Pelvic pain: ‘Forced to get treatment in a maternity hospital, knowing you may be infertile, is soul destroying’

Unfortunately, over one-third of reproductive-aged women will experience non-menstrual pelvic pain at some point in their lives. While most acute pelvic pain is caused by reproductive, urinary or gastrointestinal tract disorders, abnormalities of musculoskeletal, vascular and neurological processes can play a major role. The causes and management of pelvic pain in pregnant women differ significantly, yet most pelvic pain sufferers are only sent to see gynaecologists in maternity hospitals.  When we delve into the investigations...