menstrual flow

[woye1234]

Would there be a menstrual flow if no ovulation occured?

[LastHoldOut]

So according to that technically it isn't a menstrual flow.                               ( http://www.*********.com/articles/can-you-have-a-period-without-ovulating.html )

[LastHoldOut]

Without ovulation, you don't have a 'period', technically.

A period or menstruation is the bleeding that occurs about 12 to 16 days after ovulation or the release of an egg. If ovulation does not occur, no egg is released, and hence technically there should be no bleeding at all. This is known as anovulation. In women where ovulation fails to occur because of an anovulatory disorder, bleeding can occur nevertheless. This is known as anovulatory bleeding and is not a normal menstrual period.

There is a huge difference between cycles in which the woman ovulates but does not get her period, and one in which she gets her period but does not ovulate. In the former case, the woman is almost certainly pregnant. In the latter case, she has had an anovulatory cycle.

If you do not chart your ovulation and have an anovulatory disorder, then you may assume that you are menstruating normally when anovulatory bleeding occurs during your cycle. This anovulatory bleeding occurs when estrogen production continues to develop in the uterine lining without reaching the threshold necessary to trigger ovulation. In such a case, either of the following two things may happen, both leading to what appears to be a menstrual period but is really not one..

6 years ago, Id gotten to a weight where I didn't ovulate or have periods for three years after high school, I lost 20 lbs (10less that High school) and my period popped right back up like it was nothing, Regular in a way it had never been before.

[Combs7]

I don't ovulate every month but I still get a period. Well when I'm not pregnant lol. A period is the shedding of your uterine lining. Ovulation is the release of an egg. So yes you can have a period & not ovulate.

[Flickan]

I was told the opposite. That I'd there is no ovulating, then your body has nothing to clean, so there will be no menstruation. There is obvious different stories out there, sobthis question may be better to ask your doctor.

[Jkrodgers]

Yes some women who are infertile and never ovulate on their own but still have a monthly period