Have I Ovulated????

[Jodsan]

Hi ladies,

I was due to O today (CD15) and I usually know when I ovulate bc I get hormonal and then a dull ache in one ovary for a couple of hours, then it all stops. But I have had the most bizarre week, I got an ache in my ovary last Sunday, CD8, and it hung around until yesterday, CD14. Then yesterday I got really, really hormonal, sore nipples but no real ovary pain. Today I feel fine and like all of the hormones have resolved themselves so I think I may have ovulated. I dont do temps bc I usually have no trouble detecting O. Does anyone know of any other signs I could check to see if I have O'd? I didn't really notice EWCM this month, but it was cloudy on CD12 and seems to be a bit cloudy today.

[blackduckies]

Maybe you have O from both sides this cycle, I had noticed as I get older that had happened more often to me. I would normally get the ovary pain after O but not always, it sounds like you may have had it happen already. Still no harm in covering bases just in case?????

[Jodsan]

Thanks Blackduckies, Yeah, good thinking, you may well be right because I had mild pain throughout my whole reproductive system (both ovaries, fallopinan tubes and uterus, I think) for a few days. I have never noticed this before but really have only been thinking about O since TTC for the past 6 months and for the 5 months months previous it was definatley pain in just one ovary. I am nearly 35 and I hear that hyperovulation can occur as you get older but also Mum conceived twins when she was pregnant with my brother (one did not survive) and my Nan was apparently a twin (again, the other did not survive) so I probably have the hyperovulation gene also.

The pain was gone by Saturday but that's when I had the real hormonal drop, felt moody all day, just low for no reason. Does this drop happen after O (after the estrogen peak) or is it the LH surge I can feel? Does the pain happen before the egg is released?