Yes, I had problems conceiving because of adhesions.
The good news is I did have a child after a few years of trying.
We tried again when my daughter was 3 or so with no luck. I went to fertility specialist as did my husband and both of us were okay. I'm now 47 and my first surgery was at 17 and my daughter was born when I was 28. I've had a ton of surgeries and ultimately a total hysterectomy.
Don't give up. Keep track of your ovulation and be patient. There are a few more tips my doctor gave me which I'd be glad to tell you about, but email me direct at CarynlRuzich@comcast.net.
Caryn
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From: "IAS Admin (Tracy)" <tracy.joslin@adhesions.org>
> Sender: soccerfem3@yahoo.com (Bethany)
> Subject: Adhesions and possible infertility???
>
> To start off, I'll give you a brief bit of my history (or as brief as I
> can put it). I am now 25 years old. When I was just a year old, I had
> abdominal surgery for an intestinal volvulus, which is where the bowels
> twist, and they twist around eachother. My bowels were re-arranged from
> the surgery, so much so, that they had to remove my appendix because it
> ended up in my left upper abdomen (instead of the right lower abdomen,
> where it should be). My large bowels are located on the left half of my
> abdomen and my small bowels on the right. I never had any problems
> growing up, until I was 18 years old, when I had my first bowel
> obstruction. This was in January of 2002. In total, I've been
> hospitalized with 4 bowel obstructions since January of '02. In between
> hospitalizations, I have what I can only describe as
> "mini-obstructions". Its the same quality of pain and same location, it
> just never progresses enough for me to go to the ER. My GI doc suggests
> that adhesions are to blame for my obstructions.
>
> I'm now 25 years old and am trying to get pregnant with my husband of
> almost 2 years. I've been trying to conceive since December of 2007.
> After only 3 cycles of trying to conceive, I was put on Clomid, after it
> was determined that I was not ovulating. The majority of women who get
> put on clomid become pregnant within 3 cycles of Clomid. I'm now on my
> 4th, expecting my period any day now, as I don't think I'm pregnant. I
> have a laparoscopic surgery scheduled for September 23rd, because my OB
> said that I have a 50/50 chance of having adhesions in my reproductive
> tract, which could be displacing my ovaries.
>
> My question is.. is there anybody out there who has had a similar
> problem with adhesions and trying to get pregnant? I really don't have
> much hope for getting pregnant before my laparoscopy. I get these
> crampy type pains in my pelvic area, right on the inside of my hips,
> which I suspect to be adhesions. So, I just don't know...
>
> Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.
>