To visit the doctors? (TMI warning)

[SofaSurfer20]

Let me take you through it and you decide if i should go to the doctors.

For what its worth we are trying for a baby and I am not due period till Sunday 14th April (i have period every 7ish weeks).

Sunday night my partner and I had sex, very rough but very good. Immediately after we finished i were sore inside and 2 hours later the pain increased so much i had to take pain killers.

Woke up Monday morning as usual, sore but nothing drastic. Took DD to school and started studying. Then shortly after my stomach started hurting so much I took 2 30/500mg Co-codamol and 1 250mg Naproxen tablet with a hot water bottle. Even so i was doubled over in pain. I started bleeding but only a small amount (I use a menstrual cup). I was topped up on pain medication all day.

Tuesday, I was in so much pain all day, doubled over even after pain killers. And a hot water bottle all day. Around 5:45pm I finally had some reprieve and got a call from work to go in for a couple hours. I agreed and went in. By the time i got there I was in agony again, my boss asked me 4 times if i was ok, then she sent me home less than 2 hours after I got there. I changed cup once in the morning and it only had a little in it. I changed it again at 2:50pm eith about 2tbsp full (just before picking up DD) and didn't change it again till this morning.

This morning there was about 1tbsp full. 17hours. Today I'm in agony again, taken pain killers and got a hot water bottle on as hot as I can stand it. Barely moved today.

This is not normal at all for me, i never have this much pain and the bleeding is very unusual for me. Usually day 1 and 2 get steadily heavier until day 3 where its very heavy then eases off day 4 and barely anything day 5.

If you've got this far please don't suggest A&E as no, Im not going up there.

AIBU to go to the doctors today? I feel like crap and in so much pain.

Its sore but not as bad as it was.

@Mymomsbetterthanyomom Go be judgy elsewhere. Sometimes a woman craves nothing but a hard fuck.

You really think "rough sex" was a good idea while idea while you are trying to get pregnant?Seriously!!

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I mean, really. What on earth would the problem with that be? Best not enjoy yourself too much OP, you're supposed to be bloody miserable.

Some judgy people around.

Some really nice ones though. Stopped bleeding but pain is still there, not as bad as it was though do I'm hoping it eases off soon as its getting to me now

Did they do a blood test to check for blood hcg level (can pick up pregnancy earlier than urine test)? Also bloods to check your inflammatory markers?

I would go to A&E if it doesn't improve. When I presented at A&E with the same symptoms they immediately queried ectopic or a strangulated/ruptured cyst, also atypical appendicitis (doesn't always present as right sided pain). I went around 10am, within half an hour I was hooked up to an IV and the A&E nurse gave me IV morphine. Then X-ray to look for free fluid then a TV scan which revealed the ruptured cyst. It took them a while to organise the TV scan as it was a weekend so no radiographers, in the meantime they admitted me to gynae ward and I was kept nil by mouth until the scan. Scan showed the cyst and blood in the pelvic cavity so they whisked me into surgery and fixed it.

Please insist on blood hcg levels sooner rather than later. I have had 2 ectopics which went to 8 weeks but I was lucky in that the pg implanted in a wider part of the Fallopian tube, otherwise I would have been in pain much sooner. Please please get it ruled out definitively.

Yep, 10 'pumps' in the missionary position and splat. Legs up in the air. No fun trying for a baby. Every 24 hours just in case .

@Mymomsbetterthanyomom I got pregnant by having rough sex. LO is a proper bruiser not fussed by anything runs into walls and everything absolutely fine.

Ffs seriously

Sorry you are still having pain op

There was no blood test, no scan.

Ill call monday to get an app. As i said the pain has reduced to a 'bloody uncomfortable' level now with a few sharp pains every now and then.

My experience was almost identical to OneStep except that my pain was on the right. I was given morphine IV immediately. They queried ectopic (bit old for that but not impossible), ruptured cyst/ovarian torsion or appendicitis.

