Long and heavy periods

[Vickie96]

Someone please shed some light on this. Been on the pill since I was 16 (now 26), stopped taking the pill in October 2022. Btw I didn't have a period from 2018 while on the mini pill. Had a 5 week bleed over December/January (relatively light flow though, hardly anything on some days). Started again 3 weeks ago and it's not stopped. Heavy and large clots.

Been for hormonal blood test and pelvic scan all clear apart from scan showing that I'm mildly polycystic but they said nothing that would cause this.

Don't want to go back on the pill because we want to start ttc at the end of the year but these periods are draining me!

Sounds similar to my issue- I was on the mini pill for years and had no periods. Then I came off of it just over five years ago and it’s been horrific ever since. My periods last me about 30 days usually and are very heavy. I’ve had a laparoscopy, HSG, 2x hysteroscopy, all manner of bloods and probably 30+ scans. Nothing ever found. I basically have to live like this as there is no cause. The other issue is I can’t get pregnant. Probably not what you want to hear, but I’ve been trying for over 5 years now. Get yourself checked out sooner rather than later, as the GP wouldn’t even begin to look into it until I’d been trying for a year.