I'm a little bit confused about what you're asking. Do you want to freeze your eggs?

more than likely they will not retrieve eggs during a lap as it is a very different procedure and will likely not be done by a professional who handles things such as egg retrieval. I think that some research needs to be done by both of you on what a lap entails and on fertility treatments (egg retrieval/freezing) it will help answer some of your questions

I'm confused too because you say you don't want to be pregnant....so why do you want to freeze eggs?? Freezing eggs is expensive and you have to be on hormones for at least a month (not sure when your surgery is)'

I dont he wants to freeze them for a surrogate... I just am scared shitless of egg retrieval so I was wondering if it were that bad. I hate surgery and my worst pain is during ovulation. So fertility drugs egg retrieval and endo is that even smart? It seems like it would put me thru more torture. Anyone else following this? I drank just so I wouldnt think. Fertility drugs seem awful

If you do not want children, then why go through the mess of trying to harvest your eggs? Forget about it and move one, I'd say! ONWARD AND UPWARD!
I CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THE THINGS IN LIFE THAT I CAN NOT CHANGE!
My point being, why worry when it sounds like there is nothing to worry about. Cheers!

I hate to be brash, but this kind of indecision is exactly why doctors generally refuse to give hysterectomies to young patients. You just did a complete 180 from saying that you absolutely never want children and want a hysterectomy to suddenly wanting to freeze your eggs for a surrogate.

An egg retrieval is not a surgery, nor is it "not smart" for a patient with endo. You don't ovulate; that's the whole point. They go in and manually take the mature oocytes before the follicles have a chance to rupture. The process of IVF was originally developed for use in women with severe endometriosis and is incredibly safe.

You do ovulate hence the fertility drugs they give.you they make ylu ovulate to get the eggs while thwir fertile. I dont want to do this at all and am trying to tell my.boyfriend why. And it is a surgery how else do they get your eggs? He wanted to freeze an egg to put in a surrogate. I was trying to tell him its more complicated than that. And I never changed my mind about a hysterectomy. Although at the moment I finally stopped bleeding.

During IVF you do not ovulate prior to egg retrieval and to make sure of it your Dr would have you also add in a medication called antagon, ganirelex or even Lupron that will hold off ovulation. The fertility drugs are to make you produce multiple follicles so that you will have lots of eggs for retrieval. They then give you a medication that can make you ovulate. They add this because it finishes up the eggs becoming mature but they retrieve them before you can ovulate.

I would suggest if your boyfriend is really pushing this then go for an IVF consult with a fertility specialist. In most places IVF is not covered by insurance and can run from 8,000 and up typically not including the 2-4,000ish in meds you would need. Its really expensive. Then fertilizing and freezing the eggs is expensive with a yearly charge. Using a surrogate in the future is even more expensive on top of it all. All the money may make him think twice about it all.

For now I think the best idea would be to have a lap to clean things up. Its amazing how good I feel after one and stay on continuous birth control to help hold off endo and symptoms coming back. And if you are just using a normal OB/GYN for your lap, I would suggest consulting with a fertility specialist for your surgery. From my experience they typically are more successful cleaning up as much as possible and keeping your fertility in tack for the future.

Alana, you do NOT OVULATE during IVF, and an egg retrieval is NOT a surgery. Why would you even ask if you don't want to do it and you're going to tell me I'm wrong? They retrieve the eggs from your ovaries BEFORE you ovulate with a small hollow needle through your vagina. No ovulation, no surgery.

Jesus what is your problem? Im asking so I'm informed everything I read is sounding scary. I honestly dont want to do it but was asking to tell my boyfriend why it wasnt the greatest idea.

Thank you lm I am using a specialist for endo and vulvodynia children are not really my thing and I dont want to get pregnant but told him I would ask and see what other people have to say. He was thinking if I did get a hysterectomy that it might be nice to freeze eggs but honestly I don't want to dump hormones or anything into my body as its not important to me but figured it would be fair to check it out.

