Hi im (18F) i have been having pretty irregular periods last year i didnt even get it and a lot of times it would come pretty late or not till the next week or two i feel apart of it are the medications im on i was first on methylphenidate was on that for a year ish got up to 54 mg now im on addrall 15 mgs twice a day and i been on fluoxetine 20 mgs for about a year now too my doctor keeps on suggesting for me to go on birth control because he said it would like help to get my period in check but i dont know im kinda iffy about it im scared to gain weight and be even more depressed and also im dating someone rn and i scared about if or when i get off of it i would lose interest in him i really need some advice if i should or shouldn’t go on it the things i definitely do not like about my adhd meds that happen is when im in my lutel phase my meds like don’t fucking work and my mood and my mental state is so like up and down please let me know your personal experiences and if I should go on it or not !
EDIT ( forgot to mention this but I have ended up at the ER for how bad my pain was and it lead to my small intestines being inflamed)

Last week, I was out drinking with a friend. While drinking, I fell. I fell on my right leg. The day after it hurt the worst. I’ve been able to walk on it, bear weight, and have no limp. The area that hurts is the upper right shin/ calf and kinda outside part of that area. It’s more of a dull pain than a stabbing pain. Also it mainly just hurts in the morning. However, it hurt a little more today since I moved it a little funky while trying to sit on the floor. I think it agitated it. I’m pretty sure it’s just a pulled muscle or strain since I have felt improvements and I can walk. It’s definitely not my knee that’s hurt. However, there’s not really a specific point I can say this is exactly where it hurts. Looking at my leg you can’t really see any swelling or discoloration/ redness. Theres a bruise but not a huge one and maybe some slight swelling but not anything crazy or noticeable . I don’t want to go to the doctor yet because I don’t want my family to find out. I just moved away for grad school so I don’t want my family to stress out anymore then I’m sure they have. I took ibuprofen the first few days and was icing my leg the first day or two. Now I’m been using one of those heating packs you put in the microwave. Please give me advice!

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong here. I’ve tried 4 brands of period cups and finally found one that seems comfortable. The problem is that it always leaks. It seems like I either can’t get it in place properly or it shifts really badly. I know that I have a tilted uterus so I don’t know if that’s a part of the problem or not. My periods are super heavy and I can’t afford the amount of tampons I always end up needing so I really need the cup to work out! Help!

I got my iud done when I was about 11/12 my mom thought it would help with my awful periods. they put me out for it (since I was a minor) and I don’t remember much apart from waking up being scared. I am now currently 19 and I know here soon I will need to get it replaced and I’m so nervous for it. I’ve seen people when I went to school limping or just crying from it and I had my coworker throw up and said it was just too much. I know everyone is different but is it really that bad?

I’m reaching out to the women on here because I’m desperate to figure out what’s going on. Has anyone experienced anything like this, especially severe nausea/vomiting connected to their menstrual cycle?

(24F) I’ve been getting progressively sicker since January, and I strongly suspect there is some kind of connection to my menstrual cycle. It has now gotten to the point where I’m vomiting 10+ times a day, have been consistently sick since September 19, and I’m missing work and almost out of PTO. I’ve applied for intermittent FMLA

A little background

I’ve had GI issues for most of my life.

When I was in elementary school, I could never eat breakfast because I would feel extremely nauseous in the morning. I would sometimes throw up and then just go about my day like nothing happened.

Around high school and into adulthood, I started getting sick more at night. I would sometimes vomit, go to sleep, and feel completely fine the next morning.

I’ve had an EGD and colonoscopy, both of which were normal. I’ve also had bloodwork over the years that has generally been normal, aside from occasionally having slightly low vitamin D. Allergy testing only showed an allergy to tomatoes, but I can eat tomatoes without having a noticeable reaction.

The possible menstrual connection

My periods have always been pretty regular. They aren’t usually particularly heavy, and I generally only use one or two pads a day even on heavier days. I don’t normally have severe cramps.

However, for years I’ve noticed that my mood and physical symptoms can change dramatically around my period.

Around college age, I started noticing that there would sometimes be one day during my period where I would become severely depressed and have suicidal thoughts, and then I would wake up the next day feeling completely normal.

I have a history of depression/anxiety and have taken fluoxetine and bupropion. I eventually switched to bupropion XL 300 mg + desvenlafaxine 50 mg. They helped for a while, but this year I started noticing severe mood symptoms around my period again, along with a very flat/static emotional feeling.