Blood test showed inflammatory markers were high, a touch test indicated appendicitis so they put me on nil by mouth to have my appendix out. My DH, a surgeon, visited that night and I told him I didn’t think it was appendicitis. Felt more gynae. He had a feel and thought I might be right, (but he couldn’t be sure). So next morning I told them I didn’t think it was appendicitis and was sent for another better ultrasound, and they decided ruptured cyst + internal bleeding.

Im gonna call in the morning as i went into work today and unfortunately very busy. Now I'm in a lot of pain again as well as stomach being swollen.

A doctor needs to bother to do an internal examination. You may well need a scan/imaging of some sort too. Unfortunately you shouldn’t have been left for so long without a proper examination.
Do keep us updated on how you get on. Hope you get better and that the next medical professional to see you is thorough and kind. 💐

@SofaSurfer20 sorry to hear about your pain. Just wanted to say I had rough sex one night, and I swear dp pushed my cervix up into my womb. The pain I had the following day. Deep in my womb area, and moving from side to side. It took about 4/5 days to totally settle. I’m not saying this is exactly what you have, just that I can sympathise from having similar pain in similar circumstances. (Before anyone says anything- totally consensual, I don’t need to explain my sex life which is very good thank you). Oh and please don’t take extra painkillers over the recommended dose.

Sorry you’re still suffering. Are you able to get the number for your local EPU? My GP refused to refer me when I had similar symptoms. I nearly died from a ruptured ectopic, and would have done if I hadn’t self referred. Lost my tube, had a blood transfusion so can no longer donate, and all because my GP was on a power trip and didn’t want to listen. Women apparently know nothing of their own bodies and should treat pain as normal.

That's hopeless sofasurfer! I hope you get sorted out soon.

I don't want to sound alarmist, but it may be worth warning the people around you. If you were to be taken worse suddenly, it would help if they knew there was a history to it.

Just read the OPs posts and can’t believe no one has had a look with a speculum.

Rough sex can cause internal tears. When I worked I got year years ago I remember a young girl who came in for surgery - basically the same as you get if you tear during childbirth - due to rough sex. She was admadent it was consensual.

I can’t belive they’ve not looked with a speculum, done and internal exam and an internal ultrasound????!!!!

Has anyone done a blood test to check your BHCG levels? Some people don’t get positive tests on pregnancy tests for many weeks. You need a blood test to rule out pregnancy and the possibility of an ectopic.

*when I worked in Gynae years ago that should say

OP hope you get to the bottom of it and feel better soon too

OP I don't wish to worry you but someone I know had sudden pain and it turned out to be ovarian cancer. The tumour had been growing quietly for ages and then suddenly her ovary twisted and the pain started. Please insist on an ultrasound.

I can't believe no-one has done a decent internal investigation OP when you are in this much pain. Thinking of you.

I’m gonna call in the morning as i went into work today and unfortunately very busy. Now I'm in a lot of pain again as well as stomach being swollen.

Im so angry for you. Try and get an emergency appt with the GP tomorrow. If that fails, just go back to A&E. If you live in a city go to a different A&E to the last one.

Personally I would flag the following -

• Don’t say ‘rough’ sex say ‘vigorous’ to avoid negative female stereoptyping.
• The fact you have cysts.
• The fact you’ve been trying for a baby.
• The severe pain and abnormal bleeding has been going on for a week.
• The swelling

Don’t be afraid to ask for a scan and blood tests.

My GP refused to refer me when I had similar symptoms. I nearly died from a ruptured ectopic, and would have done if I hadn’t self referred. Lost my tube, had a blood transfusion so can no longer donate, and all because my GP was on a power trip and didn’t want to listen. Women apparently know nothing of their own bodies and should treat pain as normal.

I hope you reported him.

Gosh that GP sounds dismissive. How do you actually feel? Hope you’re improving

Reading this has made me feel quite sad at the responses women have received from their GPs. My doctor, who I spoke with weds, said if I had any sharp pain in my lower abdomen then day or night I should ring the NHS to be seen. My situation is different but still he was so understanding. OP I'm gutted for you that you're receiving such appalling treatment you must feel incredibly upset and drained. All the best for tomorrow

Just checking in - so sorry to hear that you're no closer to recovery or diagnosis, must be awful...

Hope you make some progress today and get better soon!

Have you had any joy today?