Women- do you experience ovulation pain?

[LaraMN]

I can always tell precisely which tube is hatchin' one; this month it's old righty, because it hurts on one side and I feel like I'm cramping.

I never noticed this until after I had children, and it only seems to be getting more pronounced with time. It's not awful or terribly painful, but it's really quite annoying.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Oui

"old righty" :rofl:

[LaraMN]

3. One month it hurt on both sides!

I could only assume it was a two-fer.

[redqueen]

2. Nope...

not yet anyway. Or maybe I just assume it's gas. :shrug:

[LaraMN]

4. Lol!

Pay attention to the timing of your "gas". You might note a pattern!

[redqueen]

6. I will now!

Heheh... I'm gonna be marking my "gas" pains on my calendar for a while. Weeee! :P

[LaraMN]

9. And a month from now you will post about the fact that you ovulate

25 out of every 30 days!

:rofl:

[RadiationTherapy]

21. AAAHH!! Girls don't fart!! Girls don't fart!!!!

A public service announcement from my brother the alcoholic misogynist.

[redqueen]

22. The next time he says someting so stupid...

tell him the clit is like a tiny penis, and he should remember than when pleasuring it.

:evilgrin:

[RadiationTherapy]

24. Yaaaayyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Clits!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Lara!

I no longer ovulate, but I remember hearing about this back in the day...

I never felt it, never...

I'd say you're lucky for feeling it, since then you know you're fertile!

:hi:

[LaraMN]

8. Except I have no use for my fertility!

Well, I suppose it serves other purposes than merely procreative ones.

[AlCzervik]

7. it hurts all over.

i can't tell because i get really bad cramps day 1 and into day 2.

[LaraMN]

10. I'm seriously thinking about going on one of those

every-three-month period meds. My period itself is awful- the ovulation pain is just additionally annoying.

[khashka]

34. That's a period

not ovulation. My best friend had really painful periods. She'd lay on the floor and cry while I rubbed her back. Women get the worst of it - all we guys have to worry about is prostate problems and there's an easy fix for that.

Khash.

[GRLMGC]

11. Sometimes

I didn't feel it until recently. I also didn't have breast pain until about four years ago. During middle school and high school, I never felt it.

[LaraMN]

12. I've never had the breast pain issue-

not even when I was pregnant; maybe if my boobage had actually increased a little more, I would have noted some discomfort.

[AlCzervik]

17. when i stopped eating meat and started eating a lot more soy protein my normal

"omg my tots are killin me" week before my period went away. At first it messed me up because that's how i knew it was coming but eventually i figured out my cycle again. I'm going to guess it must be something in the soy that helps.

[GRLMGC]

20. I've heard soy reduces menstrual discomfort

A friend told me about that a while ago. Does it help with cramps?

[AlCzervik]

23. in my case no, my cramps aren't any better or worse but not having the breast pain

in a big improvement as you can imagine. But that's just me, maybe the soy does help with lessening the cramps for other people, i also try to always a calcium supplement because that's also supposed to help, maybe if i didn't do that my cramps might actually be worse.

[khashka]

47. Khash's rant on breast pain

Some women are very sensitive and never want them touched. For some women they are painfull before, during, and just after menstruaion. Some no problem. But it can change over time.

Boys! Before you grab a woman's boobies ASK FIRST!

Khash

[leftyclimber]

13. Yep.

Like clockwork.

In tandem with obscene amounts of water retention.

Yep, WTMI.

- swollen lefty

[LaraMN]

15. Water retention! Yes!

I retain water like a freaking camel. I also eat an abhorrent amount of salt, though, so I can't reasonably complain...

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. Yes ouchy!

WannaB used to complain about it and I would tell her to buck up and get over it...not knowing it was PCOD. :( A lot of times the pain will be on both sides if you get cysts.

[LaraMN]

16. Yikes!

Is PCOD the same thing as PCOS? My friend has PCOS, and it caused her a whole lot of grief.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. One is for the syndrome and one is for disease, I think.

She got a really severe infection back in December and we almost lost her because they thought it was "just a cyst" and sent her home with painkillers instead of antibiotics. Tell your friend to keep an eye on her temperature and that it's not good to use bath oils in the tub. We never knew this.

