn's & endo

Hi guys!!!

I've been MIA for awhile with planning my wedding in the Caribbean's in April and my humira injections had been working. Along with dealing with endometriosis. I did the surgery on June 10th and sure enough I have endo, it was pretty bad where it pushed my ovary to the pelvic wall. We had tried getting pregnant on our honeymoon (now I know why it didn't work, plus my maid of honour did get pregnant..not that we were timing it.. but I wanted the story of having the baby from our honeymoon, clearly none of that matters anymore especially all of the health issues I'm having again)

So we've been trying ever since, but now the humira lost it's effeteness and now my crohn's is out of control again and my diet is back to the normal boring bland food. The surgery didn't help the endo, my next period was exactly like every other. I'm just so frustrated and feel like maybe we should have been trying while my crohn's was good and stable, but then I go back and say with the endo I wouldn't have gotten pregnant anyways. I'm 26 and in a perfect little world another year of waiting would have been fine with me, but all of you CD patints know it usually goes down hill from here before it gets better (I live in Canada..I've done remi and humira was my last option)  so I felt now would be the best time since the surgery was done and I'm currently endo free. But we're not getting pregnant because my period is irregular, even tho I'm tsting my LH every month. The doc finally made a decision to put me on lupron for a yr, but I refuse.. I begged him to allow me another month to try and get pregnant. So we decided if we only have another month or 2, to do insemination for a better chance.

I just really needed to let it all out to people who understand. If anyone has any advice or suggestions or just a word...PLS!!! go ahead I need anything right now.

Thanks for listening everyone!!

Post Edited (RA&CD132010) : 7/29/2010 1:15:36 PM (GMT-6)

Thanks for replying!!! I'm just sooo turned off by Lupron, especially since I suffer from arthritis already and pretty bad where some days I am unable to walk or even open a bottle of water. Lupron already causes this as it is. I through a good point at the doc (reason he is allowing me the month) I said a lot of ppl's crohn's and endo go into remission like lupron when you get pregnant, he agreed at my point (hence the extra month) I have not yet gone to see a reproductive doc yet, my appt is August 13 (the day before we move into the new house we just bought, another reason waiting another year would have been fine... but I'm just so afraid of waiting anothe yr to realize my CD isn't in any conidition allowing me to carry a child) this is what my CD doc is worried about. She also recommend lupron. My husband is really turnd off of the drug too (even tho in the end it's my decision)

Thanks, but your right it is how parenting is anyway huh!!! I love your saying!!!
Thank you again!! xo

Love_Art_Baby said...
How about Cimzia? Is that approved where you live?

no =( but it's the same thing as remi and humira, both of them took a little less then a year to lose the effectetness, I know it'd be the same for cimzia. But at least it'd give me another year!! hopefully by next year it'll be approve here in Canada