Re: pelvic pain
From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 22:11:04 -0500 (CDT)
Could be Mittelschmerz(German for middle of the month) also known as
ovulation pain.
RDB
At Wed, 30 Aug 2000, ursula wrote:
>
>At Tue, 29 Aug 2000, ursula wrote:
>>
>>In May of 2000 I went off my birth control because my husband and I were
>>discussing another child. Two weeks after I stopped I ended up in the
>>hospital 3 times with severe pain on both sides in my lower abdomin.
>>Every month since May I have the pain during the days that I would be
>>ovulating but none before during or after I have my period.
>>Blood tests, ultrasounds and internals have been done and come up with
>>the all clear. My doctor suggests a laparoscopy but didn't say if it
>>was for endometriosis or not. He also said I could cancel the surgery
>>if the pain goes away. Could you give me some advice since I do NOT
>>want a laparoscopy if I don't need it. Could it just be a hormone
>>change>
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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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