""What I've learned is that [during labour] your uterus fails to contract properly and you have a failure to progress with labour and that, to me, is exactly what happened," said Ms Boocock, 30, from Caerphilly."
""It just makes me upset to think of how many women have gone through labour and had worse outcomes than me, because of these complications.""
""I was haemorrhaging every couple of weeks, my iron levels were critically low and I had no energy to do anything," she said."
Adenomyosis occurs when the lining of the womb grows into the uterine muscle and can cause painful periods, heavy bleeding, pelvic pain and dyspareunia. The condition likely affects more than one in ten women but is frequently under-diagnosed. Pregnancies in women with adenomyosis have higher rates of miscarriage, preterm birth, pre-eclampsia and labour complications driven by uterine contraction failure and failure to progress. Many risks can be managed with increased monitoring by healthcare professionals. Severe cases produce recurrent haemorrhage, critically low iron, profound fatigue and impaired mobility; one woman experienced an 85-hour labour and neonatal intensive care before diagnosis.
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