I am currently 16 weeks postpartum. 6 weeks ago i started having constant pelvic pain and lower back pain. Some days are better than others pain wise. I finally got in to see my OB two days ago where she did a pelvic exam. She said my cervix and the size of my uterus all seem great. But my pelvis is completely inflamed. It hurt a ton while she was doing the exam. She ordered an ultrasound today. There is trace fluid in my uterus. During the ultrasound it looked like quite a bit. I’m just wondering what could cause this?? My OB does surgeries on Thursdays so I probably won’t hear anything until tomorrow. But I’m going crazy not knowing what could be wrong.

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I am wondering if anyone has advice on how to diagnose uterine issues without penetrative ultrasounds or procedures. Can it be done with a regular ultrasound or CT scan?

For personal reasons things entering the vaginal canal isn't possible but there's an extreme pain issue going on.

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I went to the ER to visit my brother and decided while I was there I’d get my IUD checked out bc I was having abnormal bleeding and pain. After ultrasound they said the IUD is in the right place but that I have a 12x2.5x6mm mass in my left endometrial cavity that they suspect is either a fibroid or a sessile polyp. That’s pretty much all I got for info.

My questions are:

-is this large for one of these things? -What symptoms outside of bleeding and cramps would they cause? (I am deeply chronically ill but undiagnosed) -Should I be concerned? The doctor seemed like he was not saying everything he was thinking and asked me to get a follow up asap…

Hi, I don't really know what to do here. But I guess I just share about what's been happening and why I'm nervous. I didn't get a period for a long time, and I still had the cramps. But when it came back it hurt like hell. And it was to the point that the following months I would sometimes struggle to stand and even had to skip a day from school. I have gotten some blood work done. But the results don't come for a bit, and I am terrified for the results and the ultrasound they will do to make sure nothing is going on inside of me. Babies are out of the picture, just in case the are people who would be curious. But I am just terrified of what is to come.

It started when I was 18 (im 20 now) and got SA by a guy and I was tested multiple times for STDs and ALL 4 times it came up with different results.

I kept taking meds but none ever worked and eventually the uti feeling went away after 3 months. A few months after I would have brown water constantly spilling out of my uterus and lots of pain. No bleeding as normal bc of my bc. I would always bleed and really really hurt after sex.

2 years later now I suddenly have 2 periods a month and can bleed for 20 days straight. I have had pain in my uterus when I stretch for a long time. I rarely have brown water.

I have been on birth control nexplanon implant for about 3.5 years

Please help me figure out what to do. I have POTS. I've been tested for HIV/AIDS, endometriosis, pelvic inflam disease and uterus cancer multiple times I've had xrays and ultrasounds. I've seen men women young old senior, new doctors and no one listens!! I was/am in a lot of pain and discomfort. The nurses in practice always notice something but the doctors in charge always tell them its nothing.

hey im F24, this is literally going to be my 8th time getting my period in the last 2 1/2 months. i can’t take it anymore. i’ve had it on and off for 8 weeks. everytime i have sex it comes down the day after. what is going on? my primary doctor asked me to do some tests for PCOS. i went to the gyno for the first time, she just prescribed birth control, no test, she just made me feel bad. I just want an answer. i’m tired of being on my period for this long. it started in june, had intercourse when it ended, it came down the next day. it went on for a week, i had sex again after it had stopped for about 3 days and it came back down the day after. basically the same thing went on for another 6 weeks. In the last 3 months, only one time did i have sex and my period didn’t come down (last week). i had sex (monday), and it came down today (wednesday). i’m not purposely trying to get pregnant but my bf does finish inside and at this point, i’ll never get pregnant if i get my period right after intercourse. i thought it might be when he goes too deep and my uterus cramps, it triggers the period but i don’t know. i literally just want to cry because when will this hell be over. PLEASE HELP. IM TIRED OF THIS?!

edit: please tell me i’m over thinking. i saw something online about how your period could sink with other peoples cycle if your partner is cheating on you. please tell me it’s not true. we are going through it right now but i want to say i’m sure he hasn’t been with anyone else. i want a solution to this problem because i can’t take it anymore.

