Ann's Mystery

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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