This is ovulation. For some people, ovulation creates a sensation of cramping or pain once a month on one side of the abdomen. If a person has these cramps every month, the sensation may switch sides from month to month, depending on which ovary releases the egg.

Is it normal to cramp during ovulation?

Many women experience some cramping when they ovulate — there's even a term for the pain: mittelschmerz. If you have abdominal pain or cramping in the middle of your menstrual cycle, when you're ovulating, you may be experiencing mittelschmerz, a word derived from the German for “middle” and “pain.”

Where do you feel ovulation cramps?

The symptoms of ovulation pain can include: pain in the lower abdomen, just inside the hip bone. pain typically occurring about two weeks before the menstrual period is due. pain felt on the right or left side, depending on which ovary is releasing an egg.