Understanding Ovulation Symptoms & Fertility Tracking

Question
hi again.. im sorry to bug you again but i had another f/u question.. i was trying to find my last email so i could have just done a f/u question from that but i cant find it anymore... but of course i am still worried about the accuracy since this is all i have to go by but i was wondering what exactly the symptoms are when i ovulate... i know you said that my high peak fertility day would have been on the 6 but im trying to think really hard about this to make sure of things... i know that before i took a pregnancy test i felt like i was about to start my period...you the cramping the breaking out and breast tenderness but would that be a sign that i was ovulating or that i was already pregnant? b/c i know i felt that way in the middle of may.. but of course like everything else i cannot remember the exact day when i felt like that...but im just still really worried about the 29th date and really hoping that its not from that because i do remember being dry down there and not being moist (aside from the sex) like they said if i were gettin ready to ovulate..

Answer
Hi there Ty,

Do you mind giving me the dates you had sex? I get asked a lot of questions, so it is hard to find yours in my archives.

As for ovulation signs, very few women have them. It is only around 30% who experience mild pains. As for the pre-period signs, these would have been far too early to be related to pregnancy. Typically, women only experience pregnancy symptoms like breast tenderness, cramping etc when they have been pregnant for a few weeks. They are all related to hormone rises, which is why they aren't experienced in the earlier stages.

All the best,

Laura