Can you feel yourself ovulating?

I can always tell when I’m about to get my period. I start getting small period cramps a day or two earlier than my period. I have never experienced pain when ovulating though. This sounds like you may have to go to the doctor, just to make sure.

I have experienced pain when ovulating yes. Doesn’t happen all the time but on occasions it has been very strong and quite painful. Urrm, no to the knee pain.

Yes. It’s the same creeping feeling like when I know I’ve just “spotted” through my clothes. The feeling usually alternates every month from side to side.

I used to notice from time to time yes. Not uncommon.

My last ovulation was 2 years ago…it is so GREAT now! I gave all my supplies to my daughter, I am FREE! Yay!

I always thought women should be like dogs, come into heat twice a year only. lol

Why in the world do we need periods from 12 to 50 something…Gah!

I used to be able to sometimes, when I still ovulated, that is. The pain or sensation associated with ovulating is sometimes referred to as mittelschmerz.

If there isn’t a word for something in your language, check with the Germans, they probably have one already or will make one up for you right on the spot.:-)

Yep, I do, and for me the pain is worse than the cramping from my period.

I never really feel anything. I never get cramps or any of those achy pains that are associated with my period.

Yes. Sometimes it’s Waaaaaaaay too much for me to handle…other months, less so.

I don’t ovulate much anymore but when I do, it’s painful. I break out, get really moody, and have cramps. Ugh. I hate my ovaries.

I did every month until I hit my mid thirties. I would feel the ping on one side, and then exactly 14 days later I got my period. My periods were either 26 or 28 days, but always 14 days after I ovulated. Ovulate on Monday, period on Monday two weeks later. I avoided sex during my ovulation for a couple of years, to avoid preganancy, and then the first time I tried, I got pregnant. The second time I tried I got pregnant. I became pregnant 5 times out of the 6 I purposely had sexon my ovulation day. My pregnancies never made it, miscarriages and ectopics, but for sure I felt my ovulation. A few of those pregnancy months it was the only day I had sex all month.

I wouldn’t feel it but I just always knew when it was happening. My sense of smell would be sharper and that is usually when my husband smelled his best to me and I would feel very amorous. Especially if he was a little sweaty. Any other time of the month I would send him to the shower first. It was usually 10 to 14 days after my cycle started.
I’m wondering if the pain your talking about can be cysts on or near your ovaries. My neice and a cousin of mine get that way. Their doctors explain ovulation and their cycles can irratate cysts. My neice suffers the pain during ovulation and her cycle my cousin during her cycle.

I can’t, no, but I find it interesting that others can. My main signs that Aunt Flo is coming are sore breasts/nipples and moodiness, starting a week or two before the actual start. I generally get some cramps the day of, just after it’s arrived and sometimes through the day.

My cycles are very irregular, so I never know when they’re coming and I also never know when I’m actually ovulating. Sometimes I get, ahem, ‘especially amorous’ (to borrow @Pandora‘s phrasing) during a month and I associate that with ovulating, but I’m not positive.

In some ways, I guess it’s good that I generally only sleep with other women; being clueless about one’s cycle is not the way to avoid pregnancy. :P

I don’t notice anything when ovulating, but like others have said, I’ve heard that some women can. I can tell when my period is about to start, though, provided that I’m awake at the time.

Yup. Ugh, ovaries. Those bitches hurt. I always get pain that radiates into my knees.

Yup, every month. Fortunately, the pain isn’t nearly as sharp as others experience. What’s interesting is that once or twice a year, the feeling occurs on both sides.

@Pied_Pfeffer Wow! Don’t do it then unless you want twins???