Update on pregnancy news and pain

I am still suffering pain in my tummy and vulva. The pain in my tummy I think is from scar tissue after so much surgery. I am disappointed that my vulva is still sore, maybe even sorer than usual! I was hoping pregnancy hormones would help with that pain. Maybe things will change in the next few months.


I need to go back to icing my vulva twice a day to try and take the inflammation out of it and using the trainers. I stopped when I found out I was pregnant. I was worried about miscarrying and as I was suffering a lot of internal pain I didn't want to add to it by using the trainers.


When I start my period I normally get a really terrible pain from my left hip running down the front of my leg to my knee, on top of pain in and around pelvis, up bum and vagina. Since I have been pregnant I have had the pain from my left hip and leg which as you can imagine made me paranoid I would start bleeding but I haven't. What is this pain? Is it a nerve? I have had it a few times recently without a bleed.


I have had two other worrying times with pain. One evening I had really bad pain on my left hand side of my pelvis. When I had a scan at 7 weeks, there was a small cyst there. I was worried that maybe it was getting bigger, popping or something. The pain went away after 2 hours.


I was also really concerned when I had pain on my right hand side of my pelvis. It felt like a really painful pulling of something. It kept me awake all night. It didn't matter what position I was in I couldn't make it go away. The next day it was gone.


I'm going to see my Obs consultant to have a chat next week as I am so used to sitting through pain, I want to know now that I am pregnant what I shouldn't sit through and when I would need help. I'm not sure they will have the answers. It would be much easier if I could see through my belly and see what was going on. Then I wouldn't worry so much.


The other huge worry I have at the moment is the bleed after c-section. I didn't have any idea you bled after this time until somebody told me "its the mother of all periods!" Obviously this is really worrying me as I am normally taking hard core pain killers and in bed laying still with lots of heat at this time and its horrible. How would I look after a newborn as well? I wonder will this be as bad pain as a normal period for an Endometriosis sufferer? 


Did anybody's period or vulva pain get better after pregnancy?


Although I am suffering pain, I am enjoying being pregnant and not having periods. I am not stuck in bed or at home on a regular basis as I have been for many years. Only the odd day. I even went food shopping today as I had the car. You may not think too much of this but for me its been years since I have been able to do this! I have left the shopping for my other half to carry up the stairs but I am still really chuffed I was able to go.


The first three months of pregnancy were tough going from my normal symptoms then straight into nausea, extreme tiredness and dizzyness etc.. but now that has mostly gone. I feel better and have more energy in the day. I still crash out early at night but that's ok. I am thinking of some things I may want to do over the next couple of months while I can until I am heavy and waddling around like a duck. 


As always I would love to hear from you and your experiences


Lily lou x