really dumb question re o'ing

[klee]

sorry ladies this is going to be a really dumb question, but can you o twice? if so what happens do you get two af's?
sorry if its silly but just wondering

[Heaven]

Not a dumb question!! I want to know too. I have had ewcm twice during this cycle. No idea what's going on!
I know 2 eggs can be released sometimes: resulting in twins.

[juleswa]

Hi Klee,

Not a dumb question. You can have a spontaneous O which from what I know, can be due to hormones, sometimes sex can bring it on, and can also be related to your lunar cycle. Not a totally uncommon event.

Believe that AF should still be 'normal'??

charting might give you an idea of what's going on.

what makes you think you have?

[*Nikki*]

Hi klee - i read somewhere (i forgot where sorry...but i can have a look for you) that you can o twice in one cycle but it happens within a 24hour period of the first time you o

I agree - charting is a great way to find out what your cycles are doing

[klee]

phew thanks ladies now i don't feel like such a nutcase
i have been charting and the main reason i ask is that i had a temp dip on day 14, i had a clump of ewcm on am of 15, but nothing for rest of day (i remember cause i mentioned to dp that we still might have been in with a chance) nothing on day 16, temp only stayed risen for days 15 to 17, then another dip day 18, but had ewcm again on days 17, 18 and clump on 19, then continued rise. i ended up getting af late on day 28 after spotting all morning. we only bd on days 12, 14 and 18, so it was definitely ewcm on days 17 to 19. I'm just a little confused as to what happened on days 17 to 19, thats why i thought i'd ask. ff says i o'd around day 19/20. do you think maybe i only o'd the second time and have a possible luteal phase problem?

[ticklish]

Hi Klee,

Not a dumb question at all. Apparently it is a lot more common than drs think to O twice. Do you think you may have O'd twice? Do some googling - there are some recent interesting studies on this and it appears western medicine needs to adjust its knowledge of O . O can happen days or even weeks later - not just 24 hours as some have suggested!

My DS was concieved on a 60 cycle where I attempted to O twice - he was the second O - the first one wasn't good enough!!!! I was having cycle tracking done at the time - I was told I O'd on the basis of the ultrasound because I had a corpus luteum - (it was smallish!) - but then the Dr changed her mind when she got the BT results back - I had more ultrasounds - which showed there were no follicles get ready for O and then whammo - I suddenly found myself UTD - 10 days later!!! even though the FS said it couldn't happen because in her opinion I was simply not O'ing at all! Yes - when I read those studies about O'ing twice - I definitely know what they mean about Drs needing to adjust their knowledge.

I have just had a weird cycle where I might have O'd twice. I had EWCM at the time I was expecting it and had all the usual signs that I O'd around CD17 - bloating, pains etc - then about 10 days later I had EWCM AGAIN - and more O signs, bloating, pain etc.

I didn't get two AFs - just a delayed AF - IT WAS 10 DAYS LATE!!!!!!! I had rotten bloating and PMS from the time of what would have been the first O - all the way through what would have been the second O to when AF arrived. The fluid retention this cycle was just rotten - may be something to do with the double dose of progesterone.

I have PCOS so my O can be all over the place anyway. I am just happy if it happens at all.

I am currently having acupuncture to keep my O'ing more regular than what is usually the case with the PCOS. My acupuncturist says that it is actually not unusual to O twice.

Hope this gives you some insight in order to answer your question.
TICKLISH

[klee]

thanks ticklish, your story of conceiving is quite interesting. thanks i will google it and see what i find. interesting to know though that its possible to o twice
i actually have an accupuncture appointment tonight, she put me on herbs last time to help with fertility and I wonder if that has anything to do with it, i will ask her and see what she says. will let you know what she thinks.

[ticklish]

Thanks Klee. Let me know how you go.
I was just thinking - fraternal twins - how else do they happen if women do not O twice in a cycle!!