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Her doctor put her on the Pill to help manage the pain but it gave her migraines, so she came off it in 2018.

"I came off the pill and that's when my periods became absolutely, completely unmanageable. They took over my life. I wasn't going to university, I wasn't going to work," Ami says.

The charity Endometriosis UK said the pill gives patients more choice, but will help only a relatively small number of people.

"I think GPs need to spend more time exploring symptoms and offering other solutions rather than just the pill or the coil, it's ridiculous," she said.

When the BBC reported a shift in contraception use from "hormonal" products like the pill to "natural" fertility tracking apps among some women seeking abortions, many other women got in touch sharing their experiences.