A woman who had her period every ten days has described how she feels “forced” to choose between freezing her eggs and owning her own home. Erin McDermott, 29, began taking the pill in her early teenage years because of the frequency of her periods, but wasn't given tests to find out what was causing it.
When she stopped taking the pill out of curiosity in December 2020 - after 13 years - she tested her hormones with a home test kit and learned that she had an imbalance, which was later confirmed by a GP. This imbalance was an indicator of lower fertility and a shorter fertility window.
Erin feels that had tests been conducted when she first reported her frequent periods as a schoolgirl in Coventry, the underlying cause - and what it indicated about her fertility - might have been diagnosed much earlier.