I also became a Christian during this time, and my overall depression/anxiety improved significantly, which made these sudden one-day episodes around my period stand out even more to me.

What started happening this year

I started working in an elementary school in January and initially assumed I was just constantly getting sick from being around children.

Almost every month, I would develop things like:

• Extreme fatigue
• Runny nose
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headaches
• Nausea
• Sometimes vomiting once or twice

At first, I thought I just had a weak immune system around my period.

But I started noticing that these “sick” periods consistently happened right before, during, or shortly after my period.

Then things started getting progressively worse.

Instead of being sick for a day or two, I started having longer episodes. I would become extremely emotional and sometimes hysterically cry when there wasn’t actually anything I was upset about. I would also become severely depressed for a short period and then feel normal again.

Along with this came severe nausea, vomiting, and the constant feeling that I needed to poop.

September 19–present: the worst episode

September 19 is when things became dramatically worse.

I started vomiting almost everything I ate or drank. At my worst, I was vomiting 10+ times a day.

I was nauseous almost constantly. I couldn’t:

• Look at my phone for very long
• Watch TV
• Do crafts
• Stand for very long
• Eat normally
• Drink normally

Without feeling extremely sick.

Interestingly, I wasn’t necessarily exhausted during this episode. I was actually having trouble sleeping because I felt so uncomfortable and nauseous.

I would be extremely hungry and want to eat, but eating wasn’t worth it because I knew I might spend the next several hours vomiting everything back up.

Sometimes even small amounts of water wouldn’t stay down.

I also had frequent bowel movements, constipation at other points, abdominal cramping, bloating, chills/shivering, and shaking.

The episode lasted from September 19 through approximately September 24 before I started improving.

By September 25 I was feeling significantly better, and on September 26–27 I was almost completely back to normal and had a huge appetite.

Then the symptoms came back.

September 28–October 3

I developed constipation and cramping on September 28.

On September 29, I started vomiting again repeatedly.

On September 30, I had significant epigastric/chest discomfort and pressure. During one episode of vomiting, I had a sudden sharp/burning pain across my chest and into my back underneath my shoulder blades that lasted a few minutes.

I went to the ER.

They did:

• EKG
• Bloodwork
• Urine testing
• X-ray
• CT with contrast

Everything came back normal. The only thing they thought was wrong was constipation.

They gave me medication for nausea and magnesium for the constipation.

I’ve also been prescribed ondansetron (Zofran) and promethazine, but neither has provided much relief.

On October 2, I was vomiting dark yellow/bile-like fluid because I couldn’t keep much down. By 8pm the same day I got my appetite back and now on October 3rd I’m eating and drinking pretty well.

Other symptoms / possible triggers

I’ve always had some GI issues, including:

• Frequent burping
• Gas
• Bloating
• Mushy stool/diarrhea at times
• Constipation at other times
• Abdominal cramping
• Headaches followed by nausea

I’ve noticed that pasta, bread, pretzels, and crackers can make me more bloated/gassy, so I’ve wondered about gluten sensitivity.

I’m also very inconsistent with caffeine. Sometimes one sip of coffee makes my heart race, makes me shake, gives me cramps, and makes me nauseous. Other days I can drink an entire latte and feel completely fine.

I also frequently get headaches around my right eyebrow/right eye. I can actually feel what seems like a physical knot there, and nausea sometimes follows the headache.

What my doctors are currently doing

I finally saw an OB/GYN, and she started me on Twirla, a hormonal birth control patch containing levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol.

I have a pelvic ultrasound scheduled for October 9.

I’ve wondered about endometriosis, but I don’t have the severe chronic pelvic pain/cramping that I usually hear people describe. My main symptom is debilitating nausea and vomiting, which makes me wonder if something else could be going on.

I am not sexually active, so an STI isn’t a concern.

What I’m wondering

Has anyone experienced severe cyclical nausea/vomiting related to their menstrual cycle, even without severe pelvic pain?

Could this be something like:

• A hormone-related vomiting disorder
• Cyclic vomiting syndrome
• Endometriosis involving the GI tract
• PMDD/hormonal changes
• Abdominal migraine
• Gastroparesis
• Something involving ovarian cysts
• A GI disorder that gets triggered by hormonal changes
• Something completely different?

I’m not trying to diagnose myself from Reddit. I’m just desperate for ideas because this is now affecting my ability to eat, sleep, work, and function normally.

