I am 48, and had a vaginal hysterectomy laproscopically. I kept my ovaries. I developed a post op infection on day 7, and was down for 1 1/2 weeks because of it. I am now back to work, and feel so much better than I did before, for a long long time, due to heavy heavy bleeding, anemia, and severe cramping. Now tho', I am having pain on both sides of my lower abdomen, in the area of the ovaries. I was wondering, could this be ovulation? I experienced this before, but I thought for some reason that I didn't or couldn't ovulate any longer. But it is a bother, I was looking forward to NO pain in that particular area, after 15 years of it. Does anyone know what this is all about? The infection after was way worse than the surgery it self. But now I also am having a discharge not unlike before during mid-cycle. Wow, let me know if anyone knows what I am talking about.