Carolina Murineanu, 33, suffers with a condition which affects around 1.5 million women in the UK
05:30, 02 Nov 2025Updated 11:58, 03 Nov 2025
Puiu and Carolina Murineanu
A woman has shared how she and her husband hope that a £4,430 treatment will help them to become parents.
It comes after Carolina Murineanu suffered three devestating miscarriages in the first years of her marriage to husband Puiu.
The 33-year-old later learned that she has endometriosis – a condition which causes cells similar to those in the womb to grow elsewhere in the body.
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Endometriosis – also referred to as ‘endo’ – is known to cause severe pain for many women and is thought to affect around 1.5m people in the UK.
Carolina, who works as a operations coordinator for a non profit organisation, first found out she was pregnant in 2020.
Puiu and Carolina Murineanu on their wedding day
Speaking about that time, she said: “We were overjoyed and excited to begin our journey as a family.
“However, that excitement was short-lived. One night, I began experiencing intense pain that felt like someone was stabbing me from the inside followed by bleeding.
“We rushed to A&E, where the doctors confirmed that I was going through a miscarriage. We never imagined this could happen to us and little did we know that this experience would be the beginning of a painful road.
“That same year I got pregnant again and the excitement came back, with a mix of emotions as well. Sadly, that pregnancy also ended in a miscarriage. It became clear that we needed to understand what was happening in my body.”
Carolina, from Walsall, hoped that her GP could help her find out why she was struggling to carry a pregnancy to term.
However, she was shocked to find out that this would only happen if she and 39-year-old Puiu, who works as a physiotherapist, went through a third pregnancy loss.
“For the next two years, I repeatedly approached our GP to request further investigations, but was always told that such tests would only be offered after three miscarriages,” she said.
Carolina added: “In early 2023, I became pregnant again. This time, we were cautious and informed our GP early on to ensure we had support from the beginning.
“However, around the seventh week, I started bleeding again and rushed to the hospital for a scan. The doctor assured me that everything seemed fine, and I even saw our little baby on the screen.
“But deep down, I knew something was wrong. Once again, I miscarried.
“With three miscarriages now, I finally qualified for further medical investigations. However, our experience with the NHS was disappointing and frustrating, including what felt like half-hearted investigations, as well as a general disregard for my concerns.
“This emotional and physical toll left me drained and, at one point, I found myself in a deep depression that only God was able to heal and take me out of that pit.”
She eventually sought private treatment to find out if she had any issues with fertility.
“Over the past 12 plus months, it has taken immense amounts of time and energy, doing our research and advocating for ourselves to finally identify with doctors and some specialists the diagnosis for endometriosis, a condition in which tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows outside the uterus,” she said.
“This condition can cause severe pain, infertility, and recurrent miscarriage.
“Along the way we learned that endometriosis affects over 1.5 million women in the UK alone, often beginning in puberty and lasting until menopause. On average, it takes seven to 10 years to receive a diagnosis, primarily because the condition is largely invisible and can only be definitively diagnosed through surgery, typically a laparoscopy.”
Carolina is now hoping to raise just over £4,000 for private treatment to treat the endometriosis.
She said: “This diagnosis brought some relief—we finally had an explanation for our losses. But we still faced a tough decision: should we wait for an NHS referral for surgery or seek private care?
“Due to long NHS waiting times for surgeries like laparoscopy, which can take over a year, we chose to seek out private medical care to pay for surgery in hopes of improving my health to prepare for healthy full term pregnancies.
“The surgery to remove the endometriosis will take place at Beacon Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and is scheduled for January 20, 2026. The total cost for the procedure is €5,075 (about £4,430).”
Carolina and Puiu now hope to raise the money for the treatment and have set up a GoFundMe page.
Click here to view the fundraiser.