Ms B?bhinn Nic Liam:

It is a complete myth. It is one of those myths that have grown up with endometriosis. We have anecdotes of very young women who were told they have endometriosis and they can either have a hysterectomy or get pregnant, neither of which actually treats endometriosis in any way. In fact people who are pregnant and who have endometriosis are often denied the pain relief they need because it is believed by their gynaecologist that the pregnancy somehow does away with all pain. That completely negates the fact that their patients are actually suffering, maybe a lot more because of adhesions and so on being stretched. Pregnancy and hysterectomies are not treatments for endometriosis at all.