Ovulating pains or something else? should i worry?

Question

i'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is just normal ovulation pains or something more. I get sharp pains and cramps in my lower abdomen which I've heard can happen to some women.

The part I'm unsure about is...if my bladder becomes full the pain becomes a lot worse and when I empty my bladder at the start of emptying it hurts then subsides a little only to hurt real bad again as my bladder empties. it also hurts when i try to massage my abdomen.

is it normal? i had these pains before but they were for a short period of time. now i got them since yesterday... it got better this morning but it hurts bad again now.

i am not sexually active and last echo i got was in january and it said everything was fine.

Answer 1

Abdominal/pelvic pain that is similar to that of period cramping may indicate a problem in a reproductive organ (like the pain around your ovaries or uterus).

This includes conditions such as endometriosis (when tissue from the uterus is displaced to somewhere else like the pelvic wall or ovaries), uterine fibroids (thick bands of muscular and fibrous tissue in the uterus), ovarian cysts, ovarian cancer (rare), or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) infection of the reproductive organs, usually from a sexually transmitted disease.

If you have pain in your ovary area, you might have an ovarian cyst. I have experienced that same type of pain whenever I have had an ovarian cyst.  I was also diagnosed with endometriosis last year which caused me severe pelvic pain and intense and painful period cramping.

Based on your symptoms and what you wrote, I would recommend that you should see your doctor/gynaecologist, just to rule out any serious causes.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

I get minor pains when I am ovulating. It last no more than 24 hours. It may be it but if it last too long you should call your GYN.