Endometriosis Stories

It's heartbreaking because sometimes I'll wake up in the middle of the night when Leah is on her period, and I'll be like, where is she? She'll just be laying in the bathtub

My prayers weren’t so much to save my own life, but for my ER caregiver not to accuse me of being an addict.

My husband and I took a trip to Japan in the spring of 2016, something we always talked about doing. I had hoped to conceive a “souvenir” while we were there, but no such luck.

After being diagnosed with Stage IV Endometriosis, Author ShaVaugn Morris wonders: Is my womanhood defined by my ability to produce another human, despite the fact I give birth daily?

Belgian author Lief Achten reveals her lifelong struggle with infertility and shares an exclusive excerpt from her novel, Flow.

So there I was: 27. On the road to divorce. Reproductively challenged. Jobless. What would I say to that girl if I could?

One woman revealed she had 12 endometriosis-related surgeries to date

Lena Dunham talks about her lifelong battle with endometriosis and how she's feeling after her hysterectomy

The catharsis from shaping and capturing these new stories helped me move forward.

"Even in the midst of a “bad day” as I called these moments, I was ready to push through. A part of me, the part that is socialized by our “suck it up” and “don’t be a baby” society, said I was just being weak...stop being so…

TV personality and reporter Diana Falzone shares her experience of endometriosis, from being asymptomatic to experiencing crippling pain, and how she navigated the healthcare system from one moment to the next.

Things were different now. I had been removed from my own cave and shown the light- how could I be expected to return to the darkness? My experience with Lupron had opened my eyes. I wasn’t just crazy or overly emotional: it was my hormones…

The word endometriosis had never been a part of my vocabulary; I had never heard of it as a diagnosis nor as a possible affliction neither within my own family nor in the course of normal conversation. When my adolescent daughter was experiencing…