Can you actually feel when your ovulating?

Question

I am trying to get pregnant and this time without any fertility medication. I conceived with my son on clomid, but figured I try without this time. It has been several months of trying, but no pregnancy yet. The between times for each of my cycles are 33 days and last for about 5 days. These next few days will be my fertile days. I have been feeling lots of cramps and such. I'm definatley not pregnant, because I have taken three tests this past month and negative. So is it possible these cramps can be a sign of ovulation?

Answer 1

It's usually a sharp pain on one side or the other and only lasts a short time on that day for me. It is called Mittleschmertz. Not everybody feels it.

I recommend an Ovuscope, saliva ovulation predictor. It's about $20 at WalMart, or Walgreens, Rite-aid, whatever. You can use it over and over again and it works! I have a 14 month old to prove it and am pregnant again using it. It's like a mini-microscope and each morning before you eat or brush your teeth you put some saliva on the slide and let it dry, you then "read" the results. If you see ferns, (yes actual fern looking shapes) you are ovulating. The ferns last about 5 days total but are clearest within 1-2 days of actual ovulation.

Good luck.

Answer 2

It is possible to feel when you are ovulating, even though some women dont. If you notice about 12 or 14 days after your cycle starts you may feel a pain, kind of like gas, and that pain is there every month, and it rotates sides. So, one month you might feel what seems to be "gas" where your left ovary is and the next month you may feel it on the right side.

Answer 3

Some people say they can feel an egg being release on one side or another of their body. I don't feeling cramping or anything at ovulation, but my breasts do feel different, almost like before I get a period. The cervical mucous is different at ovulation, too. You can look up the info on that, it is quite reliable.

You can also buy ovulation prediction tests or track your body temperature to know when you are ovulating.

Answer 4

Yes, some women do feel ovulation. It's called "Mittelschmerz", which is a German word that means "middle pain".

I highly recommend the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. In addition, visit the site for the software that's associated with her book. The site is www.ovusoft.com and is free. There are hundreds of forums and lots of helpful members.

Best of luck!

Answer 5

I get some cramps when I am and when my mom was younger she had problems with her ovaries and had part of them removed so she took birth control a long time and when she wanted to try and have a baby she stopped taking them and had cramps and went to the Dr he told her that when she felt those cramps, that she was in fact ovulating. Good luck!

Answer 6

Hi! It is possible to feel when you are ovulating, however most women don't. If this is something that you have always experienced then you should be familiar w/ how it feels when you are ovulating. If not, then perhaps it is possible that the cramps are caused by something else. Good luck!

Answer 7

I usually feel cramping several days before the ovulation and nothing on the day you ovulate.
Don't stress. Relax.

Answer 8

Definitly!!! I definitly get cramping, especially when I took Clomid and can really feel myself ovulating!! Good luck!!

Answer 9

I usually had cramps during ovulation. My GYN assured me that many women do feel this.

Best wishes.

Answer 10

nope. it's too small to "feel" it, but you can usualy tell just by your mood swings.