Big change in cycles following termination? Advice please

[Allyy]

Any advice on my body please? For context (apologies for the long-winded story, not sure what is most relevant) I had a chemical abortion at 7 weeks in August 2019, before which I had 28 day cycles every month. Following the termination, I had 10 weeks of bleeding that went heavy to light to heavy, and so on. After pestering GPs who replied "it's normal to bleed after a termination" very helpful... they came to the conclusion I had an infection/inflammation they couldn't quite give me a definite answer (but this would not impact my fertility I was assured) was given antibiotics for a week, after about 8/9 days the bleeding stopped completely. I also had a scan which showed no retained products of conception and an ordinary scan overall.
My periods returned several weeks later, however since then my periods have been all over the place. For several months they were 33 days, then fluctuated between 35, 42, 48, 52, 40 (my most recent cycle) before conceiving in August 2020.
I started having pains around my pelvic area, below my belly button which happened in the middle, left, and right on different occasions. They were mild pains but happened daily for months.
I had an ultrasound to check my reproductive organs out with the NHS which they couldn't see any problems. I had a private ultrasound several months later which also showed no worrying signs, no cysts, normal uterus, normal ovaries. So was even more confused.
I attended a clinic to check for signs of pelvic inflammatory disease which they said was fine.
Had a phone appointment (due to COVID) with a gynaecologist who said it did not sound like endometriosis or any other condition as my periods were not painful at all really and my pains seemed unrelated. Around this time, my pelvic pains randomly stopped altogether which I was grateful for yet confused me why I had experienced them for about 5 months.
If anyone has any suggestions please as to why my periods changed so drastically and haven't returned to their usual pattern months after the termination ? And what caused my pain for months for it to randomly stop? Is there some condition or reason that could have caused one or the other or both? Or just my body being strange and trying to recover? Any ideas welcome

Any ideas? x

I'm an NHS sonographer. Sorry but this sounds completely normal for terminations & medical miscarriages. This kind of thing is very very common, we see it on a daily basis. Pregnancy, hormones and the medication used can have weird effects on the body. Unfortunately this is very common and there really is not much you can do about it. The human body can be a mystery especially when it comes to pregnancy related things. You've had 2 scans and seen (I think) 3 Dr's, why don't you believe them?

@calmearth The fact that my cycles changed so drastically and that I was having pelvic pain every day was concerning to me plus conceiving taking over twice as long had me worried but I appreciate your assurance that this is all normal

Hi @calmearth, I realise this is a very old post so you may not even see this, but I just wondered if you’ve had any answers / luck with any of this?

I had a medical abortion around 2 years ago now. And since then I always get cramping straight after my expected ovulation day, and then spotting for about a week before my period. I’ve had two 21 progesterone tests now that have come back lowish (16 and 18nmol).

me and my partner are now been trying to conceive again (sadly my pregnancy before came at a really bad time) but we are struggling and I’m so devastated to think it may be the abortion that has caused all this.

The fact that my symptoms have appeared straight after the abortion it feels too much of a coincidence for it not to be and I feel like I’ve done everything under the sun to try and balance my hormones with no luck.

sorry for the long message hope everything in the past two years have gone well for you xx