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HRT and pelvic fullness

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likeabigpizzapie · 09/08/2018 10:05

Hello,
Sorry about these messages but...
I've been using two pumps of oestrogen gel now for five days in a row. The one symptom I have which I don't like is a sense of fullness in my pelvis - a bit like the felling before a period (the sense starting higher and then moving down and then the day before your period when the lining sheds).
I'm not taking progesterone yet - the consultant suggested trying the oestrogen for a few months and then trying the progesterone.
I'm guessing this is thickening of the uterine lining - at least this is what it feels like. Is this normal. Any advice please.(I had a one off consultation with the NHS consultant and the GP is not that up on HRT and was anti the consultants advice anyway).
Thanks!

OP posts:
QueenoftheNights · 09/08/2018 12:02

You have estrogen receptors all over your pelvis- ovaries, uterus, muscles- so it's just they are being given a wake up! Don't worry. It won't be the lining building you can feel other wise you'd be aware of that every month in your fertile life and HRT is a far lower dose of estrogen than our own.

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