Hi all,
Looking for some advice please. Growing up as a teenager and even into my early 20’s I always considered my periods ‘normal’. Yes they were painful but they were manageable. The older I get (28 now), the worse they seem to be.
I tend to have painful enough ovulation too, a lot of pelvic pain etc. But my periods are now at the point where they are excruciating. For a whole week before I have on and off strong cramps, and then the first day or two the pain is almost unbearable. I actually had to pull over when driving because the pain was so intense.
I don’t understand why this is happening? I’m wondering if it could be the copper coil I had fitted a number of years ago. Hormonal pills etc aren’t an option for me as they really impacted my mood before in the past. But does anyone have any experience of this please?
I see a lot of stuff these days about endometriosis awareness but I don’t think it’s that as majority of the time I don’t feel pain. It is just during ovulation, the week before my period and then during.