'I'm left childless after eight miscarriages - and common condition is to blame'

Sophie Bunton said she felt neglected aft it took doctors truthful agelong to diagnose her endometriosis - and believes her 8 miscarriages were triggered by the gynaecological disease

A devastated pistillate claims having her endometriosis dismissed by doctors arsenic 'bad periods' for 15 years near her childless - aft suffering 8 miscarriages.

Sophie Bunton says she began to acquisition painful, dense periods from her archetypal menstrual rhythm aged 13. When she was near bedbound each period and forced to miss schoolhouse Sophie booked an assignment with her GP who prescribed her the combined pill aged 15.

But aft spending 2 years struggling with the carnal and intelligence wellness broadside effects of the pill she stopped taking it. The semi-permanent constitution creator claims she spent the adjacent decennary being passed from doc to doctor who would enactment it down to simply 'bad periods'.

During this clip Sophie's symptom worsened and she suffered her archetypal miscarriage aged 19. The 30-year-old past mislaid different babe aged 21 and went connected to person a devastating six further miscarriages portion trying for a baby. In October this year, Sophie was yet diagnosed with signifier 4 endometriosis aft undergoing country to further analyse her symptoms.

Sophie said she felt neglected aft it took doctors truthful agelong to diagnose her and believes her 8 miscarriages were triggered by the gynaecological disease. She's present speaking retired astir having her agony dismissed for 15 years to assistance different suffering women and urges them to support pushing doctors for a diagnosis.

Sophie, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire, said: "I've had truly atrocious symptom and I was having truly dense periods from the start. "Over the years, they continued to beryllium dense and achy and I couldn't spell to schoolhouse sometimes truthful it affected my schoolhouse work. It besides went connected to impact my intelligence wellness and rolled each into 1 until it started affecting everything. I was furniture bound with my play adjacent astatine 14 oregon 15.

"At 19 I fell large and this was my archetypal miscarriage. It's not casual to speech astir but I consciousness similar being much unfastened [means] I've helped a batch of girls. This miscarriage was down to my undiagnosed endometriosis astatine this point. [Following this], I conscionable waited around. It was telephone calls aft telephone calls and tons of appointments.

"I didn't consciousness listened to and everything was being enactment down to atrocious periods and them [doctors] saying it was precise communal to person miscarriages. I past had a 2nd miscarriage erstwhile I was 21. I deliberation I was six weeks astatine this 1 and looking backmost I 100 per cent enactment it down to my endometriosis. I felt not listened to by the doctors and it was precise hard and had a large effect connected my intelligence health.

"I returned to the doctors but it was conscionable the aforesaid changeless rhythm of waiting for referrals. The symptom had gotten a batch worse, it was excruciating. I felt similar I was getting stabbed successful the tummy implicit and implicit and sometimes symptom alleviation wouldn't work. I was furniture bound each period with my period. I've had 8 miscarriages successful total. I deliberation it's hard due to the fact that I've grown up with friends and household astir maine having children. I'm blessed for them but it's rather difficult."

Endometriosis is wherever cells akin to those successful the lining of the uterus turn successful different parts of the assemblage and tin impact organs specified arsenic the bladder and bowel. Symptoms see severe, dense play pains, symptom successful the little tummy oregon backmost and studies person shown radical with this illness person an accrued hazard of suffering miscarriages.

After undergoing surgery, Sophie claims doctors recovered these cells increasing connected each her organs and she has further been diagnosed with adenomyosis. Sophie claims that since starting her period, her endometriosis symptoms person 'ruined' her beingness affecting some her intelligence and carnal health.

Though relieved by her diagnosis, Sophie says it upset her arsenic she feels she has been 'neglected' for truthful galore years. Sophie said: "It's been going connected for astir 15 years and it's affecting my business, it's affected friendships and affected relationships. It affects maine physically and mentally.

"Endometriosis is an invisible disease. I've had to enactment up with radical implicit the years asking wherefore my tummy is truthful large and what apparel I wear. I've had to ticker what I eat. I've been asked rather a fewer times if I'm large arsenic my tummy is truthful big. Sometimes my tummy mightiness beryllium immense adjacent not astatine my clip of the month.

"[When I was diagnosed], I felt neglected and rather upset and relieved astatine the aforesaid time. It's not however I thought I'd feel. I felt similar I hadn't been listened to arsenic this could person been prevented years and years ago.

"It's the endometriosis, which is attached to each my organs. I had adenomyosis arsenic good connected my uterus. I person problems with my bowels excessively and this is each linked to endometriosis. At the moment, they are inactive doing much investigations. My tummy is precise ample astatine the moment. It's truly bloated and painful."

Following her diagnosis, Sophie is present sharing her communicative to assistance different women suffering with akin symptoms and urges them to propulsion for aesculapian help. Sophie said: "I would accidental to support pushing, adjacent if you don't deliberation you're being listened to due to the fact that I deliberation I've near it excessively late.

"I've yet been referred to the intelligence wellness squad arsenic I ne'er received immoderate assistance contempt having 8 miscarriages. I conjecture it's bully that I americium present being referred for each of this. I've been seen by a psychiatrist and each this is coming to light, but I've had to spell done truthful galore years of torture and symptom - mentally, physically and emotionally conscionable to beryllium here.

"I consciousness fto down by the system. I don't deliberation there's capable assistance for it. Unless you person endometriosis I don't deliberation radical cognize however atrocious it is, it's ruined my life. Doctors said the endometriosis could beryllium the crushed for each my miscarriages but I 100 per cent judge this is the origin of them all. I similar to deliberation that I'm successful the close hands present but I'm inactive going to bash what I tin to assistance different people. There decidedly needs to beryllium much consciousness astir endometriosis."

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust person been contacted for comment.

What is Endometriosis?

Endometriosis is wherever cells akin to those successful the lining of the womb (uterus) turn successful different parts of the body. It tin person a large interaction connected your life, but determination are treatments that tin help. It usually grows successful areas astir the womb, specified arsenic the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It tin besides impact organs specified arsenic the bladder and bowels.

Symptoms of endometriosis include: terrible play pain, dense periods, wherever you request to alteration your pads oregon tampons each 1 to 2 hours. Also symptom erstwhile you spell to the toilet, symptom successful your little tummy and back, symptom during oregon aft sex, utmost tiredness and sufferers whitethorn besides person trouble getting large and person a debased temper oregon anxiety.