Endometriosis?

Alicia • Stay at home mom and youtuber

I like to first say I am making an appointment with my obgyn

I'm tired of suffering!!! I have my first period at age 11 I'm 25 now. When I first started they were so heavy!!! At 11 I had to wear a super size tampon and pad to get through school (I refused to use any restroom at school because I was bullied so severely). I remember it feeling like a week of hell! It was painful and no one believed me when I tried to explain how painful it was. Around the same time I began getting migraines, that would be so bad I had to put darkening curtains in my room to avoid as much light as possible. My migraines happened in the middle of my cycle and would cause so much pressure in my head I would be throwing up. Some months were better then other as far as pain, but if it was better it be a dull pain.

Fast forward to about 18. I got pregnant for the first time, I lost the baby at 4 months. The next year my periods seem to be a 180. Very light no pain or if there was it was light cramping. At 19 I got pregnant again. The first 2 trimester were amazing! I felt like I had so much energy although hungry constantly, felt pretty good. Third trimester hit hard. I was so extremely tired that I could sleep pretty much all day just waking up to eat. When I did wake up it was like I was starving!

I had my daughter at 8 months. There was complications in which my water broke and her heart rate dropped. I was rushed for emergency surgery where I almost lost her. She was given cpr and able to restart her heart. I had a hard recovery. It wasn't the pain as much as the amount I was bleeding. I was pumping every 2 hours and getting 4 oz each side by day 4. I was bleeding very heavy. I had to change my pad every 2 hrs. My doctor said I was fine and it will slow down in a few days. I bled for 6 weeks. It had lighten up and I was giving up on pumping because of lack of knowledge and support. I brought it up to my doctor and she said it's most likely u getting ur period back because ur not pumping as much. I started BC with mirena. The bleeding came back and it was constant. I would be bleed super heavy 2 to 3 weeks a month with 1 to 2 weeks very light to spotting. After about 6 months I went back toy doctor after having so much pain one night that i ended up in the ER. I was told i had a cyst on my right ovary. My DR then found my IUD had lodged into my uterine wall. That was removed and I was places on the one in the arm. This one was even weirder. I would be constantly for 2 months with 1 month off. I was on this for about 8 months. This is when my Dr switch me to 2 BC pills. In hopes my period would become regular again. They never did until I stopped taking everything. During all these different forms of BC my migraines were very few. When I stopped my migraines returned to full intensity. I'm about 3.5 yrs off all BC and back to migraines around ovulation and severe cramping throught the month. My periods are heavy but last for 4 days.

Does this sound like any of you? I'm looking for support in this because I'm scared.

Thank you

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