Hello all. I apologise in advance if this seems a stupid question.
I am 42 and peri. Four weeks ago I upped my estrogel to 3 pumps and also added Estring. I plan to use progesterone every other month. (In the past I have used a lower dose of estrogel and used my bodies own progesterone to produce a period).
Anyway from day 21 I have had really bad period pain, and very bloated belly, far worse than I have ever had before. The last few nights the pain seems to be drilling into my back, and even turning over is painful. I have used the estrogel for a number of years and I'm guessing this would not be causing such severe period pain?? So then I thought it must be a large surge of my own progesterone kicking in and wanting a period to start, but there is no sign of that. So that just leaves the Estring.... would that cause period like pain??
Am I right in thinking only progesterone causes period pain/bloating??
Sorry if that all sounds a bit random, I just can't understand why I'm feeling so bad.
Any thoughts gratefully received, thanks xx