I get strong ovulation pains and used to think it meant I was dropping the egg there and then. Since charting, I can see I start cramping on one side or the other about 48 hours before I see a drop in my chart (shows I have ovulated) so in my estimation, it takes my egg a while to get loose. I then get different pains 48 hours later which are more likely the contraction like pains you get when your fallopian tubes are pushing the egg down. Those feel a bit more like period pains low across the front.
So really, I get pains for up to 3 days coming and going however charting indicates I ovulate somewhere in the middle.
Hope that's helpful and not too confusing....:happy: