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I'm starting charting this month and I want to get in tune with my body.
Can anyone help me with what I'm looking for when finding my cervix, and the different stages. What's the best way to do the exam :redface:
Any help or external reading would be great (don't want to google 'finding my cervix' I can just imagine what would come up :rolleyes:)
There was a link posted her awhile back, called 'my beautiful cervix'. (you can google it, and its the first one!) and someone took pics of their cervix every day for a month.
The site has now added more cervix (s) including one during pregnancy.
hope that helps,
Kate
Thanks - will check it out.
I second the link that Kate suggested, it helped me alot, although it is very graphic and therefore not for everyone.
It does show photos of the different stages of a womans cervix throughout a womans cycle as well as the cervical mucus that is sometimes hard to identify.
I have included a link below if you are interested:
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ng-photos.html
If this is not for you and you want more of a verbal explanation please let me know and I will try my best but I really do think the photos will be of more help.
Thanks - I checked out the site and wow, amazing. What fabulous women these are to put themselves out like that for the rest of us. :clap:
I think that seeing it in pictures actually has helped me to visualise mine, and so I get a better understanding of what I'm looking for it that makes sense.
It is amazing isn't it. I am glad it helped you.
Best of luck with your TTC journey :goodluck:.
:redface:I have to check right up close to my cervix to find the CM. Since it can be hard to tell the differance between CM and semen, I always check in the afternoon when I get home from work. So if we BD in the morning, there's a good chance all the swimmers got to where they were going and there is no seminal fluid left. The book TCOYF also suggests doing kegels about 1/2 to 1 hr after BD to rid yourself of excess semen, but I personally never wanted to take that chance. The EWCM does litterally (sp?) look just like what it says. If you were to crack open a warm egg and move a small amount of the egg whites between your fingers, that is what you are looking for. There is also a water test that you can do, but for the life of me I can't remember how it goes.
My last couple of cycles I have gotten EWCM, then 1 to 2 days later the + OPK.