Just before my 30th birthday, when I was studying to become a dietitian, I suddenly experienced excruciating pain low down in my abdomen. I struggled to even stand up straight, let alone walk. It lasted for a few days, and then I was able to resume some sort of normal activity.
My doctor put it down to IBS, but when it happened again a few weeks later, I sought private help, and I was told it was likely endometriosis. I ended up having a laparoscopy, during which endometrial tissue was removed. But it grew back a few years later and I had a repeat procedure.
My husband and I had no problems conceiving our first child when I was 27. But after two years of trying for another baby several years later, we were diagnosed with unexplained infertility, although endometriosis may have played a part.
We decided to go the IVF route, mainly due to our ages, and I searched for any information that
