I do have health anxiety so I do not trust myself to look at this subjectively, it was literally only last week I was at the breast clinic and only 3 days ago I was worrying about melanoma. I do have a tendency to jump from issue to issue in a blind panic so I need some rational responses before I go to the doctor again.
So I had a baby 18 months ago. Previously I was on the mini pill for years with no issues so I went back on the mini pill straight after but unfortunately had to stop in January this year after literally months of irregular bleeding. No big deal, my periods returned regular as normal after stopping.
But at some point I started noticing I was occasionally waking up in the morning feeling like my bladder was full and I needed to pee but not like a normal feeling. It was a heavy, uncomfortable feeling and even after I'd gotten up to pee that feeling persisted until after I'd passed some gas. I didn't think too much of it since it wasn't every day.
Then in May I had a sudden and constant urge to pee all day for around 3 days. I'd never had anything like this before so I assumed it was a UTI/cystitis. I took 3 days of cystitis sachets and it went away. This was around 5/6 days before my period came.
But the past 2 days I've had the constant urge to pee again and bloating. I peed before bed last night at 10pm, then I was up at midnight with the baby so I went then aswell, then I woke up at 5.45 and had that uncomfortable feeling of needing to pee and having alot of heavy pressure in my stomach which didn't go untill after I'd passed gas. I am 6 days before I am due on so similar to the time in may.
Another thing I've noticed is that around ovulation time I had very mild period cramps in my lower back, not constant but I've noticed it, where even when I was pregnant and tracking ovulation etc I never noticed this.
Obviously I'm worrying about Ovarian cancer. But it appears at least so far that these symptoms are linked to my cycle. But since they are new I am worried. But rationally I know my health anxiety can make symptoms worse by focusing more on them.
But should I wait a few months to keep an eye on symptoms and track them against my cycle, or visit my GP now?