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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, I have seen a couple pelvic pain specialists. The most recent one came up with the endo adhesions theory but he didn’t seem convinced. I had been on hormonal birth control (depo then nexplanon) for the whole four and a half years minus the couple months of getting it out in anticipation of ttc, which happened right away. If there was no endo four years before it, and I had been on BC consistently, how could extensive enough adhesions have grown?

I want to be clear that I do not have chronic pelvic pain. It happened for three/four weeks than disappeared. I do get painful period cramps—the reason for the exploratory surgery to see if endo was the cause—but I use BC for menstrual suppression (and additionally to avoid hormonal migraines) and I rarely get a period.

[quote=Anonymous] You could try a doctor experienced in female pelvic pain like Rachel Rubin or Sarah Cigna. You could incorporate epsom salt baths at a low temperature. Epsom salt dulls the pain receptors. Pelvic floor physical therapy. Chiropractor trains in Webster. TCM. Acupuncture. Learn and practice meditation. Accepting the pain instead of fighting it and recognize that it’s temporary will take your body out of fight-flight-freeze. [b]At this point you are probably hypersensitived to pain in the area and your nervous system is reading any signal as a fire alarm because it is so primed. [/b]Learn about pain science. There’s lots of things you have not tried yet.[/quote]
Ok, to a certain extent, I agree with the bolded. I have an autoimmune condition which I did not previously mention because no one thinks they are related based on imaging and labs. The bolded statement is consistent with what I have learned about dealing with pain related to that medical problem. But a lot of the things you suggest are for chronic pain, not acute episodes. I tried a lot of what you mentioned (epsom baths and meditation). I stay away from chiropractors generally, and I was in no condition to leave the house for acupuncture. Accepting the pain would be easier if I knew what caused it. Every time it happened, all I could think (and sometimes say) was “something is WRONG. My body is telling me something is WRONG.” I want an answer so I can say something like “there are endometrial cells ripping apart in my belly as my uterus moves. I know it is wrong but it is temporary.” That’s how I did an unmedicated labor.[/quote]

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