Hello friends,

we've been trying to conceive for about 17 months without success. Here is a very brief overview. If anyone can shed some light or has had a similar experience to what we've gone through - please help us by offering suggestions!

My husband and I are 33 and in good health.

We tried for about 6 months, then my husband had his sperm checked. It was completely normal.

I had a "day 3" blood test around the same time which was completely normal. We tried for a few more months.

I had three months of clomid from months 9 to 12.

After 12 months, I had an hsg, which showed a possibility of scar tissue. Then I had a saline test which confirmed that.

My doctor recommended a hysteroscopy and a laproscopy - basically one removed the scar tissue. The laproscopy uncovered endometriosis, which my doctor described as light, and said he was able to remove "most" of it.

He mentioned that it's possible sperm is unable to do it's job because endometriosis may cause a sort of reaction with it. He said there was a drug that must be taken for about 5 months to fully repress any lingering endometriosis. But there is no telling if it would really help any - and the fact that the procedure was a "success" really sort of meant that we were back to square one - healthy and ready to conceive again. That coupled with more clomid, we thought, would put back in business.

Also, an iui would bypass all this.

As of today, (now 17 tries), i've been on clomid again for 3 months. And again, no success. I've also taken prometrium from 2 days after ovulation for the past two months.

Finally, I just had an ultrasound and the doc said the follicle was there and ok.

So at this point, I feel as though we should be conceiving. But since we haven't, questions linger.

We're facing iui, which would bypass any endometriosis, and tell us if that was the issue. If that doesn't work - then I suppose we'll have to consider more significant issues.

But we still have hopes that we'll conceive "unassisted". I suppose that since I had the laproscopy to remove "most" of the endometriosis and have a "clean slate", we've really only tried about 4 times since then.

So I don't know whether to just keep trying, or move right to iui without delay.

I feel as if i've had a few issues here, but nothing too uncommon. Has anyone else had the same issues and conceived on their own? Or are you still trying? Are there any other tests any of you have had that I should ask for?

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you!