Mittelschmerz! Let's discuss.

GoodWolf · October 2013

I'm curious if anyone else feels ovulation (that is what mittelschmerz means, for those not familiar with the awesome word) , and how long it lasts for you.

I get mildly crampy for a few days before I O and then it's a sharper pain that lasts for a couple hours, and then back to light cramping for the next day-ish.

And now I'm getting a flash back to the crazy who said she saw herself ovulate. Those were the good time, no?

knitnat28 · October 2013

I don't usually feel anything. I think I did the cycle I was on Femara, but it could've been psychological (I was expecting to O, and I was paying closer attention, so any pain in that region had to be O pain, not gas, right? lol). It was just mild cramps for a little while one evening. I'll be taking Femara again this cycle, so I'll see if I feel anything similar.

GoodWolf · October 2013

@knitnat28 - I'm thinking there's a definite 'in my head' component to this. A main reason I asked, actually. I should have titled this "So tell me, how crazy is GoodWolf?". I'm curious to see if you notice it while on Femara again!

ILoveRedVino · October 2013

I get ovulation pain. I always knew what side was the dominant side before going in for monitoring appointments.

The first time I had a medicated cycle, when I actually O'd, I was sitting in a work cafeteria and I KNOW I felt it. I had triggered, so I was accurate on timing. Call me crazy, but it was a sharp ache that lasted for about 5 minutes.

I've had ovulation cramping for every other cycle and it has always lasted 1-3 days. That first time was the only time that I knew the actual hour.

poppies717 · October 2013

I've felt it. Mine lasts about 3-5 minutes. Last year it happened in the middle of teaching. Talk about awkward.

RockABye · October 2013

I have no idea if that's what it is, but I can tell when I ovulate. At least the the few times I have in the last 5 years. On my medical cycles and the two random cycles that I ovulated on my own, I get a VERY sharp pain that lasts a couple minutes on the side that I ovulate from that month, right where the ovary is, right on the day I o'ed. (I assume this is the same for the 2 non-medicated cycles that I O'ed,but I didn't have a sono to tell me what was going on so I can't say 100%). I know it was accurate on the medicated cycles b/c I had sonograms the afternoons of the IUIs (pre-O) and sonograms the next morning to confirm ovulation. I also always have cramping and pelvic pain following O up until a couple days before AF shows up. I have sworn I had UTI's based on the pain, but it's not. The first non-medicated random ovulation, I even went to the doctor and was getting frustrated because everything was coming back clean (which is good) had pelvic exams, and couldn't figure out what was causing the pain.

I'm actually grateful for it because like with this last cycle, I had a clue what it could be. It is painful and not fun though..

DangerMuffin23 · October 2013

I definite feel it when I ovulate. I also had the dominant side confirmed through ultrasound. This is a new thing for me though, only in the last six months or so. (Granted I was on bc of some form until 07/2012) sometimes they feel like rocks, swear to god, but other times it's a very distinct sharp pain(possibly when egg is releasing?)

nfp147 · October 2013

I can feel it. I wouldn't call it pain, more like a little bit of discomfort. When I had my IUI though I was quite crampy when I ovulated. I assumed it because there were more mature follicles.

lilliesandvino · October 2013

I always do. Most prominently on the right side. It feels like an ache that lasts all day that eventually gets sharper then subsides.

Even though it hasn't happened in years, it feels so similar to when I've had cysts rupture that it scared me every cycle.

Flamingo86 · October 2013

I feel it, usually on one side, on O day.

LuckyAngel07 · October 2013

I don't think I've ever felt it on my left side, but I'm pretty sure I've felt it a couple of times on the right. It's an acute, crampy discomfort that lasts a couple of hours, on and off.

Typically, I don't feel anything though.

BruinsBabe33 · October 2013

Completely unrelated, mittleschmerz is one of my favorite words ever.

Uptowngirl2009 · October 2013

Sometimes I get pains before O. They usually start the day before for me and only last until O time.

GoodWolf · October 2013

lilliesandvino said:

I always do. Most prominently on the right side. It feels like an ache that lasts all day that eventually gets sharper then subsides. Even though it hasn't happened in years, it feels so similar to when I've had cysts rupture that it scared me every cycle.

That's a good description of how it feels for me

GoodWolf · October 2013

@BruinsBabe33 Yes, mittelschmerz is an amazing word. It just sticks in my brain, and I don't think I could forget it if I tried. Or find enough reasons to use it.

GoodWolf · October 2013

I was stuck in a car the first time I realized what I was feeling was ovulation pain. It's no joke when they say some people confuse it with appendicitis!

Side note - is heat bad to apply when ovulating? I know someone mentioned hot baths/showers are bad during ovulation. It just feels so goooood to put that heating pad on when the MITTELSCHMERZ gets bad.

poppies717 · October 2013

GoodWolf said:

I was stuck in a car the first time I realized what I was feeling was ovulation pain. It's no joke when they say some people confuse it with appendicitis!

Side note - is heat bad to apply when ovulating? I know someone mentioned hot baths/showers are bad during ovulation. It just feels so goooood to put that heating pad on when the MITTELSCHMERZ gets bad.

I didn't know that's bad. Well, shit. Cold showers from now on. I shower in hot lava.

