ovulation pain and spotting - in depth

[atomic sagebrush]

Could it be higher estrogen levels too, if you have painful O pains?, I read some woman having strong O pains from taking clomid and soy isoflavones and they raise estrogen levels

Well, Clomid actually blocks estrogen (it is similar and so it replaces your body's natural estrogen), and then when you stop taking it, your body rebounds and releases a big rush of estrogen. In fact, Clomid has such a negative effect on estrogen that many people actually have to TAKE estrogen when they're on Clomid.

IMO the reason why Clomid/soy causes such bad O pains is because more eggs are coming closer to maturity.

[zanacal]

I keep meaning to update this thread!

So, my last post here was written the cycle before we conceived and I was convinced that I had ovulated from the left hand side. I seemed to be getting a pattern of ovulating later, then earlier, then later - and I felt the cycles where I ovulated later were my left handed, less fertile cycles and vice versa.

The cycle we conceived I ovulated earlier than I had before so of course I was thinking right-sided, fertile cycle (I don't think I kept a note of which side I got ovulation pains on). Well, when I had my scan last week the corpus luteum was on my left ovary.

Shows how little we can actually tell!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks for updating!

(trying not to get excited over left sided O...failing...)

[zanacal]

Thanks for updating!

(trying not to get excited over left sided O...failing...)

Oh don't AS - that's exactly what I said after my scan!!

[carmella_marie]

this is great. I was having terrible O pains and then cramping from 4-7 DPO after starting cranberry and I couldn't figure out why, thanks AS! I went to the doc and she said it was just sewlling from ovulating but it sucks...