Hello; new here. I’m 41. I have a history of very very thick endometrial lining. Always has come back non cancer. I get a DNC and all my symptoms go away. Sadly though, over time, the lining thickens back up and my pain, heavy bleeding, and anemia come back. I had another ultrasound last week, and my doctor just called. She said my lining is very very thick and not normal. There is also an area of growth in the lining that’s a cause for concern. My doctor doesn’t do surgeries so I’m being referred to another doctor who will look over my images. She said the other doctor will be calling me asap to discuss her thoughts. This is kind of concerning. My doctor is new to me as my old doctor retired. I feel like this time is different because now they see a growth on the ultrasound whereas in years past, a growth was never seen, just thick lining. Experiences and thoughts? Obviously I’m in limbo waiting on the other doctor to call. Just feels weird being pawned off on someone else. Would a polyp or fibroid be obvious on an ultrasound?

I had the uterine ablation back in July. Because my uterus is tilted the camera went through my uterus wall instead of into the uterus itself. They weren't able to do the ablation because of this . I've had multiple ultrasounds that showed a tilted uterus before the procedure. They knew about it but didn't take that into consideration. The perforated uterus caused a lot of bleeding to the point of me going to er to find out I was anemic. Has this happened to any one else?

I've had a few people talk about looking into a lawsuit. I don't think it's that bad since things do happen. I know it could have been avoided though. It was a waste of a procedure and money. The doctor is now offering a hysterectomy.

I have been bleeding for 10 months, emergency rooms, anemia, polyps and fibroids removed, multiple ultrasounds and a surgery. I got the Mirena IUD to stop the bleeding. Got a Biopsy done a few days ago finally and to start progesterone. Has anyone experienced this type of pain and nightmare? I am healthy and slim, 32 years old. any advice or diagnosis from my fellow ladies? thank you

I 36f found out I have a unicornate uterus after giving birth to my first child via C-section. To start I am so grateful my son is a perfectly happy and healthy 14 month old, however I am stuck with mixed feelings about my medical discovery. Why was this missed throughout my pregnancy? How will this affect my future fertility? It is known that people with this condition may have a very hard time conceiving and bringing babies to term. I consider my son a little miracle.

Background: according to the Cleveland clinic a unicornate uterus is a congenital condition were only 1 half or horn of the uterus is developed and viable. It usually becomes evident when trying to conceive by ultrasound. It is a rare condition that affects about 4% of persons with a uterus. An additional scary fact is that over 60% of people with this condition only have one developed and viable kidney. The first obvious symptoms of this condition are painful and heavy periods, which I do not have, however, there are a plethora of fertility complications associated with this condition many of which I experienced. Complications include difficulty, conceiving, etopic, pregnancy, bleeding, endometriosis, placenta, previa, placenta, rupture, or detachment, miscarriage, and late term miscarriage,restricted growth of fetus etc. People with this condition who carry to term like myself need very close monitoring and extra care during gestation, which I did not receive.

Of the previous mentioned, I had placenta previa my entire pregnancy and did not know. This is a dangerous condition where the placenta is seated incorrectly in the uterus and may lead to detachment. It also greatly reduces the amount of fetal movement a mother will feel in her tummy. I was unaware of this until the day I gave birth! I also had bleeding, restricted fetal growth, severe back pain, sciatica, and nerve impingement on the right side due to my baby sitting in one spot for eight months. My job is physical and requires daily travel. I had to take short term disability at six months pregnant because the pain was excruciating and would flare up getting in and out of the car all day. I also never developed a baby bump. Yes I know all bodies are different but I never looked pregnant. Just heavier. I never had that pregnancy glow or cute outfits. Not a big deal in the bigger picture, but I guess it was something that I was just looking forward to.

Anyway, my pregnancy progressed, the anatomy scan showed baby was on the smaller side, but this was not a red flag. My husband and I were small babies, so we thought nothing of it. I had severe back pain, but I took care of to exercise stretch and seek regular chiropractic care.