[Shakespeare]

26. That's correct.

I have PCOS, but haven't had an ovarian cyst since I was 17 (that's when and how they diagnosed me). I've got all the other fun things that go along with PCOS, though (at 44, I now have regular periods and ovulate, but ovulate about a week too early--hopefully fixable with low-dose hormones if I ever need to use those eggs, and I might, soon). Does Wannabe have PCOS too, or just the cysts?

If they can come up with a pill to make a man's dick hard, they damn sure better be trying to come up with a pill to deal with PCOS. I'm a tad cranky about the whole thing.

Edited to add: I still get chills thinking about what Wannabe went through earlier this year. I'm so glad she's okay now!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. They have diagnosed her with PCOD. She lost one ovary and a

tube due to the surgery. She is still getting cysts but, now that we know what we're dealing with, she's been okay. They put her on several different types of BC pills ( I guess that's all they can manage to come up with) and they did not help. I don't blame you for being cranky. It sucks, and they way they blew us off with the painkillers (vicodin for a 17 year old? Nice) when her WBC was already in the 20 some thousands... I get so angry thinking about it.

We're coming to LA July 2-9th. Actually, we're flying into Vegas and spending the night of the 8th there on the way back.

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Shakespeare]

35. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I wanna see you!!!

Can you squeeze me into your schedule? Is it a vacation-y kind of visit? Need a tour guide? Huh? Huh?

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. Both of my bro's live in LA. One in Hollywood and one in Silver Lake.

I would love to meet you too. :hug: I will get in touch with you once I know what total plans are.

[Shakespeare]

38. I live in Hollywood, so we're neighbors.

Please PM me when the time's near--I'd LOVE to meet you!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. If you ever see a guy walking around with the most beautiful little

toddler, that is him. And they walk a lot. He's just off Sunset. This is my nephew:

[Shakespeare]

44. aaawwww---he IS beautiful!

I live on Hollywood Blvd, about 4 blocks west of the Chinese theater.

[KitchenWitch]

40. I would love to meet you while you are here.

If you have time.

I can drive up to LA (only 30 miles).

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. Maybe we can all get together for lunch or dinner.

I would like to meet you too.

[KitchenWitch]

45. And by then I should be done with the pillow.

:D

[My Good Babushka]

18. oh god, yes

I have always been attuned to my body's weirdness- I knew right away once when I had a small cyst on one of my ovaries, extraordinary pressure. I tried to take birth control pills, but they just don't jive with me. I bled for 19 out of 20 days when I tried them, then I got bad leg cramps, then my OB told me to stop taking them. Synthetic hormones are junky. Rhythm method is junky, too.

[OzarkDem]

25. Used to

As you get closer to menopause, these symptoms can get worse.

[LeftyMom]

27. Nope.

Well, right now I don't ovulate, but when I did, and I was charting and knew when that was, I didn't have any telltale pain.

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

28. yep, all the damn time

I have pcos so I always get ovary pain that lasts about 3 weeks to a month. Then the period comes along and that lasts about 2 weeks on top of the ovary pain. It gets to the point where all I can do is lay in bed in a fetal position with a hotpad on my stomach for the majority of the time. I'm only 31 with no kids but I swear I should just get a hysterectomy so I can experience what it is to be somewhat normal.

[khashka]

29. As a man, no, but many women

have told me they can feel it. Not badly painful, more like a short sharp shock. Obvious but quickly over. Some women describe it as a "ping". Of course. as a man, I can't say - just repeat what I've been told.


Khash.

[tigereye]

41. that's what it was always like for me

like a little pop. It didn't really hurt though.

[MorningGlow]

30. Yep, I get a twinge

It didn't used to happen, but recently (maybe after I gave birth? I love to blame my kid for everything that's gone weird with my body) I get a sharp twinge when an egg is released. It's kind of interesting, and nowhere near as painful as other female anatomical events.

[raptor_rider]

31. Oh yes,

one side or the other. It even goes into my back. Had back labor with all 3 kiddo's and have back pain during the monthly visit. Just "love" being a woman sometimes. My husband would not trade me sexes for a day. He saw the births and hears me complain every month.

