Ovarian pain

[1ittybittykitty.livejournal.com]

Yesterday, the right side of my lower pelvic area started to hurt. It kind of feels like cramps but it's more of a pain feeling and it's only on one side and kind of goes around to my lower back. I think it's my ovary maybe? I'm on birth control so I don't think I'm ovulating although I did take plan B a week or two ago when I ran out of my birth control so maybe it's hormone overload? I don't have any pregnancy symptoms so I don't think it's that. Should I go get it checked out or just see if it subsides?

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[archangelbeth]

Do you have more-frequent urination, pain with urination, or needing to pee and nothing coming out? Lower-back is often associated with the kidneys, and while it might just be an ovary cramp of some kind, if you have anything UTI-like, or a fever, I'd high-tail it to a doctor.

And while you don't have pregnancy symptoms, a week or two is way too early for most people to get them anyway. Give it 19 days and take a pregnancy test just to be ultra-sure, maybe?

I hope you feel better soon!

[1ittybittykitty.livejournal.com]

Thanks. No, actually I don't have any urination problems. I've had a UTI twice before and I definitely know exactly what those feel like. So I'm not really sure what it could be.
The thing is, I don't pee very often. So now I'm wondering if maybe there's a correlation. I just don't feel the urge to pee and I end up just forgetting because I never feel like I have to pee. I pee about 4 times a day, sometimes 2-3 times. But I'm not sure. I can feel pain definitely in my ovaries but it's also shooting towards my lower back, too.

[1ittybittykitty.livejournal.com]

And maybe I might have just pulled a muscle somewhere down there, because I sleep weird too sometimes. I know I strained my neck pretty badly two nights ago and I still feel that. I dunno.

[archangelbeth]

Ack! I'm glad I checked back -- be sure to click the "reply to this" under my comment to get notifications sent to me. O:>

UTIs can change in how they present, and kidney infections, too.

Personally, because a kidney infection is pretty much life-threatening, and peeing in a cup is not life-threatening, I would advise finding an affordable health clinic today and peeing in a cup just to be sure. It's possible it's just a muscle strain. It's possible it's an ovarian cyst and some referred pain.

But the risk-benefit ratio suggests that peeing in a cup to be sure is the logical winner.

Luck!