I started my period 9 years ago. When i was younger i always got bad period pains except i had nothing to compare it with really, but it interuptted my life as in taking days off school and not wanting to leave the house. As i got older, the pain has got worse too, and there are some months it stops me from even working, there has been times where i have been curled up on the bathroom floor crying my eyes out in agony. I get terrible cramps that even hot water bottles,hot baths, several pain killers and special period pain medication can't solve. I get quite loose bowels just before and during my cycle as well. The pain is usually around the day or two before but i always wake up on the morning of coming on my period really early with terrible chronic pain. My periods last about 3 heavy days and the next two a bit of spotting as im coming off.

I don't use any contreception, i know they say the pill is good for period pains but i am hoping to eventually start a family with my partner. I haven't used contreception for about 2 years with him now, and in a previous relationship i also came off the pill and have always in my mind knew there was something wrong with me conceiving. Its like a powering thought of i just know there is, but i dont know the reason.

So for several years i haven't been on the pill or used any form of contreception, i have been to the doctor who sent me for a blood test to read my hormone levels, which were resulted as normal? The doctor told me if i would like further testing if i was still worried, i could ask my partner to be tested for sperm count. There isn't any need in doing this, as he has a child from a previous relationship and it isn't just him i had unprotected sex with, there has been a previous relationship too. I'm wondering if there is a link with not getting pregnant and my terrible period pains? Also what tests can i next ask my Doctor to do for me to find out why i haven't got pregnant in 3-4 years? I know there is a reason behind it all. He tells me stress can stop you getting pregnant, i know this, but its only the last year i have been really stressed by it because i know i will be my partner for life and would like a family together, and it hurts me that i can't give him a family like any other normal person. it makes me feel like a failure, and i hate myself and my body.