Can you have an anovulatory period EVERY cycle?

Question

My periods usually occur between days 26-33 but usually never exactly 26 days apart or never exactly 33 days apart....I was told that it is possible that I am not ovulating if I am not havIng periods at the same time every month..But everything I’ve read says that while yes you can have an anovulatory period where you still bleed even though you didn’t ovulate, that it is usually only once a year or so that a woman has this happen….So why am I being told by people that it is possible to have a period every month and to have never ovulated? I would assume that even if you did bleed during an anovulatory bleeding that it wouldn’t be as heavy as a regular period and mine can be pretty heavy at times…So I just want to hear from anyone that might have some knowledge about anovulatory periods that might be able to explain this to me a little better. Thanks!!!

Answer 1

you probably are ovulating but perhaps not all the time, the only way to determine that is for your to be charting your basal body temperature. then you can nkow for sure. try the book "taking charge of your fertility" by toni weschler.

Answer 2

Anovulatory Period

Answer 3

You get your period if you're not pregnant rather you ovulate or not....often you do, occassionally you skip a period.

Your uterus will still fill up with blood and get rid of it regardless of the quality of your egg (sometimes they say anovulatory when you have low quality eggs) or if there is no egg. It has nothing to do with the flow.

Some signs can be longer periods...or very irregular periods....I was like clockwork and my basal body temp was rising and falling perfectly....I wasn't always ovulating and when I did it was low quality eggs.

Then after two years...boom! I'm pregnant....after low E2, low progesterone, all those test and a week from surgery (the second).

My son was a first try baby.....there is no explanation for me.

Answer 4

The only time you're going to be having regular anovulatory bleeding is when you're on the birth control pill, and that's also due to hormonal changes. So I don't see why your natural hormonal changes would not be inducing ovulation. Most women's periods are NOT regular, so you're not alone on that one. So I wouldn't go ahead and assume you aren't ovulating; I personally think you are.

Answer 5

You can have an anovulatatory period every cycle and still have a regular cycle, this is one form of infertility. You can also just have one occaisionally.

Start taking OPKs to see if you ARE ovulating. It will take a load off your mind. (or try charting your basal temperature, but I think OPKs are more accurate) www.ovulation-calculator.com/basal-body-temperature.htm

Also many women love "Taking charge of your fertility"
www.ovusoft.com/

If you have been trying to get pregnant for more than a year (if you are less than 35), or more than 6 months (if you are over 6 months) or would just like to talk to an OBGYN go see one! Or see a natropath or homeopath.

Answer 6

The amount of bleeding is not related to whether or not you ovulated. Your uterus prepares for a pregnancy every cycle, it has no way of knowing if you ovulated or not.

It is possible to menstruate every month but not ovulate ever, or ovulate sporadically. Hormones cause you to menstruate and when your cycle is irregular, it is often due to hormonal imbalance, which usually affects ovulation.

Hope this help a little.

Answer 7

Sometimes people entering menopause experience this, but it is more common for most women of childbearing age to experience this if they are low on progesterone. To determine for sure whether or not you are ovulating, you need to track your basal body temperature. If your temperature doesn't change by .4 degrees, you are not ovulating. More information about tracking your bbt is here: www.ccli.org. The method is called Natural Family Planning and my husband and I use it, too:)

Good luck and God bless!