Help with ovulation

Brianna

So question. I have really bad ovulation pain every month on my right side. I experienced it super early this month but my OPK’S were negative, according to the app I’m suppose to ovulate in 4 days. My question is, even though I felt that sharp pain for 3-4 days I wasn’t necessarily ovulating yet? Could it just have been my egg releasing? I feel like every month I’ve been following my gut and TTC whenever I feel this pain/experience discharge. When in reality I guess it could be the egg releasing causing pain. What are y’alls thoughts? I may sound dumb but this is all a learning process for me😅