Women Questions- I need insight.

arditarose wrote: »

I know exactly when I'm ovulating. It hurts, and there are...physical signs as well. I hold on to water weight and I'm a crazy person. Same with my period. So there are like 2 weeks out of every month that I weigh-in normally.

This was me, too - I was diagnosed with PMDD and got on the pill - life changing. No joke.

Anyway. I don't gain, but my weight loss does stop for a bit during the first two days of my period. I don't ovulate anymore, either, but when I did it was cycle day 10 (as everyone else says, this varies greatly), and again I never gained, but any progress would sto.

Sheseeksfitness wrote: »

Hi! A few personal questions-
1. What happens to your weight during your period?
2. When is ovulation?
3. Do you gain weight during ovulation?

Generally speaking ovulation is 14 days before the beginning of a period. I typically saw a 2-3lb increase on the scale for ovulation, and a 3-4lb increase just before my period began, and then a big loss after my period ended.

Yay for menopause! <-- sarcasm

I don't know what's going on anymore, but when I did, my cycles were 27 days and I ovulated on day 12 and I gained 2 lbs right before and dropped them the same day I got my period.

My weight goes up a few days before my period and status up during. A day or so after my weight dips and that is frequently my lowest weight all cycle.

I have a long cycle. I average around 33 days so I don't ovulate on day 14. In fact I had quite a discussion with an obgyn during my last pregnancy because he wanted to use the date of my last period and figure my due date based on a 28 day cycle, which I knew would put the due date at least 5 days earlier than it should be. He kept insisting that we had to use the average. I kept saying that I knew my cycle wasn't an average length. I did not wind up delivering with that practice. Anyway, I do ovulate right around 14 days before my period.

TMI warning if you doing want to know about cervical mucus stop reading now. Around the time you ovulate your cervical mucus will have a stretchy consistently, like egg white. Is an easy sign you're near ovulation, without charting or anything.

I don't usually have to much cramping, but I crave salty stuff and I'm impatient and mean right before I start.

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AglaeaC wrote: »

rabbitjb wrote: »

kace_kay wrote: »

My weight fluctuates during that time of month. Ovulation is about 2 weeks after your period. And yes you can easily retain water and gain weight during ovulation.

Nope

NoelFigart1 wrote: »

<pedant>You ovulate about fourteen days before your period.</pedant>

In case you have other than a 28 day period.

And nope

*jumps up on soapbox*

Neither are true ...nor is it true that you ovulate 14 days before your period.

The 14 day that is oft quoted, included by many ignorant primary physicians, is a population average ...so you may ovulate then or you may ovulate outside the average ...anything from 10 to 16 days before period is "normal". Minimum of 10 to allow conception Then there can be outliers who may have difficulty conceiving due to too short a luteal phase

The only way to know is ovulation predictor sets (or monitoring your temperature, cervical fluid and cervix positioning daily) but that's a PITA and only worthwhile if you have cycle/conception concerns

From personal experience I ovulate around day 18-19 of my cycle

Big yes to the water retention part though

I think the pedant portion referred more to the fact that ovulation happens before, not after the period. If the egg cell isn't dancing happily with a sperm cell, then comes red stuff.

i ovulate before and after my period. but it's never an even 14 days before or after anything else.

In my earlier comment, I didn't speak in standards, so I'll do that now for clarification

In medicine there's a standard for how to count the days. It's in averages, which is typical for statistics. 28 days is the length of the average menstrual cycle, which begins with the first day of menses, day 1.

The average woman ovulates on day 14, but both the length of the menses as well as how long the menstrual cycle itself is, and when the ovulation happens, is individual.

When we talk about when ovulation happens, it is around day 14, give and take some days, and it is after the menses. A new cycle begins on day 1, the next time a period begins.

Here's an overview of all the processes, with the varying height of the endometrium being the "red stuff" in the uterus picture:

christinev297 wrote: »

Oh boy.... I can't believe I'm asking this on here. But here goes!
My periods finished on Saturday. I wasn't due to start my contraceptive pill again till Monday. At 3am on Monday morning we had sex. I literally ran out of the bedroom straight away and took my pill!! Now I'm going to be stressing all month

There are morning-after pills which have to be taken within something like 24 hours, the sooner the better. If you are on the pill rather than have an IUD, it might be a good idea to have one at home just in case. Hope you receive the news you wish for rather than the ones, which aren't as welcome. I'm not sure how quickly the hormones start "working" to be honest.

It is a bit controversial still, but some gynos in Europe at least have okayed being on the pill constantly. The only reason why women stop taking it for some days a month is because the people (men) who developed the thing thought it unnatural for women not to have menses. So it has become what we perceive to be normal, but the idea has been challenged as pointless, and like I said some women now take the hormones all the time.

The Mirena IUD could be a good alternative, as the hormone levels are much lower and with local action only, as opposed to the ones in the pill (have to travel through the whole body via the blood stream). There's no remembering anything either and someone I know became pregnant because of antibiotic treatment whilst on the pill. Just some neutral reflections, hope it was okay.

