So before I stopped HRT for a month the cramping was a constant thing.. lower abdomen, feels like a rag wrung out constantly.
I went off HRT for over a month (per my endo's instructions for a blood test), and the cramping got worse, constantly daily misery.
The results of the blood test finally came back..On the negative side, I'm not producing hormones anymore, after the results of the blood test came back. I am 44, so that's not a terribly big surprise, just kind of sad. However restarting HRT, the constant hourly barrage of cramps diminished? As in I didn't even wake up last 3 days with bad abdominal pain.
I know its responding to hormones, just not exactly sure why. I do kinda wonder if anyone out there has similar experiences. I know T can decrease cramps for f2m's. I just really really don't understand the biology behind it. Theoretically on progesterone it protects the inner lining of the uterus, and it can stop periods (thus used in birth control). But reading up on it, it can actually cause MORE cramping too.
https://www.whattoexpect.com/forums/fertility-treatments/topic/constant-cramps-progesterone-period-pregnancy.htmlMy back was hurting alot, and it felt like something was poking/kicking me in my abdomen. At this point I don't even know if they'd be willing to redo the ultrasound or MRI.. I asked. Perhaps someone here has suggestion or advice. The only thing that's helped was Pamprin. I'm just glad its 'rumbling' is the best way I can describe it.. not actively paining me.