https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 11:09:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-435195 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:23:09 +0000 mizjl 435195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runnerd: It could look like a regular period because it's still your uterus shedding its uterine lining even if ovulation didn't happen. I don't think there's really a way to tell because it depends on your own body, because it could just be spotting or a regular period. Sorry I couldn't be more help. :( The only way for you to tell if your cycle was anovulatory is if you were temping and there was no clear, sustained temp shift. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434668 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:14:53 +0000 blackbird 434668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not always. I had periods but wasn't ovulating. However, my periods were a little late. My doctor said it's common to have an anovulatory cycle at least once a year, though. Most women just don't notice it. </p> <p>Also, i had low progesterone. It was due to a "long luteal phase". The drop in progesterone is what triggers your body to start its period. I was supplemented with progesterone pills starting from the 2WW until I either started my period or had negative HPTs for weeks after it was 'due'. Turns out I wasn't ovulating at all in the end and they put me on Clomid. So FYI! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434661 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:11:07 +0000 mlm2934 434661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mizjl: question: do you know if anovulatory cycles have strong periods or only light bleeding? I have always had good EWCM and very def period bleeding, but a have a lot of other PCOS-like symptoms that scare me into fertility worries. Just curious of others thoughts. The one time I asked doctor about PCOS, they said something really vague like "you don't have PCOS,, but your results could indicate you slightly have PCOS" wtf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434644 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:04:53 +0000 mizjl 434644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You actually can have anovulatory cycles and still get a "period." Basically, if you have "ovulation signs" - like fertile CM - your body could be trying to ovulate but for some reason that it can't, it just gives up, which is when you can possibly have breakthrough bleeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434308 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:37:13 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 434308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! I kind of thought she was just brushing it off since we haven't started trying yet. I think I will maybe start tracking in the spring to see if I am usually ovulating and go from there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434291 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:32:07 +0000 tororojo 434291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, not true at all. For the record, I've always had really long cycles (comparable to yours) and got a BFP the first time we risked it, so I wouldn't automatically assume that you'll have trouble when you TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434213 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:06:12 +0000 fairefaire 434213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's not true. I get periods every month (not always the same number of days each cycle), and my bloodwork has shown that I do not always ovulate. </p> <p>You can definitely get a period without ovulating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434204 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:04:25 +0000 dc yoga bee 434204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is what I've always heard as well. I have regular periods, no spotting before my period, but get absolutely no ewcm. However, by normal 'logic," I must be ovulating. We aren't ttc yet, so I haven't pressed the issue with my doctor yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434198 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:01:12 +0000 Foodnerd81 434198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the time, if you get a period you ovulated, but not always. The fact that you also get EWCM is a good sign though. But you can still have low progesterone even if you ovulate and get your period. Do you spot before your period starts? I think that's one of the signs that there could be an issue? (Although, I spotted pretty heavily before my period, definitely ovulated and am pregnant now so it also could be nothing).<br /> If you are really concerned, you could try charting temps for a couple of months for peace of mind, then if everything seems normal and you don't want to keep charting, you can just assume things are fine at that point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434174 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:47:21 +0000 Modern Daisy 434174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm.. that seems to be what my doctors think too, but I think it's a really general statement that isn't always true. I had irregular bleeding and the Dr.'s had no idea if I had ovulated or not during any of my 'cycles'. I think the only way to know for sure is by charting or using an ovulation kit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434171 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:45:06 +0000 NerdBee 434171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>According to Taking Charge of Your Fertility, you can have bleeding but not have ovulated. It is not a real period but rather is breakthrough bleeding. </p> <p>I chart and have had an anovulatory cycle where I did not ovulate but had some light bleeding at around CD 40. If I were not charting, I would have thought that was my period. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-have-your-period-youre-ovulating#post-434150 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:36:57 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 434150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is this true?</p> <p>I went to a naturopath because of my constant headaches, and while I was there we talked about my cycles as well. I've been off BCP since March, not TTC yet, but hopefully next year. </p> <p>My cycles have been in a range of 32-35 days since March, until Sept I had a 39 day cycle, and just this week when AF arrived, my cycle was 47 days.</p> <p>The naturopath thought I might have low progesterone, based solely on some of the symptoms I had, no testing was done.</p> <p>I had a doctors appointment yesturday to get her take on my headaches, etc. I brought up my cycles with her, and asked about the low progesterone. She said if I am getting my period, my progesterone can't be that low, and if I'm getting my period, I must be ovulating. I don't track CM or temps, but I think I have EWCM.</p> <p>I know there are quite a few ladies on here that have been through treatments, and know a LOT more about this stuff than me.</p> <p>So basically... if I am getting my period, does that mean my progesterone must be fine and I also am likely ovulating?</p> <p>Any help would be appreciated!! </p>