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Lupron/fertility

Hi, I recently had a transvaginal ultrasound with a reproductive specialist which showed an endometrial wall thickening. (I've been trying to get pregnant for more than a year.)  My doctor said this finding was suggestive of Endometriosis and he suggested a month's course of lupron, followed by ovulation drugs, then IUI. He said that if that doesn't work he'd do a laboroscopy.  Does this sound like a good course of action? Do you know the pregnancy rates for lupron, followed by iui?

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Thanks Dr. Kim. He said he suspected endo. and wanted to start with lupron.  What could be other reasons for thickening. All i can find is endometrial cancer, which is really scaring me. I'm only 33.

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I may be misunderstanding you, or you may have misunderstood your reproductive specialist but I do not know how an endometrial wall thickening can suggest endometriosis.  Unless you have an ovarian cyst which suggests an endometrioma, I do not know how an ultrasound can diagnosis endometriosis.  If you indeed have endometriosis, then Lupron can be helpful to suppress it and then proceed with ovulation drugs and insemination.
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