Flare and ovulation

[Peacelovelace]

Hi everyone. This is my first post in this forum. I am 23 and was diagnosed a little over a year ago with Crohn's disease. I was just wondering if anyone else experiences inflammation and pain during ovulation? For the last 8 months or so I have noticed that this happens to me, usually my second or third day of ovulation.

Lacey

 

[Buttercupj]

I'm please to read this (not pleased you're suffering), I'm waiting to be diagnosed but have had this thought myself. I find during ovulation my pain increases and my bowel movements contain a lot more mucus.

Also, the week before my period is due I bloat and suffer severe gas pains!!

I will watch this space and see what feedback you get

 

[brooklyn23]

Hi, Peace.
My crohn's was actually discovered while they were checking me out for severe ovulation pain, though for the longest time, I didn't even make the connection.
The first attack happened on vacation. Over a day, pain on my left side just.. blossomed. To the point where it just took over my entire torso. Everything hurt. It hurt to breathe.
The second came almost 3 years later in college. It started happening with increasing frequency until it happened two months in a row.

That's when I went to the doctor and ended up with a Crohn's diagnosis. I've still wondered about the connection between ovulation and crohn's. But it's always on the lower left side, and it always takes a 4 day course of building, 2 days of excruciating pain so bad I try to just drug myself and sleep through them, before finally ebbing...