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writes:hi all, i just have a quick question cant get any sense from gp. if you have periods, irregular ones and have ovulation pains you must be able to get pregnant right periods equal ovulation, ovulation equals ability to concieve??? or not??? please help thanx xxxx can you have periods but not ovulate??
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reader, Tisha-1  +, writes (16 April 2010):
 Right, it is a little confusing.
Your ovary pops out an egg, this is ovulation. The normal path is it is then taken into the Fallopian tube, heads down that way to the uterus, where it is either fertilized, or if it is not, it gets expelled with the temporary lining of the uterus. This is your period.
Lots of things can happen to that egg on its way out of the ovary before it reaches the uterus. There may be a blockage due to undiagnosed infections in the Fallopian tube, so it never makes it down the tube.
You must ovulate (produce an egg) in order to conceive, but just ovulating doesn't mean that you will conceive. So you might not be able to get pregnant, even though you pop out egg after egg.
I don't think you can have periods without ovulating, but I could be wrong there. Here are some links for your education (and mine!):
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/guide/your-guide-female-reproductive-system
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/pregnancy/how-pregnancy-happens-4252.htm
Good luck.
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reader, EbonyBlossom +, writes (16 April 2010):
 Yes you can. My Mum has only one ovary, and the tube on the remaining one is clipped so she can't ovulate. But she still has irregular periods, which are quite heavy due to fibroids. However if you don't have clips or anything then you probably can ovulate so I would get one of those ovulation thingies that people use when they're trying to conceive.
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 April 2010): Ability to conceive and become pregnant is a combination of many factors. Ovulation and menstruation are merely two of them.
A period does not necessarily indicate ovulation; some women bleed while pregnant in fact and produce healthy babies. I am one of them.
Irregular periods are a sign of several possibilities, a main one being hormonal fluctuations.
If you have all conditions needed to become pregnant, even with irregular periods, you are a candidate for pregnancy.
A more reliable profile of conception probability is to be tested by a doctor.
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reader, anonymous, writes (16 April 2010): no that is not the case. just because you have periods and pain does not mean you are able to conceive. its can be very complicated, but many women have pain, due to ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or a number of other things. the presence of pain or even ovulation, does not mean you send down a viable egg. mal
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reader, Emilysanswers +, writes (16 April 2010):
The whole conceiving thing is far more complicated than that. Probably why your GP couldn't give you a simple answer.
You can buy tests that tell you when you ARE ovulating and when to have lots and lots of sex.
If you still have no luck then go back and see the doc and ask for some tests to be run on you AND your husband.
Good Luck!! xx
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