RTÉ's Tracy Clifford hopes to help other women by highlighting ...

The broadcaster first revealed her fertility struggles in December of last year, sharing how she and her fiancé Mark had difficulties trying to start a family.

Endometriosis is defined by the HSE as "a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb starts to grow in other places. For example, the ovaries, the lining of the tummy and fallopian tubes."

Speaking to Miriam O’Callaghan on RTÉ Radio 1, Tracy explained that she learned that she had been going through “silent endometriosis” after years of fertility issues.

“After all these years of trying, that was the missing piece,” she said.

“And it’s not silent, though. Like, we’re calling it silent endometriosis, it means you’re not in screaming pain every month. It’s very loud, it’s affecting your fertility.

“Through my research I discovered that 47pc of people who have unsuccessful fertility journeys, it’s endometriosis. People think you have to be in pain, and you really don’t. It’s completely nuanced, really.

“There’s so many different areas and levels of endometriosis that we just don’t know about.”

Tracy said she’s received heaps of support since she first spoke out about the condition with the RTÉ Guide and on Instagram.

She said: “The amount of people that contacted me afterwards was unbelievable, men as well.

“I know a lot of people who have contacted me and told me that they have endometriosis but they did go on to have successful pregnancies. I love hearing stories like that.

“For me, it might happen, it might not happen, but for people out there who have no success at the moment with fertility, I would actually just really ask people to ask their doctors or ask their GPs about endometriosis.

“It doesn’t mean that your fertility journey is over, not at all.”

Tracy also encouraged people to join the Endometriosis Association of Ireland, adding: “If I could help somebody today talking about fertility or endometriosis and how painful it is and how we need more information in our healthcare system and how we need to talk about it more.

“And maybe, you know, if somebody’s going through a journey and they’re not being successful, maybe endometriosis, that could be one of the issues.”