How common is EWCM after ovulation?

[Ladylove]

Hi team BB! So this month I vowed to keep low key about TCC #2 and I was feeling pretty relaxed at what I thought was 3dpo because I had all the usual ovulation signs to suggest I ovulated on CD 16 which is about normal for me since my 28 day cycles returned after giving birth.

Cd12 small amount of ewcm
Cd13 - Cd15 extremely watery cm (like even a dribble down my thigh)
Cd16 a truckload of ewcm
Cd 17 dry
Cd 18 dry
Then cd 19- today- I just got a lot of ewcm after a bowel motion. I don't have pcos or pco so I'm not sure what multiple patches of ewcm means for me.. Have I just ovulated or am about to ovulate? I'm still breastfeeding and over the last two nightsDD has been strangely boob hungry so I've been feeding two or three times at night where usually it's only One overnight feed if that...could that have buggered up ovulation? Or caused more ewcm? I do sometimes get ewcm a day after I think I ovulate bit it's a tiny bit mixed in with the sticky stuff and not two days after marked dryness.

[nothing2lose]

My understanding is it is pretty common

[toomanyshoes]

Have you DTD recently? "Old" sperm can look like ewcm, but doesn't have the same "stretch" ewcm does, between your fingers sperm will break but with ewcm it should be stringy.

[Ladylove]

This was very stringy, glossy and transparent and pulled across my fingers almost like a sheet or web. Just like my ewcm does. We last BDed on Sat night so I don't think it's man soup.

[toomanyshoes]

As n2l said it does seem common, I've had ewcm after O in cycles with both BFN and BFP's. although some sources/sites will say its impossible and O date must be wrong!

[Ladylove]

Yeah of course I may have misinterpreted my o day signs and as I'm bf maybe my luteal phase, progesterone stuff isn't back to normal yet. On the outside all seems to have returned to normal but who knows. Might have to. BD again tonight as DH flies away tomorrow for work for a few days.

[toomanyshoes]

BD'ing again to make sure sounds like a good plan!

[Ladylove]

My thoughts also. I did just read this on Wikipedia-

Several days after ovulation, the increasing amount of estrogen produced by the corpus luteum may cause one or two days of fertile cervical mucus, lower basal body temperatures, or both. This is known as a "secondary estrogen surge".[5]

[5] ^ a b Weschler, Toni (2002). Taking Charge of Your Fertility (Revised ed.). New York: HarperCollins. pp. 361–2. ISBN 0-06-093764-5.

[raffy]

I had ewcm when i wiped after a poo today and im on CD24 id say its very common but wouldnt hurt to DTD JIC