Okay, okay. I'm not giving up hot showers for anything. Anything, I tell ya.

spin25 · October 2013

I've felt it a couple of times. It lasted maybe 8 hours and varied from dull to sharp throughout the day. It was pretty intense at times and impossible to ignore. For some reason I only felt it during a couple of natural cycles (most of my cycles were medicated b/c I didn't often O on my own).

GoodWolf · October 2013

poppies717 said:

GoodWolf said:

I was stuck in a car the first time I realized what I was feeling was ovulation pain. It's no joke when they say some people confuse it with appendicitis!

Side note - is heat bad to apply when ovulating? I know someone mentioned hot baths/showers are bad during ovulation. It just feels so goooood to put that heating pad on when the MITTELSCHMERZ gets bad.

I didn't know that's bad. Well, shit. Cold showers from now on. I shower in hot lava.

Okay, okay. I'm not giving up hot showers for anything. Anything, I tell ya.

Hey, I'm with you in that. H can't take showers at the same temperature as I do, he uses words like 'scalding' and 'blisters'. Whatever, I like my bones to be nice and toasty after a shower. None of this luke warm nonsense.

IceHide61313 · October 2013

Speaking of showers... A good shower head can do wonders, if ya know what I mean

And I've never felt mittelschmerz. I feel left out.

Apollo11235 · October 2013

I usually don't notice, but I may have felt it a couple cycles ago. It was just a semi-sharp pain on one side that lasted maybe 10 minutes. I didn't expect to O that day, but temps confirmed the next day, so I figured that was probably what it was.

amandaf6383 · October 2013

I always can feel it on Clomid cycles. It's a sharpish pain on O side and I love when it happens because I know it's working. :-)

spongebobsquarepanties · October 2013

poppies717 said:

GoodWolf said:

I was stuck in a car the first time I realized what I was feeling was ovulation pain. It's no joke when they say some people confuse it with appendicitis!

Side note - is heat bad to apply when ovulating? I know someone mentioned hot baths/showers are bad during ovulation. It just feels so goooood to put that heating pad on when the MITTELSCHMERZ gets bad.

I didn't know that's bad. Well, shit. Cold showers from now on. I shower in hot lava.

Okay, okay. I'm not giving up hot showers for anything. Anything, I tell ya.

I don't know about the heating pad, but the Making Babies book advised me to eat warm or hot food, snd to counteract any cold items with hot. It supposedly helps. So I would imagine the heat of the pad wouldn't be bad.

Also, I get o pain as well. I always did, just didn't know whst it was until I started charting. I o mostly from my right. In addition to that, as my hormones shift, I also get this glorious feeling of being stabbed up my vag. My Dr assures me it's normal but I don't know anyone else that gets it.

LuckyAngel07 · October 2013

spongebobsquarepanties said:

Also, I get o pain as well. I always did, just didn't know whst it was until I started charting. I o mostly from my right. In addition to that, as my hormones shift, I also get this glorious feeling of being stabbed up my vag. My Dr assures me it's normal but I don't know anyone else that gets it.

This has nothing to do with Oing for me. Sometimes I feel that way the first day of AF though. OUCH!

DangerMuffin23 · October 2013

spongebobsquarepanties said:

poppies717 said:

GoodWolf said:

I was stuck in a car the first time I realized what I was feeling was ovulation pain. It's no joke when they say some people confuse it with appendicitis!

Side note - is heat bad to apply when ovulating? I know someone mentioned hot baths/showers are bad during ovulation. It just feels so goooood to put that heating pad on when the MITTELSCHMERZ gets bad.

I didn't know that's bad. Well, shit. Cold showers from now on. I shower in hot lava.

Okay, okay. I'm not giving up hot showers for anything. Anything, I tell ya.

I don't know about the heating pad, but the Making Babies book advised me to eat warm or hot food, snd to counteract any cold items with hot. It supposedly helps. So I would imagine the heat of the pad wouldn't be bad.

Also, I get o pain as well. I always did, just didn't know whst it was until I started charting. I o mostly from my right. In addition to that, as my hormones shift, I also get this glorious feeling of being stabbed up my vag. My Dr assures me it's normal but I don't know anyone else that gets it.

I totally get the stabby pain. Sometimes it's so sharp and sudden I almost double over. But it's quick. Sometimes it even happens a couple times.

GoodWolf · October 2013

@DangerMuffin23, @LuckyAngel07, @spongebobsquarepanties I'm glad I'm not the only one. It was terrifying at first. I also get it in my B hole, both during ovulation and AF. Try explaining that to DH when I double over or just straight up grab my butt. *so* awesome

ILoveRedVino · October 2013

I get the vag pain too. Not during ovulation, but at random times... I hadn't thought of it being from hormonal changes, but it makes sense.

spongebobsquarepanties · October 2013

ILoveRedVino said:

I get the vag pain too. Not during ovulation, but at random times... I hadn't thought of it being from hormonal changes, but it makes sense.

Mine isn't during o. I can't predict or connect it with my chart. It's just what the dr. Told me. She said it was no big deal. Honestly, I hate when I grt it at work. Kind of weird when I make pain faces in front of teenagers.

Glad I am not the only one.

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