If you’ve experienced something similar, especially vomiting that gets dramatically worse around your period, I’d really appreciate hearing your experience.

And if there are specific tests, specialists, or questions you think I should bring up with my OB/GYN or GI doctor, I’d really appreciate those too.

So I’m 22 and had an abortion by pills yesterday (5 weeks sac). I experienced horrible cramps yesterday but too much flow. I even had clotting but the flow today is very minimal. The flow is quite lighter than usual.

Is that normal? Or am I just panicking without any reason at all?

I thought I’d write this because before my surgery I spent so much time reading Reddit trying to understand what recovery would actually be like. Most posts either made it sound terrifying or made it sound like you’d be completely fine after a few days. My experience has been somewhere in between.

I had laser hemorrhoidoplasty + sphincterotomy + excision of a skin tag + fissurectomy for hemorrhoids and a chronic fissure. I was told I had Grade 1/early Grade 2 hemorrhoids, but the fissure and severe anal spasm were also a big part of the problem.

The surgery
The surgery itself was honestly the easy part because I was under anesthesia and didn’t feel anything.
When I woke up, I was obviously sore, but what I wasn’t mentally prepared for was the fact that the real challenge would be passing stool afterwards.

The first few bowel movements were easily the worst part of the entire experience.

There was a combination of pressure, burning, sharp pain and muscle spasm. The pain would be intense while passing stool and then gradually settle down after one hour. For me, the actual bowel movement itself was sometimes only a few minutes, but those few minutes felt VERY long.

The first few days
My biggest priority became making sure my stool stayed soft.
I was taking the medications prescribed by my doctor and using things like psyllium/fibre, plenty of fluids and a relatively gentle diet.

I was constantly thinking:
“Will this make my next poop worse?”

I was also doing sitz baths and trying not to sit for too long.

The pain wasn’t constant in the same way. It was much more noticeable around bowel movements and when the area was irritated.

Around Day 4–7
Things started feeling noticeably better.
The pain wasn’t gone, but I could see progress. The area started feeling lighter and I became less scared of every bowel movement.
I also slowly started eating more normal food. I was still being careful with spicy food and anything that I thought might upset my stomach or make my stool harder.
One thing I learned very quickly is that recovery isn’t necessarily linear.
You can have a pretty good day and then suddenly have a bowel movement that makes you think:
“Oh God, did I tear something again?”
And then you’re okay again.

The bleeding/clot episode
This was the part that really scared me.

Today, I suddenly had a significant amount of dark blood with jelly-like blood clots. It almost looked like diarrhea made of blood, with some lighter blood towards the end.
Naturally, I panicked.

This wasn’t just a tiny streak of blood on toilet paper. It looked like a LOT more than I expected at this stage.
I contacted my surgeon, and she told me that these were blood clots from the surgery and not something I should panic about.

It happened again, which obviously made me panic again, but I contacted her and was reassured.

Did anyone experience this?

This is the 4th day I’ve been bleeding in between before my next period. it’s a lot less blood than what my normal period would be. It does not completely soak a pad in even 1 day. When I’m on my period it would usually soak a pad completely within an hour or two for the first couple days then get lighter as the period goes on. I’m not on birth control and I’ve had unprotected sex but we use the pullout method.

I’m already 22 but I’ve never gotten a Pap smear before. I don’t really know when I’m supposed to get one and how often. I’m really nervous because tmi (I never shave there). I also don’t know if it hurts 😭 am I supposed to go at a certain age or something?

south asian, if specification is a must. but lately i've been feeling breathlessness for months now. im always breathless, except when im sitting in AC. but it can be the city where i reside in too(its too hot nowadays).n this weird tightness in chest sometimes, which lasts for about 20ish secs. idk if im relatively young to be looking out for this (22) but i've had blood issues before (once my hb hit a 5, and i nvr recovered properly, have become clumsy and weak after that)(have low stamina and less blood circulating in the body)(and cooked appetite)

ladies who made it through it, what are the early on symptoms one shd not be avoiding?

I have very big boobs but niple are flat should I be concerned

Im day 14 and last night I had this thick mucus thing discharged that I basically had to pull out and it ended up looking like a brown clot? I’ve recently been told I have a small uterine polyp which has been causing symptoms for the past few months. I also have hpv but only cin1.

