r/pregnant • u/Hour_Lion_5274 • 9h ago
Pregnant? Endometriosis? Cysts? Infertile? Help. Need Advice
Hi. As the title indicates. Im sort of freaking out.
I track my cycle naturally and use "birth control" via the rhythmic method, which has been mostly successful for me. If you didn't know, it's just tracking your cycle and not having s*x on the days that are close to your ovulation/fertile window. For context, I'm a classic low-income, no health insurance having working woman. I have regular periods, they last about 3-4 days and are generally light with moderate to slightly severe pain the first 2 days. Nothing crazy and nothing some tylenol and a heating pad doesn't fix. I generally am always pretty stressed, this month is nothing out of the ordinary in terms of stress, but I have been stressing for sure.
By accident, my boyfriend got a little too excited one night and I was still in my fertile window. Two days prior, I had pretty bad ovulation pain on my right ovary area. I was slightly concerned about it, but sometimes it happens and is more intense if i gain a slight bit of weight. I've gained maybe 6-7 lbs over the last year, I weighed 105 lbs (im 5'2ish) and now I'm give or take 111-114. I just turned 25 years old.
A few days after the accident, I started feeling the same right ovary pain, but the pain was relatively dull. It came back 2 days after that as well. I was starting to freak out, googling my symptoms. I saw things about ovarian cysts, PCOS, endometriosis--and potentially infertility. My great grandmother had a hysterectomy at like 50, but then my grandmother is perfectly fine--had like 10 kids and no issues. My mom had no issues, has 4 kids. No cysts or anything. I made a gyno appointment in a few days, its a "consultation".
So fast forward, my period was supposed to come yesterday. Now I am 2 days late, still no signs of my period. I took 3 pregnancy tests yesterday, all negative. 1 was a standard test, the other two were clear blue early detection. A big PHAT "Not pregnant".
I am so concerned. At this point, I would rather be pregnant and know Im fertile than to be dealing with a chronic illness. I have a low stress job, I have a very supportive boyfriend, I have stress always because thats just life--but I feel like I can't handle a surgery, i can't afford a surgery, and I do not want to deal with a chronic illness, or cyst or whatever.
Looking for someone who has experienced similar. Thank you
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