Are these period symptoms normal?

[lucelou82]

I had a baby at 38 and will be turning 39 this year! Always had really bad period pain, but after investigation endometriosis was ruled out. Since having my little girl, I thought period pain was getting better but the past few months my periods have been awful. My period starts, then a few days later I get really bad period pain. I went out for a meal last night, has two small glasses of wine.. after that I felt exhausted and spaced out. I came home and went straight to bed at 9.30am and woke up at 7am, with bad period pain, feel sick and with a really bad tummy! I haven't got a temperate but feel wiped out, could this all be down to my period? Thanks in advance for help xxx

What investigations were performed to apparently rule out endometriosis?. I ask only as internal ultrasound scans and blood tests do not detect endometriosis readily if at all. Its usually diagnosed through a keyhole surgery op called a laparoscopy.

If you've always had bad period pain then endometriosis cannot be ruled out as the cause. Any pain that is cyclical in nature and or gets worse up to and including menses should be investigated by a gynaecologist to properly establish the cause.

You will need to be persistent in order to get answers; its all too easy to be fobbed off and or otherwise ignored.

Hi @AttilaTheMeerkat thanks so much for your reply! I did have a laparoscopy and they couldn't find any endometriosis they found a small amount of scaring! Apparently everything looked healthy! I have heard birth control can help symptoms of period pain but it really messes with my mood so I don't want to try that or the coil xxx