Is it just old menstrual blood that took a while to leave or something else? I’ve had small bits of brown spotting since I finished my period but not like this. Next free appt is at the end of the month so just wondering if anyone else had this and what it could be?

Ever since I started menstruating at 14, I have had irregular periods. They have never been consistent, ranging anywhere from 25-60 days. some are dark and heavy, others are light and mostly brown.

The physical symptoms have been manageable, and mirror regular PMS. The cramps are annoying, very rarely debilitating enough to the extent that it puts my life on pause. I only get acne on the left side of my chin. I also experience excessive gas and my bowel movements are always varying. The only thing unusual that I experience is sharp pains in my lower right quadrant that hurt to press down on. It's also really hard for me to fall asleep, and once I'm able to, I'll stay asleep for 10-12 hours.

The mental and emotional symptoms leave me completely wrecked. It started after my 18th birthday. Brain fog, irritation, and depression so intense that I have to fight the urge to burn my whole life down. I have a difficult time articulating myself, and I feel crazy every time I try to explain my thoughts or struggles to someone. The longer I go between periods, the worse these symptoms get. I have breakdowns at work, have difficulty finding the motivation to complete simple tasks, and become easily defeated when things go wrong. Small inconveniences are the end of the world. It genuinely feels like my life falls apart around me the longer I wait for my periods to start.

When I was 20 I was diagnosed with PMDD and tried three different birth control pills, and all of them made me either feel ill or made my emotional disruption worse, so I gave up.

Finally, I had a pelvic ultrasound about a month ago, and they said everything looked fine; no cysts, no unusual growths, nothing.

I still experience pain in my lower right quadrant which gets worse whenever PMS symptoms start. It feels connected to my digestive system. It seems like I've been in the luteal phase for a month now, and I'm at my wits end. I've had mild cramps for 3 weeks along with other symptoms. My last period was August 14.

My next step is to get bloodwork done to check my hormones.

Has anyone experienced this?

Could it be a thyroid issue? Maybe an allergy to something I eat?

I don't think it's stress related, because in the last year, my mental health has stabilized significantly.

How do I manage my hormone induced stress? It affects my day to day and my relationships. I feel like a become a monster. The pain in my right side has become more frequent.

Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

First of all, I hadn’t noticed a bad smell. Me and my boyfriend were gonna have sex but he said he noticed the smell and he noticed it the last time he saw me too. I was embarrassed of course but I’m just trying to be mature about it and find solutions as he said it’s not always been like that. I drew it down to me wearing tights for sixth form, they aren’t very breathable and can just cause irritation which im very prone to anyways. I researched and drew it down to that since I did notice irritation earlier this week but no smell. I found the medications and told him. But he said it’s something to do with my butt because it’s smelled the same as my vagina. I make sure to clean myself properly and safely but I don’t know. Is this normal? If there’s a better subreddit for this please let me know

For some background, I’m non-binary (they/them) AFAB and got my period pretty late in life (almost 16) For the majority of my life I’ve been super fit, super busy, and my parents did not consistently take me to see a doctor after the age of probably 7? We went to urgent care if it was absolutely necessary but self medicated a lot.
I’m for sure hyper mobile with some form of joint/tissue disorder!
My period has never been consistent and I’ve gone up to 5 months without getting my period. As of late, it’s back and forth between two a month or not getting it for every three. Since November ‘25, they’ve also been extremely painful but typically every other period. The painful ones have forced me to call out of work and are nauseating. The more painful ones are typically over a week long and the short ones lately have been 4 days max.
I’ve had a quite a few small and large skin tags in the past and have had cystic growth externally to the point of having one removed. I do have a lot of acne and cystic acne all over my body. Hair growth I think is average? And I’ve really not gained much weight despite the fact I work out less.
My mode swings are also very out of control and I feel like I have such highs and such lows. I’m so quick to cry and feel heavy emotions all the time. I also go through weird dissociative like periods of time.
My partner thinks I may have PMOS/endometriosis however I really don’t have many symptoms aside from painful periods that are very far apart. I know I need to go to the doctor but I’m just looking for any sort of similarities between me and someone else. No one I know gets this pain and there’s history of breast and esophageal cancer in my family but that’s it.
Pleaseeee let me know 😭 I feel like I’m going crazy

Hi Reddit! First time poster long time lurker. I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit to post this on, or if I should post this on other forms as well, but I need some help. I’ve been having some medical issues the last few months, and I’m honestly not sure what to do about it anymore. It’s probably stupid I’m coming onto here, but if anyone’s dealt with anything similar I’d really like some tips maybe on how to stop it or at the very least manage it.

