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Editor's Note: May 13th-18th is Women's Health Week! Join us as we highlight women’s health issues (including endo!), and share messages from strong women across the world. When I first...

Have you participated in a clinical trial? Are you interested in participating in future clinical trials? We want to hear more about your experience! Endometriosis.net/Health Union is teaming up with...

As the UK becomes more vegan and celiac friendly, I find it’s getting easier and easier to eat for endometriosis. As I don’t have children, and my partner is very...

My endometriosis is like my love of Jeff Goldblum, something that’s been around since middle school that my partner needs to be comfortable with. I broached the topic of my...

No matter your age or whether you wanted to have children or not, having a hysterectomy can cause a lot of emotions that can be hard to deal with. Pregnancy...

“How are you feeling?” The question I truly HATE for people to ask. To be honest, when I was first diagnosed with endometriosis, I craved for family and friends to...

I remember talking with a friend one day about guided meditations. I’ve listened to many over the years and even lead quite a few in my yoga classes. They can...

I’m a podcast fanatic. My morning routine isn’t complete without a good podcast keeping me company. I can’t even remember how I first came to listen to podcasts, or how...

It’s been a year since my last surgery. My surgeon used both ablation and excision to remove all of my endometriosis, from my bladder, ovaries, and around the sacral area...

I have been battling stage four endometriosis for 15 years. I most definitely understand the various avenues of where frustrations can occur from. For most of my life, it seemed...

In June of 2016, I flew to Atlanta, Georgia to go to The Center For Endometriosis Care. It was with surgeon Ken Sinervo that I was scheduled to have a...

Years after I stopped taking hormonal birth control — pills and then the NuvaRing — I looked for answers as to why it never eased my symptoms (and made them...

Thanks to the countless distractions in our world, it’s easy to become very disconnected from our body and its needs. It’s often not until we get a loud signal from...

Are your hormones getting hijacked by the products in your home? According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), there are 12 hormone-altering chemicals that should be avoided. Let’s take a...

It is very easy to confuse the symptoms of endometriosis and uterine fibroids. They have many similar and overlapping symptoms. Because of this, it can be especially difficult to tell...

Whether or not you have a child, most individuals would agree that parenting is hard. Although there is no right or wrong way to raise a child, new trends, latest...

Having a good doctor is so important, especially when coping with a chronic illness such as endometriosis. I have been under the care of Dr. Karen Leedom* for the past...

Painful sex is a common complaint of women with endo. And I’m no exception. While sex is now on the table, it can still be uncomfortable. So, I’ve learned to...

Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases, occurring in 5-10% of women, but it is rarely diagnosed in teenage girls. While most commonly associated with women ages 30-45...

For me, cramps are an inevitable part of my period. I have two settings for them: bad and horrible. They are almost never mild. However, I have noticed there are...