[Blue Diadem]

32. Yes, on one side more than the other.

The left side just feels like a pinch pain..the right side hurts..always has.

Can't wait for m.e.n.o.p.a.u.s.e

[FunkyLeprechaun]

36. Me too...

If it's not graphic enough... the IUD really does make it known... ouch. I can tell I'm ovulating by the IUD trying to block my eggs going through. So far it's the right one, but last time it was the left one.

[Breeze54]

39. Pain on left side; next month; pain on right....

That's how I know to hit CVS! :P

(just hit alert for the 3rd time today for a posting error. Somethings up with DU. Maybe the server?)

[Dangerously Amused]

46. Yep. Feels like mini pms cramping, on one side.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. when I had ovaries I did. Then after I had the left one removed

the right one kept on popping off every month. Sometimes it was really really painful and other times not so much. I really became aware of the ovarian pain in my late 20's

[otherlander]

49. Only during the winter.

[tammywammy]

50. No, I don't

I also have amazingly light and easy periods. I'm very lucky. My best friend used to have to lay in bed the first day of her period, sometimes 2 days. Finally she got on birth control back when we were 20ish and she said they're much better now.

[SarahB]

51. Usually,

lately I get a lot of doubles too!

Thank you Mirena for protecting me. O8) (My guardian angel IUD.)

[Ariana Celeste]

52. yep

slight cramping and i get a little moody too

[Gonzo Gardener]

53. Yes, exactly as you describe n/t

[Fleshdancer]

54. only on the right tube

For some odd reason, the left tube never gives me any issues. Fortunately this is a left tube month for me. :)

[fizzgig]

55. yup

it's been that way since i hit my 20s x(

[SeattleGirl]

56. Not any more, thank goodness!

I used to, but I have to say, there ARE some positive things about menopause! :P

[Manifestor_of_Light]

57. Stuff about menopause that the doctors never told us about:

I've been thru menopause about 2 years ago.

About a month ago, I burned the toast and started crying. I told my BF, 'This feels like PMS; I'm crying over stupid stuff. It is NOT your fault."

Then, a week later, I had menstrual cramps. Enough that I had to take advil. But NO blood flow.

This cramping with no blood has happened before. :wtf:

My bod is trying to cycle, but can't get its act together. :wtf:

[SeattleGirl]

58. I've had the same experience.

Cramping like my period was going to start, but that hasn't happened in a couple of years.

:wtf: indeed.

[Old Hickory Fan]

59. WOW On Topic BBC Link about Ovulation with slideshow

News just out today .............


Check this out and be sure to watch the slideshow!



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7447942.stm

[MrsMatt]

60. It's called "mittelschmerz" (mother pain)

I sometimes experience it. For me, it feels like a pinch.

[Midlodemocrat]

61. Oh, yeah. Every other month. On the right side.

Feels like the durned thing is going to explode.

[GreenPartyVoter]

62. Sometimes I do, yah

[RadiationTherapy]

63. This is the longest, most viewed bodily function thread I have ever witnessed.

Well done, everyone. Well done.

[LaraMN]

64. I know! I'm a little bit proud of us.

:rofl:

[RadiationTherapy]

65. I even got to say "girls don't fart".

I had a thread shut down before because I just used that line as an example of the madonna/whore mentality.

[amitten]

66. Yes, but only ever on the right side. n/t

[hippywife]

67. I used to have those little pains

and thought they were just ovulation then when they started getting worse, we did an ultasound and found huge cysts. Now I don't have anything to pain me anymore except my right ovary (kept it so I wouldn't have to do HRT) and it doesn't bother me. Which is weird because most of the time the pain was on the right side, but it was the left ovary with the cyst, along with the uterus.

Shit's gone now and I wish I had done it sooner. I've never felt so free in my life as I do now not worrying about having a period and all the crap you gotta deal with that go along with it.

I don't like children even in the least and hated putting up with that shit all those years. I really resent it actually. :mad:

[BarenakedLady]

68. Oh yes!

I never did until the past few years. I blame the kids and age.