Anyway, perhaps you can see your gynecologist to discuss the situation if you are stressing about it?

christinev297 wrote: »

Thank you Aglaea. My youngest is 20, so no more kids for me! My hubby is booked in for a vasectomy. It can't come soon enough! I think the odds of being pregnant are incredibly low. It took us 6mths to conceive both of my kids, so keeping fingers crossed. I could just kill him, he knew what he had to do.....

Oh hon, it takes two to tango Glad there's some action going on, though. Don't kill him, the fun would stop quite quickly then

pincushion14 wrote: »

AglaeaC wrote: »

It is a bit controversial still, but some gynos in Europe at least have okayed being on the pill constantly. The only reason why women stop taking it for some days a month is because the people (men) who developed the thing thought it unnatural for women not to have menses. So it has become what we perceive to be normal, but the idea has been challenged as pointless, and like I said some women now take the hormones all the time.

I haven't had a real period for 14 years. Go Depo! I also had two kids during that time, so.... any form of birth control is not 100% effective. LOL

Yeah, the only real contraceptive is to keep a pea between one's knees. My Mirena days were interesting, barely no period at all and no pain either.

pincushion14 wrote: »

Mirena made me bleed nonstop for the 3 or 4 months I had it. Miserable pain, awful moodswings. I went back to Depo after that mess. I hear it works WONDERFULLY for some women, but I sure wasn't one of them!

Glad you pitched in, it's good to hear of different experiences.

christinev297 wrote: »

Oh boy.... I can't believe I'm asking this on here. But here goes!
My periods finished on Saturday. I wasn't due to start my contraceptive pill again till Monday. At 3am on Monday morning we had sex. I literally ran out of the bedroom straight away and took my pill!! Now I'm going to be stressing all month

I am sure it is fine. LOL

AglaeaC wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

Oh boy.... I can't believe I'm asking this on here. But here goes!
My periods finished on Saturday. I wasn't due to start my contraceptive pill again till Monday. At 3am on Monday morning we had sex. I literally ran out of the bedroom straight away and took my pill!! Now I'm going to be stressing all month

There are morning-after pills which have to be taken within something like 24 hours, the sooner the better. If you are on the pill rather than have an IUD, it might be a good idea to have one at home just in case. Hope you receive the news you wish for rather than the ones, which aren't as welcome. I'm not sure how quickly the hormones start "working" to be honest.

It is a bit controversial still, but some gynos in Europe at least have okayed being on the pill constantly. The only reason why women stop taking it for some days a month is because the people (men) who developed the thing thought it unnatural for women not to have menses. So it has become what we perceive to be normal, but the idea has been challenged as pointless, and like I said some women now take the hormones all the time.

The Mirena IUD could be a good alternative, as the hormone levels are much lower and with local action only, as opposed to the ones in the pill (have to travel through the whole body via the blood stream). There's no remembering anything either and someone I know became pregnant because of antibiotic treatment whilst on the pill. Just some neutral reflections, hope it was okay.

Anyway, perhaps you can see your gynecologist to discuss the situation if you are stressing about it?

Wait, I am extremely confused. Most pills I know are taken for 21 days, then a 7 days break, and then you start again. They prevent ovulation so as long as you are taking it every day and in the right rhythm, you are always protected. It does not depend on when you actually take the pill.

GingerbreadCandy wrote: »

AglaeaC wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

Oh boy.... I can't believe I'm asking this on here. But here goes!
My periods finished on Saturday. I wasn't due to start my contraceptive pill again till Monday. At 3am on Monday morning we had sex. I literally ran out of the bedroom straight away and took my pill!! Now I'm going to be stressing all month

There are morning-after pills which have to be taken within something like 24 hours, the sooner the better. If you are on the pill rather than have an IUD, it might be a good idea to have one at home just in case. Hope you receive the news you wish for rather than the ones, which aren't as welcome. I'm not sure how quickly the hormones start "working" to be honest.

It is a bit controversial still, but some gynos in Europe at least have okayed being on the pill constantly. The only reason why women stop taking it for some days a month is because the people (men) who developed the thing thought it unnatural for women not to have menses. So it has become what we perceive to be normal, but the idea has been challenged as pointless, and like I said some women now take the hormones all the time.

The Mirena IUD could be a good alternative, as the hormone levels are much lower and with local action only, as opposed to the ones in the pill (have to travel through the whole body via the blood stream). There's no remembering anything either and someone I know became pregnant because of antibiotic treatment whilst on the pill. Just some neutral reflections, hope it was okay.

Anyway, perhaps you can see your gynecologist to discuss the situation if you are stressing about it?

Wait, I am extremely confused. Most pills I know are taken for 21 days, then a 7 week break, and then you start again. They prevent ovulation so as long as you are taking it every day and in the right rhythm, you are always protected. It does not depend on when you actually take the pill.

Where did you get the 7 weeks from? Did you mean to say 1 week or 7 days? Either you take pills 21 days in a row, then have a week's break for the period, or you take 21 hormone pills followed by 7 placebo pills, during which you also get the period.

The problem is of course that no protection is 100% sure, hence christinev's question, and even when the pill is taken every day, irregular use can also have undesired effects (pregnancy). I'm not sure what you are confused about?