Hi girls,

Vitamin C also affects CM. I have been charting for a few years now and here is my experience.

1. After Ovualtion your temp should rise by 0.5 degree C. This is always true for every cycle I have charted. Temp consistently remains this high until AF. --> this doesn't help us much does it... however it does tell us where we are at in the cycle.

2. Sometimes my temp dip just before Ovulation but this is not always the case.

3. milky, watery or stretchy clear CM is only an indication of a pending O and that the ovaries are producing the eggs. These discharges could last for 3-10 days after AF finishes. During this phase I would get dry days as well. The amount of CM I get varies from cycle to cycle. Some months I am so dry that I only get these discharges when I am on the loo.

4. Best indication that O will occur in the next 3-4 days, ie my most fertile days, is when I see this very highly stretchy but thick cloudy CM, which I only see discharge once (sometimes twice in small amount) in my cycle. I find that when this occur my temp would increase by 0.3 degree C and then once I have O it will jump up by 0.5. All of this is confirmed through a Ovualtion kit.

Consistency in charting is very important. I always take my temp at 7 am in the morning, in the same position and with the thermometer in the same position in my mouth.

Hope this helps. Good luck to you all