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    Ovulation and Such

    April 5, 2010 / 4 Comments

    So, it’s pretty official: I did not ovulate last month.

    I started my period last week. I counted backwards 14 days, and I definitely peed on an ovulation test strip that day (and it wasn’t the day I was in the forest in 30-degree weather).

    I also had very little discharge last month. Some months, I do get the stretchy, egg-white discharge that Taking Charge of Your Fertility describes. So perhaps I ovulate in some months but not others.

    I should stop self-diagnosing. The last time I came up with my own diagnosis I thought I had a tumor in my stomach. I even went to the doctor for it. … Read More

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    Fear of Not Ovulating

    March 23, 2010 / 5 Comments

    I’ve suffered from hypochondria for as long as I can remember. When I was in 7th grade, I thought I had prostate cancer because I read a magazine ad that asked, “Do you suffer from frequent urination? Do you take a while to start urinating?”

    So part of me hopes that my fears about not ovulating are connected to my personal history of paranoia and not to actual medical fact. I’ve been peeing on ovulation test strips every day for this entire cycle, hoping that the test line will get darker than the control line. It’s a nerve-racking process, although I guess it’s good preparation for peeing on pregnancy test … Read More

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