When Jenna Latham began suffering painful periods as a teenager, she had no idea it would trigger the start of an indescribable nightmare.
The 39-year-old, from Manchester, first started bleeding heavily when she was just 17 – only finding relief when she fell pregnant two years later.
But once she gave birth, her symptoms flared up again, experiencing even heavier periods and mood swings. READ MORE: 'I was relieved when they found something but I'm scared to be living with a condition with no cure' Jenna decided to visit doctors and was referred to a gynaecologist who found endometriosis deposits around her womb.
Despite the medical check, Jenna was never diagnosed. When she gave birth to her second daughter at 21, her condition worsened once again, leaving her in agony 24 hours a day.
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