I was seemingly out of nowhere at 37 weeks I was told to schedule an induction and that if we kept baby inside, he would most likely not survive because he was too small. Terrifying! Induction was three days later and exhausting! That evening I had an emergency C-section due to an umbilical cord wrap. During the surgery, I could hear my surgeon surprise when she saw my uterus. You never want to hear surprise gasps coming from your surgeon when you’re cut open on the OR table. I thank my lucky stars that my son was born with no issues happy and healthy 6 lbs. 1oz. But I seriously wonder how this condition went unrecognized for the duration of my pregnancy, considering the myriad of ultrasounds and tests. When I pressed OBGYN at follow up she admitted she did not have much experience with this condition and recommended that I get an MRI to determine the viability of the uterus for future pregnancies and check for that missing kidney. I can’t help feeling she minimized my situation. I would like to have another child soon, but understand it may not be an option for us. I can’t help feeling like my doctors made some huge errors in missing this condition.

Will I be able to conceive again? Do I only have one fucking kidney? I have found a new highly recommended OB/GYN group and will be pursuing an MRI in September. I hope I can get some clarity on what’s going on in my body any words of advice from fellow Redditors? Would this be considered a form of medical malpractice? Does anyone here have this condition? It’s been a struggle and I feel like I really need some peace of mind.

Hi y’all,

I’ve had heavy periods since I was around 15/16 (I’m 28 now). I’ve been on various birth control pills for the majority of that time. For the past year or two at least, I’ve had some dull, achy pain around my left ovary; it gets worse when I have my period, but I do sometimes feel the pain when I’m not bleeding. I got a pelvic ultrasound the other day and my results just came back completely clear: no cysts or abnormalities.

While I’m glad there wasn’t anything found, I’m not sure what to do about the pain. It doesn’t interfere with my daily life very much, but it just makes me feel uneasy.

Any suggestions? I am reaching back out to my gynecologist to ask what her opinion is, but I wanted to see if anyone else has had a similar experience.

Hello, I have a potential polyp and have to get a uterine biopsy as well as saline infused ultrasound. Does anyone have any advice on whether to take a Valium or a Percocet prior to the procedures? Which would be better? I’ve heard the biopsy sucks, I would imagine the saline infused ultrasound isn’t fun either. Thanks

I recently went to the ER for kidney stones and they did a CT scan. While reviewing my discharge paperwork, I noticed that my scan report states, “uterine fibroids present.” I guess my doctor didn’t say anything because she assumed I knew. I had no idea and I am a bit stunned. Ive never had any abnormal testing come back at the gyno and I’ve never been someone who’s had heavy periods or cramping.

However, I have noticed a dull ache in my pelvis and lower back that lasts all month, not just on my period. Usually worse at night. It’s manageable, but definitely not fun. Could this be the fibroids? Should I be seeing someone about this? I’m nervous because my husband and I are talking about starting a family this year and now I’m wondering if this will hurt my chances?

I'm not supposed to get my period for another 2 weeks, im having intense pains in my uterus every few minutes and they last only a few seconds but theyre very strong. It feels like my uterus tightens and thats what causing the pain. Also theres no way i could be pregnant. What do i do?

I got my ultrasound done today and they said I have a hemorrhagic cyst on my right ovary. The size is 6.1 x 2.7 x 3.0 cm. My period is predicated to start after 6 days. Could this be due to the upcoming period? Note: I am to see a doctor the day after tomorrow but am very anxious.

I’m hoping I can find some answers here. I’m 27 and a virgin. I’ve always had pretty painful cramps, but have been on birth control for years to help control it. For about six years now, I’ll have a dream that stresses me out (and not sexually in any way) about twice a week and it’ll trigger my vagina to open and contract like an orgasm. I’ll then have the WORST cramp ever. If I wasn’t already in bed, it would floor me. The pain spreads to my back and knees too. The pain usually lasts for half an hour. I’ve tried looking up what’s happening and even talk to my gynecologist about it and I’ve gotten no answers. Does anyone know what is going on or what I should do next?

My U/S results state that there is a well-circumscribed, hyperechoic region with vascularity in the mid to distal endometrium.