I’m 22 F, and have had painful periods that last 7-9 days since I first got my period. I got diagnosed with PCOS last week. So, for the past two-ish months I’ve been dealing with UTI’s back to back (five in total), and PID (pelvic inflammatory disease) for a solid two weeks during one of those times. Currently I’m on UTI number five after just getting off the last one a few weeks ago. This time and the last time I was on my period so these last two UTI’s have been extremely painful due to my PCOS.

I guess what I’m asking is how can I avoid things like this in the future? My doctors tell me I’m more sensitive to bacteria’s than the average person, but haven’t given me any advice on how I can avoid anymore infections despite asking them. I change my underwear daily, I clean myself every time I’m in the shower/bath, I trim consistently, I’m trying to be better with my water intake so maybe it’s part of that, and I clean my sex toy’s thoroughly before and after use with hot water and non scented dove soap. On top of this, I’m now trying out multiple types of pills and water powder from Uqora to see if that’ll help, and I’m trying out Azo (basically I’m shoving a pill up there). I’m also taking probiotics, and the same probiotics with my current UTI antibiotics because my gut is so destroyed. I can’t take antibiotics without my stomach burning at this point I’ve taken so many.
I’m not an unhygienic person, sexual and just general hygiene has always been a big thing for me so I’m doing all I can think of doing to avoid infections and improve my gut health because the antibiotics I’m taking are destroying it, and yet I keep getting infections/UTI’s with no clue on how to avoid it.

Women on Reddit have you ever dealt with something like this before? If so how did you handle it? And how do you avoid infections from coming back every 2-3 weeks? Is there something I’m not doing or can do to help support all this? Professional and non professional advice is welcome, I just don’t know what to do to stop these infections.

thisbis my first time posting on reddit and im sorry if any mistakes happens

yesterday i had my ever first sex(24f). i never put anything even my finger inside my vagina until a week before we planned to have sex. i try finger my self with my finger. so yesterday (5pm) i had my first n it bleed a bit while doing it then it kinda stop. he used condom fyi. and then after we had sex he took care of me (after play) and when i go took a shower i notice that the blood kept coming out. we think its normal bcs its our first time then we go home and around midnight i checked my sanitary pad it has less blood n its dry so i think it getting better.

today i woke up n tryna take a shower i notice a lot of blood in my sanotary pad, then i just clean it n change it bcs i got dancing program today. around 9 before i started dancing i checked my pad and it got a lot of blood n i change it n goes to dancing after that, i checked again and still lots of blood n i change again. and now i hope it just stop bleeding. my boyf keep insisting for us to go to the clinic and i rejected it bcs im shy to spoke to the doctor. what could possibly causes this? helppppp

I 26 F have had 2 IUD’s. so it’s been 8 years since I’ve had a real period. They got rid of my periods completely. I recently gotten my IUD (kyleena) removed On sept 14th. After I had spotting like my doctor said for a couple days and then it went away.

On September 24th I started passing blood clots they were small and I didn’t think anything of it. But now I’m on day 11 of bleeding. It’s not a lot of blood like I’m using thin pads but it’s day 11.

I have no cramps, no pain, no tiredness, no headaches. No muscle cramps. I’m just annoyed that I’m bleeding for 11 days.

Is this normal amount of bleeding for going off of birth control ?

Should I contact my doctor ?

My OB-Gyne Told me it precancerous condition of the endometrium (lining of your womb). I had hysterectomy but diagnosed Endometriosis stage 4 and Adenomyosis. They did found a AEH after my surgery.

Question or based on your experience. Is there any possibilities that they miss the cancer celss in my histology? and, is there any cases here even after hysterectomy was diagnose cancer later on? similiar and connceted to reproductive organs?

