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Why Is The Week After The Menstrual Cycle The Best Time To Get Pregnant?
- Mid-Menstrual Cycle Pain (Mittelschmerz)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
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What Is It?
Some women feel pain in the abdomen or pelvis during ovulation, when an egg is released from the ovary. This usually happens midway between menstrual cycles. The medical term for this is mittelschmerz, which comes from the German words for "middle" and "pain." Some women don't feel anything when an egg is being released from an ovary. Other women may feel intermittent or constant discomfort or pain during ovulation.
Symptoms
Ovulation usually occurs two weeks before the first day of...
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