Hello,
I'm 38 and have one child. Although it's feeling increasingly unlikely after both primary and secondary infertility totalling 5+ years, I'm still hoping I might conceive again. For the last 3 or so cycles, my periods have suddenly become noticeably worse. I am having incredibly painful cramps from around 5dpo and bleeding heavily from cd1. It feels like I am changing my pad (a nighttime one) constantly. My question is: is there much point going to the doctor's? From what I have read, the main option seems to be hormonal contraception. For obvious reasons, I really don't want to go down this route. I'm on iron supplements so I'm not feeling too weak but the cramps leading up (they disappear once I'm on) have been horrific and I just feel gross. I'm a teacher so my job is very physical with long periods without a break in the day. As part of my many fertility investigations, I've had a load of internal scans and a HyCoSy which have never flagged up any issues like fibroids but I'm wondering if I could have developed anything in the last few months. Has anyone been in this position where you're still hoping you might conceive but have suddenly developed incredibly heavy, painful periods? If you did go to the GP, what did they offer? For reference, my mother was very young when she started experiencing perimenopausal symptoms (around 40) so it does seem to be genetic.
Thank you!