Since having DD2 nearly a year ago, i've had a number of symptoms around ovulation that have left me a bit baffled.
Both babies were born by c-section, one emcs, one elcs. Periods returned almost as soon as lochia finished with both babies, despite breastfeeding. Periods are really heaving, with a lot more cramping and back pain than i used to have prior to child birth. When it stops, i get a coup,e of clear days before getting a small amount of very dark/black blood when i wipe that lasts another couple of days before stopping.
But, around ovulation, i feel horrendous. I have significant pain on my left side, like a stab, or a strong pinch. My scar aches like crazy. I have cramping, bloating, diarrhoea, my lower stomach often feels very 'bruised', like i have been kicked significantly from the inside. I get very irritable, teary. I feel lightheaded, and profoundly exhausted. And, TMI ALERT i get a LOT of ewcm, which in the last three months has been brown, rather than clearish as it was before. It typically lasts 3-4 days.
I've been googling (i know, i know) to try and make sense of the symptoms of my cycle and i've come across incisional endometriosis, which a lot of the things i'm experiencing appear to echo. But before i bother my GP with these, does anyone have experience of this type of endometriosis and can echo what i'm experiencing each month? Or think of anything else?