'Fertility struggle has left me screaming in pain - I just want to be a mum'
05.10.2022 - 18:01
/ ok.co.uk
Pregnant Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague revealed last year that she’d been diagnosed with Endometriosis.The condition causes tissue similar to the lining of the womb to grow in other places, such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes, making it difficult to conceive naturally. Molly-Mae announced her own pregnancy just recently, and fans commented on how her news has given hope to other Endometriosis sufferers. Her painful health struggles are something Annabelle Jones, the 29-year-old daughter of Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones, knows all too well.
Unlike Molly-Mae, Annabelle is going it alone in her bid to become a mum and following her love overdue diagnosis has been sharing her fertility journey in an online blog. Here she tells OK! her story... “When Molly-Mae talked about her ‘excruciating periods’ it was something I could totally relate to.
I’ve suffered with my periods for over 10 years, and have only recently been diagnosed with Endometriosis. My periods vary massively. Some months the pain is manageable with prescribed medication, but other months the strongest dose of prescribed meds doesn’t even touch the sides.
In a bad month I’ll bleed through high absorbency tampons nearly every hour. I’ll be sick and faint or feel extremely weak, which means I can’t drive or even stand for too long. And of course I have an unmanageable amount of pain.
Describing her own “agonising” experience with Endometriosis, Molly-Mae recalled feeling “fearful I wouldn’t wake up in the morning” adding, “it was so, so horrendous." My pain feels like “contractions”. I try to breathe deeply through them, but end up screaming and crying. It comes in waves and can last around four hours with only about 30 seconds to breathe in between.
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