Are Menstrual cramps the same as Ovulation pains?!
Question: I've read a lot about women being able to predict their ovulation, by the type of symptoms that occur around the time their egg is being released. Apparently, the symptoms are similar to the ones that occur the premenstrual cycle.
Are the two the same? For instance, say that a woman expects her period on the 8th of every month, and about a week before that time, she experiences tender breasts, cramping and bloating, all the classic PMS symptoms. Is this evidence that she is ovulating? Or are they two completely different things?
Thanks
Answers: I've read a lot about women being able to predict their ovulation, by the type of symptoms that occur around the time their egg is being released. Apparently, the symptoms are similar to the ones that occur the premenstrual cycle.
Are the two the same? For instance, say that a woman expects her period on the 8th of every month, and about a week before that time, she experiences tender breasts, cramping and bloating, all the classic PMS symptoms. Is this evidence that she is ovulating? Or are they two completely different things?
Thanks
I find that ovulation pains are sharp and stabbing, usually on one side alternating each month. For eg. left side one month, right side the next etc. Happens around 14 days after last period and doesn't last long.
The pain is sharp whereas period cramping is dull and like a tight feeling which can last for a day or 2 and is right across the lower abdomen. Not localised.
PMS usually strikes a few days before period is due. i.e on friday if they're due on tues/wed.
im not sure about that one........but i do no that a women is most fertile right before she gets her period and right after she is done with her period.......well hope i helped a little
Ovulation typically occurs about two weeks after the first day of your last period, so it'd probably be about a week before you have PMS symptoms. However, each woman's cycle is different, and yours could coincide.
A lot of women don't feel cramping, but can tell when ovulation occurs by the change in their discharge (it becomes thin and stretchy like egg whites). That might be a better indicator for you if you're curious.
Definately same. Pre-menstrual is ovualtion. The reason you have a period is because your ovulating. The blood that comes from a period is the inside of your uteral wall "shedding". A period is the result of the egg passing from Ovaries, through fellopian tubes, and to the uteris and cervix. The week before you period is most fertile time. That's when the egg is released...so pain can occur. When on your period, the deal is done and egg has already passed through.