Hi all, I'm just starting out on my secondary infertility "journey", I have a 4yo and been trying for another for 18 months now. I'm mid-30s. I've had blood tests and ultrasounds and they've found low-ish progesterone so planning to start Letrozole after I've had a HyCoSY next month. The other thing they found was a little fluid in my caesarean scar but this was gone when they did an ultrasound in the second half of my cycle, so the consultant thinks if I have any kind of defect in my scar it shouldn't cause any trouble with conceiving. I was feeling quite positive about our next steps until...
I had an unusually heavy period today. My periods have always been quite inoffensive and definitely predictable. I use a mooncup and used to just empty it about every 6 hours or so, it would never completely fill up or leak.
Back in September I had a freaky experience with a heavy period, my mooncup filled up once in an afternoon and then filled up again in just an hour and a half. I suppose for some people that might be common but it was scary for me, I was wondering if I should go to A&E! In the months since, my periods didn't get as bad as that again but they have been slightly heavier than they used to be, with more instances of losing a fair bit of blood in a short time frame, and I have to be more aware of my cup and check it more often.
I thought this is fine and I'm just settling into a new normal. But then today on day 3 of my period when I thought my period was nearly over I randomly had a full cup in an hour and a half again. Which means the incident in September wasn't a one-off which I was hoping it would be.
I feel so distressed about having heavier and unpredictable periods which I've never had to deal with before. I'm worried about travelling or having a day out in the first few days of my period whereas I never had to worry about that at all before. I'm going to get a GP appointment but I don't know whether they'll recommend anything, because I've already had ultrasounds and blood tests that pretty much covers the tests they would recommend I expect? And there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with me except low progesterone and possibly caesarean scar defect.
More than anything, I'm worried about starting fertility treatment with this period problem still ongoing. I'm worried that it won't work because I have something wrong with me that nobody has been able to see yet. Like what if my scar defect is causing these problems and it's actually bigger than can be seen on an ultrasound? What if I have something else bad in there but nobody has been able to see it? I don't know what I can possibly do about it though! I'm sick of being infertile and I'm sick of gynae problems.