Anovulatory Period Symptoms

Having your period without ovulating makes it impossible for you to conceive a baby. Lack of ovulation, or anovulatory periods, indicates that something is interfering with your ability to conceive.

Body Temperature

• One way you can predict that you aren't ovulating is to take your basal body temperature at around the time you should have ovulated. If your temperature doesn't rise by approximately two tenths of a degree, you probably did not ovulate. Ovulation normally takes place halfway through your menstrual cycle, but can be affected by a number of factors.

Hormonal Imbalance

• If you don't ovulate, your body doesn't release progesterone. Your level of estrogen could be rising. These hormones should be in balance with each other for pregnancy to occur.

Erratic Menstrual Bleeding

• If you've had several anovulatory periods, your production of estrogen could be erratic, which causes erratic periods. If you have too many anovulatory periods, you could develop endometrial hyperplasia (irregular bleeding).

Irregular Periods

• If you don't ovulate, you may not menstruate. If you aren't having periods, this could be one symptom of anovulatory periods.

Oligomenorrhea

• If you are anovulatory, you may have painless periods with little blood flow. You may also menstruate irregularly, not having periods every month on a regular basis.