Is it possible to have periods but not ovulate

Her stress hormones tell our body to stop producing progesterone and as that drops, contractions start. The same basically happens at the end of your cycle if you are not pregnant. The corpus luteum that is producing the progesterone, will start to shrivel down and as it shrivels down, progesterone starts to drop naturally. That is when your flow starts.

When you however do not ovulate, this entire cycle does not happen! There is no ovulation, so there is no production of progesterone, so there is no progesterone drop that starts your the flow.

So the best for you to know if you are ovulating is through charting your cycle. You need to take your temperature BBT to see if your temperature goes up. Because if it does, that tells you progesterone has gone up and you have ovulated. The only way that you can tell if your periods are coming without ovulation is through charting and taking your temperature.

How to chart is something you can learn in a couple of easy lessons of my fertility charting course. It is free and you will learn lots about your fertility and how to make use of it. So head on over to the sign-up page to get started right away! If you truly are having periods without ovulation, of course you want to know why this is happenening!

There can be several reasons for this:. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information. A pattern more commonly experienced by peri-menopausal women is estrogen withdrawal bleeding.

As estrogen levels decline in the peri-menopause, the endometrium develops inadequately. In this case, irregular shedding results in spotting between periods, or light, frequent, or short menstruation.

Many women experience anovulatory bleeding at one time or another during their menstruating lifetime. This condition is more common among girls during the year or two after their first period and among women nearing menopause. Anovulatory bleeding is diagnosed by a women's health care provider or gynecologist after other causes of irregular uterine bleeding have been eliminated through tests or diagnostic procedures.

Early diagnosis and treatment of anovulatory bleeding is essential. Possible complications include iron deficiency anemia , infertility, osteoporosis, and endometrial cancer. With appropriate management, normal menstruation can often resume. Treatment generally includes hormonal regulation with birth control pills or progesterone supplementation. If a woman has been experiencing unusual vaginal bleeding, fever, abdominal pain, dizziness, or fainting, it's important to make an appointment to see a women's health care provider or gynecologist for an evaluation.

Lastly, even though women can have bleeding without ovulation, they still need to use birth control if they want to be protected from pregnancy. Timing of ovulation is unpredictable, so it makes sense to be protected.

I have heard in quite a few places now that it is possible to be ovulating regularly but not getting a period, or women think they are ovulating but not getting that monthly bleed. Women who are experiencing amenorrhea will most likely ovulate before they get their first post-amenorrhea period. A few get an anovulatory period; bleeding without ovulation beforehand. If one happens to have intercourse around the time of this ovulation, it is absolutely possible to get pregnant, therefore getting pregnant without ever getting a period.

But, monthly ovulation without getting a period is only feasible under very limited circumstances:. In a normal menstrual cycle, the egg-containing follicle starts growing at the beginning of the cycle and the uterine lining is thin. The estradiol leads to an increase in the thickness of the uterine lining. The lining thickens as the dominant follicle is selected and proceeds to maturation. I do not believe that it is possible to have this LH surge without sufficient estradiol and therefore a thick lining to shed.

And while it may be true in a small minority of cases that the lining does not respond to estradiol and get thicker this IS the case with the Mirena IUD , in a normal menstrual cycle the lining will thicken. After ovulation, progesterone is secreted by the cells that surrounded the now-released egg, maintaining the thickness of the lining and causing other changes that prepare the lining to accept an embryo. If no pregnancy occurs, progesterone drops and the lining is shed.

What do you think? If you are getting changes in cervical mucus each month that seem to indicate ovulation, but no bleed, it is possible that your body is trying to ovulate but not quite succeeding.

Hey there, thanks for sharing this. Evidently, for women hoping to get pregnant, having a regular, normal-length period is no guarantee they are actually ovulating. One-third of all seemingly normal menstrual cycles may be egg-less. No doubt that cervical mucus is vital in indicating the fertility window but in case there is absence of any bleed, have a checkup for hypothalamic amenorrhea HA.

Good luck! Best Regards, Julia Morales. Hi there! So you are saying that if the cervical mucus is absent, ovulation does not occur?

Thank you so much for your response. The thing is , I have also just gotten my period back after 2 years without it….. Hi, thanks for sharing this. I am pretty sure about the time of Ovulation in my body by using a combination of methods such as observing my cervical fluid, taking my basal body temperature and so on!

However, my period is very irregular! I have even not experienced the period this month! Thank you. I started tracking my ovulation cycle through a kit two months ago. In fact, I just got a positive high LH level through the strip test. I was on the birth control pill up to three months ago, and when I came off of it, I bled as normal.