Contraceptive advice please, a bit TMI - sorry

[Bibis]

Hi

As an older mum to 4 young children I know that that's it for me, I defintely don't want any more.

My dh has an appointment to go and have a vasectomy which neither of us particularly mind about, I suppose I am more against it than him but not terribly.

I started off a year ago with the mirena which I gave about 7 months before I had removed (terrible mood swings and urges to hit dh). Since then I have had incredibly heavy periods (well heavy for me compared with before number 4). I was finding that tampons wouldn't even last 2 hours before they leaked terribly and fell out. I then got a mooncup which has been better although again I have to empty every 2 hours or overspill will occur.

My periods are very heavy for the first 3 days, peter off, another surge so to speak 2 days later and then this month I only had a 21 day cycle[yuk emoticon]

I have therefore been wondering whether I should go for a hysterectomy (I am nearly 40) or will my hormones go even more loopier and my dh leave me for his own safety?.

I hate the way my body is behaving but I am not sure I can cope with periods like this for another 10 years.

Please does anyone have any bright ideas, I am at my wits end and don't know what to do. I used to be on the pill in my youth but not sure it will help the hormones much.

Oh what shall I do???????????

You can have drugs to limit the bleeding during your af - see your GP.. I take some every month T.... acid. Sorry can't remember the name. It is fab - at some points I was changing tampon every half hour/hour so every two hours for me is bliss (well sort of )

have you had a referral to a gynae? endometrial ablation can help with very heavy periods.....

One thing I forgot to mention is that they don't actually hurt (small blessing). It is simply the fact that I end up ruining loads of knickers and having to change clothes and generally feeling very concious of the fact that I could at any moment have an accident.

Car journeys are a nightmare, need to work out where to stop before we can even start

Transamic acid or something is the drug and there is other stuff out there. When my periods were like this I was sent for a scan to rule any causes out. I ended up with the mirena which is not fantastic but we were running out of other options too.

There is something else you can have done - they do something to the lining of your womb it usually makes you infertile but that is not an issue for you anymore - laser it perhaps?????

Trip to the gp I think!

It certainly seems that my first plan of attack is the gp's surgery.

I have no problem with lasering, as I said, very much don't want anymore children.

DH is meant to have snip at the end of the summer and my only concern is that there is no point him doing it if two months later I go off and have a hysterectomy.

Thanks for the advice, I will go armed with suggestions, need to find out which gp is most up to date with all this..........

Thanks again