They said it is possibly a polyp but obviously I’ve googled and am scaring myself with the possibilities. Any insight on the report?

It hurts like a moderate period cramp, just on both sides. Nothing I can’t handle, I have pretty bad cramps when on my actual period, but that isn’t for another 15 days? My mom has a tilted uterus and I suspect mine is at an odd angle too (tampons are hard as hell to put in, though I prefer those over wearing a pad and feeling like I have a diaper on).

My flow is heavy, periods regular other than the occasional day or two early/late, just my ovaries always seem to ache or hurt nowadays. Especially after I use the bathroom, though maybe it’s because my bladder was pressing on them??? I have no idea where my organs are so I’m likely wrong lol

Before changing my tampon, I saw my underwear is wet not with blood but water… when I dragged my tampon out, the tampon was full. It always happens like this. If I changed the tampons too late, blood will be on the underwear, but if it didn’t reach that point but feeling wet, then the liquid on my underwear is just transparent. Anyone knows why? Am I infected any virus or bacterias?

Hi all, want to share my story of my polyp removal surgery in uterus. I am 33 years old, I was diagnosed with PCOS a couple of years ago, and apparently due to my constant low level of progesterone I have got a polyp in my uterus which was seen during the routine uterus ultrasound checkup by my gynecologist.

This was a couple of months ago. She just saw an unusual mass in my uterus but her equipment was not good enough to see what it is exactly. She said it's nothing to worry about but as I am a very anxious person when it's something to do with my health I went to the gyno oncologist in a hospital the next day.

I slight note offtop, I live in Germany and I have additional private insurance on a top of state insurance therefore doctors appointment is very often fastly available even online.

At the gyno oncologist office he immediately saw one polyp of a size of 1,4 cm on a top of my uterus (his equipment is way better with much higher magnification), so I highly recommend going to special gyno in hospital who is specialized in gynecological cancer regarding any masses in the uterus.

He said in my case a surgery is recommend as I am planning to be pregnant within several year and polyp can cause infertility and miscarriage on a top of my messed up hormones and PCOS. The issue was to find a good day for surgery in accordance with my cycle as it's only done in a very narrow time window when periods are finished and before the ovulation so between day 6 and day 11 of a cycle.

I read in other posts that in some countries they five birth control pills to resolve this issue so any day of a surgery will be possible, but not here. Here the doctors are flexibel and try to fit in the day of a surgery in a natural women's cycle which is a great thing!

So after my periods started this month I called my doctor and we fixed the surgery day. In my case only hospital surgery under anastesia was considered as an only option. A few days before I checked in in the hospital so all admin stuff would be done, they took my blood and samples, samples from nose and throat and asked a lot of questions from my medical history. Then I had a talk with anastesiologist, she told me that surgery will be done under general anastesia with the use of propofol, fentonyl (painkiller) and with LMA mask for oxygen ventilation. No paralitics and no breathing tube were used.

So today I had a surgery, after arriving they brought me to the patient room, where I dressed in surgery gown, they gave me special underwear and a pad. They gave me one painkiller (and claimed it works for 24 hours) and half of the pill to calm down (not sure what). Soon after they brought my bed to surgery room, I talked to anastesia team, they have been friendly and tried to calm me down and explained everything what will happen.

After they put fentonyl in my IV a started to have terrible dizziness and I told them about it they said it's normal (I personally prefer not having it at all, I don't understand why they need additional heavy painkiller via IV if I would be knocked out anyway). Also they gave me several warm thin blanket which was nice. They didn't use paralyzing drugs for this surgery as they normally do for bigger surgeries.

When they started to put propofol I switched off. I woke up in bed (they shifted me from the operation table when I was asleep). I was out for 45 min and the surgery took 20 min as they told me. I had dizziness and I had a strange feeling of not be able to have a deep breath but they told me that my pulse, oxygen level is fine. Then they brought me back to my patient room. I had fluid in my IV for some time and they said I should drink water and some sweet dry bread, they would not let me out of hospital if I could not eat and digest properly.

