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| | Mittelschmerz - When ovulation hurts (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Painful ovulation, when severe, is referred to as mittelschmerz, a German word that means "middle pain." Most women who experience painful ovulation usually report a nagging pain that begins as a sharp twinge and diminishes into a dull ache for the next day or so. |
 | | With the disintegration of the egg, the lining of the uterus also begins to degenerate, producing the bleeding that is characteristic of each menstrual cycle. |
 | | Joseph K. Hurd, Jr., MD, Chairman of the Department of Gynecology at the Lahey-Hitchcock Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, says that mittelschmerz is believed to be caused by a small leakage of blood from the ovary that occurs at the time of ovulation. |
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