What should I do?

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Hi,
After having my second child who is now 10 months old, my periods have been excessively heavy, I would say I have always had heavy periods but obviously I have nothing to compare it to so just got on with it.

Recently I have started wearing a menstrual cup and it says most people only empty their cup twice a day, morning & night. This is how I've realised I may not be 'normal' as I have had to empty mine every hour or 2 & the cup holds 30ml.

I would like to try for another baby later next year so would like to avoid hormone contraception. Is this worth speaking to a doctor about or not, would they be able to help?

I know I have a fibroid as it was picked up with some complications with my second baby.

Any advice welcome
Thanks

Hi I always had heavy periods and always felt something was off when people would talk in such small volumes of blood loss.
I'd empty my cup every hour or less on my heavy days too.

I went to speak to my GP and was referred for scans which found polyps.
Hormonal contraceptives or coils were pushed at me many times but my choices were limited and the coil made me bleed constantly.
I had two lots of polyps removed years apart and eventually had a hysterectomy last year.

You need to be very clear with the Dr that you are not willing to just deal with this.
Be firm and persistent. You need an ultrasound scan at the least.

Also a fibroid may impact your ability to carry a child if it has grown.

The bleeding is likely to be due to the fibroid. I would go to your GP, especially if you know you've got one. They might send you for another ultrasound to check size and that you haven't got more than one but there's treatment options that can help to reduce the bleeding. These typically go down the route of Tranexamic acid, the pill and mirena coil. For some people those options work fine, for me it didn't and I eventually got referred to gynae and had my fibroids treated - there's various options for this depending on where your fibroids are located, how big they are and if you wish to have any more children, but IME your GP has to try all they can offer before they put in a hospital referral.