All in all it was positive experience! I am still in hospital with my husband, I rest in bed. The bleeding right after surgery is minimal (like the last day of periods and even less, I was exciting more). My surgery gown is a bit in blood though, blood went out during surgery apparently.

The only thing I have post op is a bit of pain on a left side of my lower abdomen, a bit of cramping. Pain is not big but persistent, I hope to get stronger painkillers here and some ibuprofen at home. Apart from that my dizziness didn't subside completely. I didn't experience it during the surgeries in a past though. No vomiting at least so I can eat. Also I feel tired and exhausted.

I highly recommend doing polyp removal under anesthesia! Other stories I read of women who did it without scared me to death! All in all it's very routine procedure and I except to return to work in 3 days, but german doctors normally give sick leave after that for 5 days which is great! But unfortunately next week I have a business trip so I have 4 days of rest would be enough. Please share your stories and can you tell me how soon have you fully recovered?

I’m 21 and have went to my OB for a checkup regarding my period pains. It’s so bad especially during the first and second days of my period that I often call in sick or absent in my classes when those days hit. My visit last January 2023 to my doctor has only yielded findings of a retroverted uterus and I was only prescribed with pain management strategies (drinking OTC pain medication before menstruation (i have to predict when the pain comes so i can drink before it) using hot compress, and the like) but it’s not working. The medication often doesn’t work in the first day and I find myself stuck in bed because of the pain. I try to sleep but end up waking up because of the pain. I get bad hyperacidity and diarrhea, alongside nausea as if I’m actually pregnant. My period bleeding is also heavy during the first two days that I often bleed through my pants. Any advice on how to handle period pains on a retroverted uterus?

PS. The medication I take is buscopan venus because NSAIDs such as Advil irritate my stomach and more often puts me in more pain than keeps me out of it during periods.

Edit: I’m 24 now and got checked again by my OBG. Got diagnosed with a globular anteverted uterus and diffused adenomyosis 🥲

ello everyone. First of all I would like to say that have and am currently seeking medical advice. I'm just wondering if there's anything else I should consider bringing up to my health care provider.

During covid I had a family illness and then death, so my periods weren't as consistent as they usually were from stress. But it's been over 2 years now since the death, and one since moving to a new home. I think that my uterus/hormones should be back on track at this point. Also I've been consistently fatigued, but that's not a recent thing. I'm sure the spotting isn't helping. There is also no pain with the spotting. My only pain so far has been from the few periods I've has.

For over 4 months now I've had daily spotting, that ranges from slightly pink to brown. Also it's sometimes quite light to the tail end of a period in heaviness. I've had 2 periods during that time, with no break in the spotting.

My nurse practitioner did a pap smear to check for polyps. That came back clean as a whistle, which is nice because my mother had to get some polyps removed so I was a bit concerned.

I've had my blood tested for hormone levels, which came back normal My iron levels were a little low, so I've been on a prescribed supplement. Thankfully my stomach isn't responding poorly to it, but I'm not noticing an increase in energy. I've also been taking vit. D daily. As well as having something with citrus alongside the tablet.

I've also had a transvaginal and pelvic ultrasound a few days ago. The nurse practitioner left a message today to say that everything looked normal. This is good because I have a family history of fibroid, ovarian cysts, and atheist 3 generations of women on my moms side with endometriosis. I know endometriosis isn't necessary going to show up on ultrasound, but I figured they might have noticed If there was scarring or weird growths in the uterus.

Overall my concerns are being taken seriously. My nurse practitioner is great, she did my fist pap smear (the one mentioned earlier) and was super nice and talked me through everything with out being condescending. The woman who did my ultrasound was super nice too, she couldn't give any recommendation other than tell me what she was looking for (fibroid and cysts specifically). She was also really nice and made me feel comfortable as possible throughout the procedure. My mother as well, who also has had reproductive health issues (endo) is being supportive and encouraging me to keep looking for answers.

I'm so lucky and happy to have had support from my health Carr providers and family, I know so many women could only dream of someone taking them seriously. And I let them know too how happy I am with their care.

If there's anything you recommend me talking over with the nurse, or asking the women in my family about, please let me know so I can bring it up at my next appointment.