Taking Charge of Your Fertility : The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health (9780062409911) by Weschler Toni

Author:Weschler, Toni
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-05-28T16:00:00+00:00

NORMAL CYCLE-RELATED PAIN VERSUS ABNORMAL PAIN

Normal Cycle-Related Pain

Alas, female pain can be a little tricky. Certain pains during a woman’s cycle can be absolutely normal. For example, midcycle pain, which is often referred to as mittelschmerz, is thought to be caused by a number of factors:

•the follicles swelling within the ovaries

•the egg passing through the ovarian wall

•contraction of the fallopian tubes

•a small amount of blood being released at ovulation, irritating the pelvic wall

This is all considered normal, and even constitutes a secondary fertility sign. When you feel mittelschmerz, you can be pretty certain that ovulation is about to take place or just occurred.

Another example of cyclical pain is headaches, which tend to occur in the postovulatory (luteal) phase. If a woman weren’t charting, she might not realize that they are related to her cycle instead of being a potential problem. If she finds a pattern of headaches on her chart at only certain points in her cycle, she can be more confident that these headaches are probably hormonally based.

Regardless, you can record them as Maddie did in the chart below.

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