Hi my girlfriend has been in a tough situation and I want to help her but vaginal cramps(pounding/twisting pains) aren't my expertise. She originally got this cramp and before her period so she thought it was a normal pre-period pain. Then it kept coming back even after her period was over. She's been trying to tough it out because her mother got fired from her job and lost her medical insurance but its now been two months... I would say two months is past the 'wait it out' boundaries. I've gone from mentioning a gynecologist, to saying she probably should go, to pretty much begging her to go.

I always get the subject changed or excuses from her not to see the gynecologist like: Well, the pain wasn't that bad today or it didn't happen for a while or she think it'll go away by the end of the period, she's scared of gynecologists, feels bad if her mom pays, and the list goes on. But no matter what she says within the next day or two it comes back (and those are the times she tells me, I assume she hides some since I keep pressuring her to get help).

She is not pregnant, only things on web md that may have made sense are bacteria or yeast infection. But I'm just too lost to know whats wrong and she refuses to get help.. What should I do?