Ovulation Pain

[BorgLady]

I always have a pain in my tummy in the middle of my cycle which I always assumed means I'm ovulating.

I know other people have this, but what I want to know is ... does that mean it's the day I ovulate or the day after?

Trying to get some timings right as we've been ttc for three months.

Any insight would be very welcome :)

I get this too

Mittelschmerz has more than one cause and so unfortunately it is impossible to pinpoint if you are just about to ovulate, are ovulating or have ov'd

It can be caused by:

Follicular Swelling (before ovulation)
Follicle rupture (during ovulation)
Irritation (after ovulation) - this happens when the follicle fills with blood and / or some blood is released into the adomen irritating it.

My DH (he's a dctor) suspects mine is caused by follicular swelling as when I am in pain I get him to examine my abdomen. He says he can feel that an ovary is enlarged at that time. Whether this is true or not, who knows?

You are most likely to get pg if you BD in the 6 days leading up to and ending on the day of ovulation. It's thought that the highest rates of conception are associated with BDing 2 days before ovulation. This is because sperm needs to go through a biochemical reaction (induced by the female reproductive tract) before it is able to fertilize an egg. It's called capacitation. As the egg has such a short life span when it is released, it's important to have sperm already in situ and to have undergone the changes necessary to make them ready to fertilize the egg.

Yes sperm can make it to the fallopian tubes within just a few minutes of ejaculation, but they won't be ready to fertilize an egg for a number of hours.

So the key is working out when you are about to ovulate....

HTH

I find that I have two types of pain. A dull lowdown ache for a day or so that becomes sharper and for a couple of hours turns into a quite searing pain coupled with a feeling like somebody's jabbing a hot poker up my bottom. The obstetric consultant at our hospital said that the dull lowdown ache sounds like follicular swelling and the sharper pain (especially the hot poker feeling) he finds is linked to irritant blood in the abdomen.

So as KC says, it can be a number of things. I guess I'm "lucky" that the pain changes in line with what my body is doing. I've temped before when ttc and what the consultant says fits with what my body is doing.

ShowofBloodyStumps love your halloween name

That makes sense. The pain I get is a dull ache that lasts about 12 - 24 hours, which is in line with what you feel when about to ovulate.

That's brilliant, thank you all so much for your help.

Mine sounds very similar to a dull ache, so I shall be very interested to see what happens now I am armed with this knowledge!

Thanks again xxx