Pain

I have had awful periods ever since they started at 11. They’ve always been extremely heavy and intense. The pain, which is mostly lower abdomen/groin and lower back and legs, was never just when I had my period as I’d have it throughout my menstrual cycle especially during ovulation. I haven’t had a flare up this bad in over a year. I haven’t got a diagnosis as I had a laparoscopy with a general gynaecologist and they couldn’t find anything. I was advised that this didn’t mean I didn’t have it and that it’s easily missed in surgeries especially when they aren’t endometriosis specialists. I gave birth in October 2023 and had the mirena coil fitted in January this year. I’ve had bad cramping ever since but manageable. Today I’ve been in so much pain and have had watery discharge that is soaking my underwear. I keep thinking I’m bleeding but I’m not. Any help? I’ve looked and seen I’m at higher risk of developing pid due to the iud but apart from nausea and sometimes when I wee I feel like I’m bursting to go as I’m finishing, I haven’t really got any of the other symptoms.
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It's very common I've found from talking to other women who have Endometriosis that the IUD can cause more pain. When I had mine it horrific it ended up getting dislodged and embedded in my utrine wall. I would advise getting seen to check all is in the right place. Hot water bottle to ease pain Beyou patches were amazing Keep on top of pain relief Plenty of rest and fluids I'd also book an appointment with your gyne to discuss alternative contraceptives

Definitely go to a&e if its unbearable. The discharge sounds odd, not like endo. Want to get it checked out. Also to counter what was said above. I have stage 3 endo and the mirena iud is the only thing that really helped me with my horrific endo pain and I really recommend it. Clearly there are risks like it coming out but it's rare. I had a baby October 23 too! Also get on GP to do you a referral to bsge centre for endo diagnosis. Shocking they put you through a laparoscppy with a non specialist. Doing surgery for nothing it's completely against NiCE/NHS guidelines. You're entitled to be referred to any bsge centre you want. I'm seen under uclh in London they give me a call every 6 months to check how I'm doing but haven't really seen me to examine me since 2018 as the mirena helped so much and I didn't want more surgery.

@Alex I looked at your profile and saw you live in Northolt and so do I. I’ve seen my nearest accredited hospital is central middlesex. At uclh, who is the surgeon. I looked at what to do to be referred and it says I need to give the hospital and the name of the surgeon. Also wondering how long it took you to be seen. When I was being seen at Northwick Park it took over a year to actually get the surgery and then I was just discharged from gynaecology all together

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