My problem is that you asked a question and then rudely told me I was wrong when I (correctly) answered it.

You need to chill there was absolutely nothing wrong with what I said when I misunderstood sorry im not einstein when it comes to egg retrieval. I was following an article that states a surgical procedure meaning surgery. Meaning fuck that. I have been suffering and bleeding since I was 3 I'm pretty sure any one can understand why id be hesitant. I was also reading an article which perhaps i misunderstood. The only reason why im asking is because my boyfriend asked me to find out what exactly it was. I have no plans of ever getting pregnant (and given my medical issues is frankly not a good idea anyway) but I wanted to look at options because I do eventually want kids and if the surrogacy stuff could work im for it. Heres the article I read yes its possible I misunderstood but none of this sounds good. And ill be damned if I'm going on lupron. But seriously nothing I asked was bad or wrong to wonder about. There's a very good chance im not even fertile.

http://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1127/#cycle

Alana,
I don't think what you asked was wrong, but the wording was slightly confusing and in fact you have stated in the past that you don't want children, so I can see how people would be confused by your post (I was as well).

I have not read the article that you posted, but the fact that they stated retrieval is a "surgical procedure" does not mean it is surgery where they cut you open. Not all "surgical procedures" are treated equally. For example; I had a punctual duct cauterized (which is one of the ducts in bottom eye lid of your eye). All my Dr. did was burn the duct to close it up, it was literally a 2 min procedure. This was considered a "surgical procedure" even though I was awake, was not sedated, and there was absolutely no cutting. Do you see my point?

As for endo and fertility treatment. As Kdeezy said, it is perfectly safe for endo patients. Approximately 30-50% of patients with endo also suffer infertility, and many seek fertility treatment. The retrieval process is not surgery in the conventional sense, though may be referred to as a "surgical procedure". Also, Lupron used during fertility treatment is not used in the same way as it is for endo treatment. For one, the dose is much lower and doesn't/isn't meant to stay in your system as long.

Ok, so now I want to mention something else and I am not trying to be harsh, but may come off that way. I have noticed in many of your post you at times seem to be misinformed. I really encourage you to do a lot of research on endo and if you are interested infertility treatment. There are many websites that will explain things without being as difficult to fully understand as some medical articles are (I am not saying that to offend you, I just finished nursing school and there are many times I have a hard time understanding the point of medical journals, they can be very dense). I the reason I bring this up is because you have mentioned numerous times that you think a lap will make your endo worse. But the fact is. if done with a skilled surgeon, surgery would not make it worse, it should make it better (though it is true that some people do not respond to surgery). I know you mentioned you are using the Dr. who treated your vulvodynia, but the fact is that most Dr's are not skilled enough to treat endo. There are very few Dr's in the US that can properly excise endo. Endo implants are extremely small and require an extremely skilled surgeon to remove properly.
As a patient, you are your own best advocate, but you can't advocate for yourself without being properly informed, and that requires research. I also suggest you research why having a hysterectomy at a young age is not really good, which is why most Dr's are hesitant to perform it on young patients (aside from the fact that it NOT a cure for endo).
Many patients do not receive appropriate care (not just endo patients, all patients) because they don't know how to or aren't able to advocate for themselves.
Being armed with correct information is your best weapon in battling this disease.

Again, my post isn't meant to attack you or make you feel bad, and I don't see anything wrong with you asking questions, but want to point out that is seems you should do a little more research regarding this disease.

Good Luck!

Thanks but that was more of irrational fear regarding lap. Just forget it no big deal thanks for your help

I'd just like to chime in on this thread. I went to see a pelvic pain specialist when I was trying to get pregnant naturally on our own. I was ready to stop trying and he told me to be very careful if I was considering IVF because the drugs they use for egg retreival are the same drugs they use to GROW endo lesions prior to excision surgery. I stopped trying after a year and a half and decided to accept the cards I was delt and just move on with life. I'm back on the pill continual and so very happy but I just wanted to comment on the fact about the drugs used grow endo.