Ovulation!!!!!!

[diddlybop]

Quick question. Is it possible to have a period without actually releasing an egg???

Yes! (quick answer )

Thanks MrsHende!! How????

Hmm, don't actually know!

All I know is that when I was ttc and went to the doc as it wasn't going to plan, she did blood tests to see if I was ovulating (and I was having periods). So, that makes me think you can have a period without releasing an egg.

Hopefully someone a bit more knowledgable will come and explain it to us!

Diddly you don't have to ovulate to have a bleed. Every month the lining of your womb thickens regardless of whether an egg is released and therefore if no pregnancy takes place this will shed as normal.

I have PCOS and don't ovulate at all (only twice in the last year) but still have a bleed.

I see! I have pco and bleed as often as you ovulate MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong so just assumed that you have to ovulate to bleed! Aren't our bodies complicated!

Unbelievably complicated. And frustrating.

surely you don't ovulate on the pill, but you still have a monthly bleed?

Its a withdrawal bleed when you're on the pill but yes. I guess thats probably the same! Hadn't thought of that!