symptoms during ovulation

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This past week was my week of ovulation and with it I got a cold bug so I was coughing up a storm. Then I had a lot of tummy problems. I really couldn't eat like I wanted it to. I don't know if it was because of all the phlegm that I have been trying to cough up. But I felt really fatigued at times. On Sunday I couldn't keep my eyes open. It's hard sometimes with a lot of these symptoms especially with two young kids around. Sometimes during ovulation I can't eat I have very poor appetite and this worries me because I have lost weight as it is since I've been experiencing these peri symptoms. Then when i see people I know they look and say, "are you losing weight?" with a worried look on their face. This of course makes me more concerned about it. I am within a healthy weight according to my doctors but I am used to being bigger and I don't think I can ever get used to being this size. Sorry to ramble, just needed to vent.

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    Hi sharcerv,

    Sorry you have a cold hope it passes soon.  I get spells of not being hungry, usually for a few days a month, if I ovulate or dont, then I get so hungry but with the tummy problems I cant eat what I want and sometimes rice just doesnt cut it.  I know where you are coming from with the weight loss and what people say.  We had to go to a relatives funeral 2 weeks ago and some of the family I havent seen for a few years, the first thing that was said to me from most of them was "you have lost so much weight are you sick", which made me feel more worried about the weight loss.  Like you I am not underweight and used to being bigger, though in my younger years I was about 1 kilo heavier than I am now.  I think I will get used to being this size I dont like the flabby loose skin on arms that has come with losing all the weight though.  I am trying to change my thought process and not be worried that people will think I am terminally ill cause of the weight loss...

    Take care 

    Jo xx

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      I'm glad that there is someone who can relate with where I am. I think I was almost getting used to my size but when people who don't see me consistently say that I've lost weight, that bothers me. Then the other day my husband was in one of his sour moods and mentioned my weight loss and I gave him such a glare that he retracted the statement. The thing about it is that I don't have clothes that fit me now so it shows that I've lost weight. I will be glad when I am past this point. No one tells you that weight loss is a part of menopause. All you hear about is weight gain. That is a great misconception.
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      I think there is alot of misconceptions to do with peri/menopause from the medical practioners and some natural practioners.  For most of them if our symptoms are outside what they learnt from their text books, then its all anxiety and here is a tablet to make you feel better or take hrt.

      Lol, lucky for him retracted his statement.  I used to be so worried what people would say about the weight loss that I wouldnt go out and if I had to I would wear my much too big clothes hoping it would hide the weight loss, had to realise it just looked shocking, hopefully after the funeral episode I can be a little more thick skinned.  Like you none of my clothes fit me and I did have to go and buy some jeans and a jumper and jacket, as its winter here and all my pants fall off me.  I cant believe that I get so freaked out about losing weight, under different circumstances I would be a pleased as punch, think though it was just the dramatic weight loss in 6 or 7 months that had me freaked out and believing I was at deaths door with everything else that was happening.  I will be so glad as well when I am past this and things settle down, which it will one day soon I hope, we just have to focus on that I guess...xx

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      I know what your saying about losing so much weight....I to have lost alot in the past year and people see me and say you just keep getting smaller or Oh my god you look so different!!!Ok how am I suppose to take that????Thank you? Or Kiss my butt???There is times I look at myself and think  I look like im sick cause of losing so much....If only people knew what we were really goin thru at this point....Alot of my clothes dont fit and stuff is so expensive that i buy new clothes a little at a time....ok my rant is over....Hope you get better soon!!!!
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      Hi Laurie,

      I can relate to how you think when you look at yourself, I think the same.  Hmmm I think we say thank you, then kiss my butt.  Thats the trouble people judge without taking time to find out whats going on.  Same as you I have just bought a few things as clothes are pretty expensive.  How much weight have you lost? and thank you I hope that you get better soon as well xx

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      Ive prob lost 30 to 40 pounds in all.....granted losing some was needed but now im just to skinny and dont like how my face looks since weight loss...i just dont think i look healthy as far as face goes...but my husband says im just overreacting...some of weight loss is from a nasty divorce i went thru a couple years ago and ex turned my two boys against me so i went from full time mom to my kids hating me...then i got hit with peri so last couple years been nothing but hell for me but i met my husband and he has been great thru all this...without him id be nuts for sure.....
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      Yes. If I had been planning on losing weight I would have been overjoyed because I am back down to the size I was in my 20's. But the weight just disappeared. One day I looked in the mirror and went, "whoa...what happened?!" I am usually top-heavy but I've even lost weight up there which is unusual for me since that is my body's fat center. I guess I'll get some clothes in this size now and watch what'll happen, I'll probably gain weight! Lol!
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      Lol....yes we get new clothes then we will go the other way.....Ive thought about that to...now that lost so much i need to get toned up but who feels like working out most days????Such a roller coaster ride we are on....trying to suck it up and move on but some days are just blah.....
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      Can pretty much relate to your story laurie.  I have lost 20 kilos which is just a bit more than 40 pounds I think.  Besides my saggy skin in the crook of my elbow, I also dont think my face looks healthy, lol my hubby says I am overreacting as well.  Poor you with the divorce and your ex turing your boys against you, we have been through that with my hubby's ex family.  His ex managed to turn his kids against him and his eldest son who she couldnt manipulate passed away in a car accident 3 years ago.  We have known each other for 5 years and married for 4 so there has been a bit of stress on my side as well.  I do hope that your boys will eventually come round and want to have contact with you, I know what hell my hubby goes through at times and I imagine for you it is the same.  I am so glad that you have your hubby now that has supported you through this, lol without mine I would be nuts as well...hang in there hopefully the future will be brighter...
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      I had my second child about a year and three months ago and since I've had her I'd say I lost about 23 pounds. But the most weight came off recently from about February until now. I don't like the way my face and neck area look. My body itself isn't terrible but I would like to see more meat in certain areas. I think it is more of a loss of muscle mass than anything. I was never a big person in terms of fat. I was always very filled out in terms of muscle weight. I am big-boned so looking too small makes me look sick. So that is why I am concerned about it mostly.

      My husband stresses me out a lot. He can be very unkind when he wants to. So that doesn't help where weight is concerned because if I'm stressed that will only make things worse. He hasn't been very sympathetic through these changes. But I won't start in on him. He is a discussion for a completely different forum. Lol!

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      Yep thats how it seemed to happen one day I had boobs and a bum then I didnt but I guess it was a gradual process and didnt notice till it was enough weight loss to be noticeable.  Lol I worry now that I will put too much back on, thats why as well I am not buying too many clothes at my now size.  Maybe in 6 months or so we will be complaining how much weight we have put on, so I think we should just enjoy it while we are back to our 20's weight...
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      Thank you so much...yes my boys were my life and thats a pain in my heart that never goes away and it didnt do much for my mental health either...on the bright side my step daughter adores me and i adore her so that also helps keep me going...sorry your husband as to go thru all that pain also...thank god he has you...hugs to you and your family...
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      Thanks Laurie, he is coping some days are good for him and some arent as would be with you and poor you to have peri on top of the heartache.  So glad that you and your step daughter have a great relationship, might not take all the pain away but as you say she keeps you going...

      hugs to you and your family...

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      Yeah, you're right. Enjoy it while it lasts any way. I just don't want to keep losing. That's my greater concern.
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      Oops sorry about the hi one, on the lappy and it has a mind of its own.

      I know what you mean it is my concern also that I will continue to loose and its really hard to gain or stabilize my weight eating the bland food that I eat.  I still after all this time cant get my head around that I have ibs and or food intolerances just hopng so much that once finished peri it goes...

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