I've been having a lot of pain in my lower abdomen but I've also been getting sharp pains in my both of my sides. But mostly the pain has been in my pelvic region. I've been doing some research and one of the reasons women get it is if your period lasts for more than 7 days. Which that has just happened this month it lasted for 9 days and I usually get it for 6 days. That's never happened a day in my life and the pain started not too long after my period ended. I have a pap smear scheduled for January 7 but when I made the appt it was just because it was time for me to get one. The pain hadn't even started then. I don't want to wait until the 7th it's continuous pain but that's the day they can do it for me. I don't want to jinx it. I'm just scared because if I do have it it can cause infertility and all my life I've wanted to be a mom besides a chef. Anybody who's going through this can you give me some advice that'll help me get through this?