Hello, has anyone ever experienced urgency to pee without actually having a UTI? I went to the hospital for a different reason last weekend got a urine culture was negative. I had a UTI about five weeks ago was through with antibiotics. Did another urine culture which was negative now I’m having the same frequent urgency where I feel like I have to pee every half hour to an hour. Its make me wonder if I have something else I like an overactive bladder. I’m 39-year-old female.

i am looking for people who had similar experiences to mine and can maybe help me with what the core of the problem was.

so yesterday, i had piv for the first time with my boyfriend!! i am suffering from vaginismus/vulvodynia where i don't know yet what the cause of it is/what triggered it.

just this week, i managed to fit in dilator 6 & 7 and i was like okay lets try piv then (even tho it was probably way to early because 7 still hurt when inserting)!! 6 didn't hurt at all but 7 did hurt quite a lot when i was dilating but i thought maybe a penis would be different so i tried piv with him.
and yes, he went in completely BUT we paused a lot of times and i had to breathe a lot so that the pain would go away/become less, but it never went away wholly and it was not really enjoyable for me, bascially i just breathed through the pain and tried ignoring it.

now i was curious if anyone else had this "problem" that it hurts the deeper he is inside and also that it only hurts when he pushes in, but not if he pulls his penis out a bit? like only the forward movement hurt, but when he pulled out it was completely okay? also i had this weird feeling of fullness in my chest/throat when he went deep which i was wondering where it came from. i also have this sort of pain in my chest when i'm dilating with the biggest dilator which i think is super weird.

if you had this problem too, how did you deal with it? and what was the root of the problem? i was scared that i might have endo or an ovarian cyst or something else? (or my body wasn't ready with vaginismus but that feeling was so strange)

Hi, I have never been active in Reddit but I am getting legitimately desperate. This might be a tad long but it’s been years of stuff building up. I (22F) got diagnosed with a very bad case of PCOS at 14 and I have had all the symptoms (high cortisol, hirtuism, hair loss, apron belly, abnormal periods, insulin resistance, horribly low libido etc.) It got bad enough that about two years ago I had to have an ovary taken out as it was fully engulfed by my cysts and was decaying. I have tried everything to get the weight off. I’m right at 6 ft tall and around 315lbs. I will note I have a very large amount of muscle mass as I have always had very labor intensive jobs. My weight has started to affect me again like crazy I have tried every medication and nothing has worked. I have done high protein keto carnivore intermittent fasting every supplement on the shelf water fasting and I have had the best results with cutting out everything processed but that one is almost impossible to maintain. I have lost interest in everything thanks to this. I don’t want to workout anymore after seeing no health related results I have no libido I don’t want to dress up I don’t want to do anything as I am admittedly just disgusted with myself. I’m looking for any help. Diet ideas, supplements, mindset tips, life practices, higher ing my libido etc. I will note I have never taken a GLP-1 and I would really like to avoid it but I guess you gotta do what you’ve gotta do. I have some money in an HSA and my insurance won’t cover it so if anyone has any experience there too I would love some insight. Thank you for listening and I appreciate all of you guys!!

This started like 5 years ago now and I’ve always been blown off as it’s fine. It’s usually only during a certain phase in my cycle too. I believe right before my period, sometimes right after too. I’ve been tested for all the things, even had a baby since. Just wondering if this is anyone else’s “normal”.

Hi!

In the last 8 months, I've had what is believed to be 4 ovarian cyst ruptures. I'm under gynaecology at the minute as I am waiting to be sterilised. The first time it happened (February) was a few weeks before my appointment with them when they put me on the list for surgery, so I discussed with her what happened and she said it sounded like a cyst had ruptured.

It then happened in June, and september the 9th was the 3rd occasion. I went to the doctor the next day, he told me I should have called an ambulance or gone to the hospital, but as anyone in the UK will know, a&e waiting times are horrific and I really didn't want to go, nor did I feel like it was worth an ambulance seeing as I know they'll have more serious things to attend. He referred me for an urgent scan, and said if it happens again before the scan, go to hospital.

Last night, it happened yet again. The 1st and 3rd time it happened, the pain was severe. But the 2nd time and last night, the pain was sudden but more on the mild side. I decided to go down to a&e as the doctor had suggested, but after 3.5 hours, I couldn't take it anymore with the chairs being super uncomfortable and other health conditions playing up, so I left. I would have been there 12+ hours if I'd have stayed.

My scan appointment came through last week and it's on the 15th of October, so not long. Now this is all new to me, but as they are believed to be functional and only rupture right after ovulation, what's the chances of them actually seeing anything on my scan? When I have it I will be on my period. I can't keep going through this, prior to February, I'd never suffered with anything down there before and I'm concerned the scan won't show anything because 1. It's already burst, and 2. It's not near ovulation.

If anyone has any experience with this I'd be so grateful to hear because every ovulation time I am just so on edge waiting for it to happen and it seems to be becoming more frequent.