Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 Hi, Ann: Couldn't your pain around ovulation be what's known as " Mittelschmerz " (German word for middle pain), normal midcycle pain, which can occur with --or more commonly WITHOUT-- bleeding? Sure sounds like a convincing explanation for the pain you described. BTW, you don't have to have fibroids--(or even be German) to have mittelschmerz. But you DO have to be ovulating for this pain phenomenon to occur. Here's some more info. on the subject. http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/menstruation/a/painbetwperiods.htm Gesundheit!(To your health!), meine Freund, Fraulein Roma In a message dated 4/22/2004 3:01:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, donovann@... writes: So, When I first went to the doctor complaining about pelvic pain in Sept 2002 it was right around when I was due to ovulate. I was in a soccer game the night before and was quite uncomfortable in my lower pelvis and I was aware of my uterus and ovaries like one is when having a pelvis exam. I have these jabbing pains, fairly localized, which one doc told me corresponded to the upper right quadrant of my uterus (my uterus was kind of wrapped around the fibroid to the right a bit and that area she felt was just feeling the stress periodically). She thought it had to do with prostaglandins causing contractions. The pattern is for this to happen prior to ovulation. I don't have ovulatory pain episodes every cycle, actually things have been pretty good this year since I've been doing acupuncture. Also I don't usually use ovulation predictor tests as they are expensive but I've been wanting to see if there is any discrepancy between my charting my bio signs and my ovulation. I used 3 ovulation predictor tests in the past 24 hours -- first = negative, second = faint positive, third = positive. Last night the pelvic pain was really irritating but this morning it is gone. I know that my estrogen level drops at ovulation, and progesterone rises ever so slightly and that might be the cause but the synchronicity with my LH surge is really odd. So, what is causing the pain? Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 I get " mittelschmerz " when I ovulate. Not every month, but more months than not. I remember the first time I felt this pain. It was when I went off birth control pills and ovulated for the first time in years. I thought I had a bladder infection, that's how much pain I had. I went to the doctor, but checked out ok. When I got the same pain the next month I did some reading and figured it out. > > Hi, Ann: > > Couldn't your pain around ovulation be what's known as " Mittelschmerz " > (German word for middle pain), normal midcycle pain, which can occur with --or more > commonly WITHOUT-- bleeding? > > Sure sounds like a convincing explanation for the pain you described. > > BTW, you don't have to have fibroids--(or even be German) to have > mittelschmerz. But you DO have to be ovulating for this pain phenomenon to occur. > > Here's some more info. on the subject. > http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/menstruation/a/painbetwperiods.htm > > Gesundheit!(To your health!), meine Freund, > Fraulein Roma > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 The thing is that I didn't have this, or at least nothing so painful, until my fibroid was fairly large. I thought I was having lower GI issues about 6 months before my fibroid was detected and it took a while until I realized the pattern around ovulation. I have had several ultrasounds due to this pain but they all indicated that I ovulated on the left and not the right side where the pain is. It feels hot, sore, inflamed -- right close to where my fibroid is. I actually had to visit a doc about similar pain which I thought was apendicitis back in 1995 but there was nothing found. I'm thinking that there has gotta be something else that can cause pain related to ovulation hormones. Ann > > Hi, Ann: > > Couldn't your pain around ovulation be what's known as " Mittelschmerz " > (German word for middle pain), normal midcycle pain, which can occur with --or more > commonly WITHOUT-- bleeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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