What is this??? What's going on??? (TMI warning)

[Beatrix]

hmm not sure

but i get this Dull ache (not painful, but it doesnt tickle either)

i have no idea what mine is either and it comes and goes in periods.. i find it has alot to weather :shrugs:

[Aimz]

Maybe I should change GP's - try a doctor who specialises in women's health?

This is just getting rediculous. It's one problem after another and when compounded makes for a miserable time in the bedroom. Why can't I just be NORMAL? I'm young and and I want a healthy sex life where I don't get anxious about pain. Now this cr@p... I'm OVER it.

Ok vent over.

[Indadhanu]

Amy have you ever had a lap? Have they ruled out abdominal adhesions (I remember you mentioning the painful sex before)?

[Aimz]

No I haven't had a lap. My GP and Gyn have never suggested it. What sorts of things do they look for? The last time I went to the gyn for the painful sex she said it was thrush that had blocked the glands which was causing the pain. I took diflucan once a week for a month and used a cream she prescribed (kenacomb). At one point it seemed everything was ok but it's just gone back to the way it was. I've never had this spasming before though. Do you think they may be linked?

ETA: Raven I am on the pill so I don't ovulate.

[Beatrix]

Amysarah-

you do ovulate on the pill, it just produces something that stops the egg implanting on the wall of the uterus

[Muffy]

i was having similar symptoms and it ended up that i hat cysts on my ovaries!!!!
im not saying thats what it is but it sounds very similar....

[Aimz]

Perhaps I have been misinformed but I thought the pill tricks your body into believing it's pregnant - therefore you do not ovulate. And a period is actually just a 'withdrawal bleed'. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

In any case, I haven't had these pains before - and I have been on the pill for 8 years.

ETA: Laura what symptoms did you have?

[Beatrix]

actually we both are right!!!

depends on the pill

The Pill is designed to interfere with several normal functions of fertility in order to make a woman 1) unable to conceive due to temporary sterility or sperm immobility, and/or 2) unable to carry a pregnancy to term (an early abortion).
This process can be accomplished in various ways.

Suppressing Ovulation: When a woman ovulates, hormones released from the pituitary , a gland located at the base of the brain, stimulate her ovaries to ripen and release an egg. The combination pill usually interrupts the release of these pituitary hormones resulting in no egg being released from the ovary, thus preventing pregnancy from occurring. With no egg available for fertilization, the woman is chemically sterile. The progestin-only pill, however, has a weaker effect. It generally does not suppress ovulation.1
Inhibiting Implantation: Another important aspect of fertility is the process by which the lining of the uterus is replenished and maintained. After an egg is fertilized, it normally implants in this lining (endometrium), drawing nourishment and sustenance. The progestin component of the combination pill and the progestin-only minipill cause the inner lining of the uterus to become thin and shriveled, unable to support implantation of the embryo(newly fertilized egg).2
Impeding Sperm Migration: Preceding ovulation, a woman’s cervix produces a watery mucus through which sperm swim to meet the egg. The mucus also provides nourishment to sustain the life of the sperm cells. This mucus thickens under the influence of a progestin and so impedes sperm migration.3

[~Raven~]

Go and see your Dr about it. I was thinking it could be ovulation pain but maybe not if it lasts that long. I have had ovulation pain last for about 4 days.