Pain during sex

So I’m 18 and I’ve been with my boyfriend for 9months... we have been having sex for awhile now and then I went through a change my period came super early and heavier and my doctor said it wAs my body changing and growing but now when I have sex there is a pain... the pain has gotten better as we have more sex but sometimes it’s just too much to were I am “running” from it and pushing him away... he’s taking it to heart thinking I am not into him or it anymore but I am if anything more than I was before...

how do I help the pain? Will it leave or is this my new vagina? Also he is big in size so could it be that I can’t handle it anymore?