Please help - Does it sound/look like endometriosis, ovulation issue/hormonal imbalance, or something else?

I DO: 

- Have regular cycles, with a period of 3-5 days

- I have a lot of pain but it's always the FIRST day/hours ONLY (the pain feels like contractions [it comes and goes] and rapid breathing as if I'm in labour; I also have loose bowel movements, feel hot and cold, nausea, and a feeling of being very weak and needing to lay down. I also sometimes feel like a prickly/needles sensation at my fingertips).

I either take a cramp medication and feel better, OR I just ride it out and after I throw up, I fall asleep and feel much better as well (I also noticed that fresh cold air helps me).

**NOTE: I should also add that I don't have severe pain every month, some months I have manageable cramps and I can go about my business normally enough. It's almost like it alternates; one month is good, one month bad, etc...

I DON'T:

- Skip periods

- Bleed or spot in between periods

- Have pain during intercourse

- Have chronic pelvic or abdominal pain

- Have gastrointestinal issues

- Have long or irregular cycles

- Bleed excessively during my period

- Have issues with my back or legs

- Have menstrual pain that persists, even afer taking medication

- Have big blood clots

- Have pain BEYOND the first few hours/first day of my period

- Have painful urination or bowel movements

I am now 30 years old and have been trying to get pregnant for 2 years - no success.

I went to the doctor and had a cycle monitoring (ultrasounds and blood tests). I also had a Full Bladder ultrasound and a Sonohysterogram.

The doctor told me all the results were normal and everything was fine. I had also mentioned the pain the first day of my period, but they said they didn't see anything that would cause it/explain it, and that all was normal.

A second doctor said he thought it might be endometriosis, but in doing my research about the symptoms of endo, I don't feel it really describes me..?

Any ideas if the pain is simply primary dysmenorrhea? The ultrasounds didn't reveal anything abnornal and I don't have issues/pain/symptoms other than the first day of my period.

In looking at my chart for Cycle#5, I think my temperatures are rather low and are quite close to the cloverline (please gnore the spikes on Days 21, 22 and 23 - I had a fever). Preovulatory and postovulatory temps seem low, they really don't increase by much at all after ovulation and they don't continue to increase either - they just remain not far from the cloverline and around the same temperature day after day :S Also, the temperature appears to decrease, instead of increase, right after ovulation? :S

The first doctor I saw did mention that my thyroid level was at 3.04; he said as long as it was below 5 that was okay, but he still referred me to an endocrinologuist to decrease chances of miscarriages. But when I saw the endocrinologist, he said they don't usually treat at that level anymore, and that I was fine.

I'm trying to get to the bottom of my fertility issues; any ideas what I could be dealing with? Does it sounds like endo? Or does it look more like primary dysmenorrhea and/or a hormonal or ovulation issue? Or maybe something else?

Please, any suggestions or direction would really help me. I feel lost and frustrated.

NOTE: The first half of Cycle#4 should not be relied on; that was my first time charting and I wasn't using the thermometer correctly.

Thank you in advance for commenting/replying; I really do appreciate you taking the time to help me.

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