Warning tmi content

I will start off by saying that this thread will be talking about Mucus.... if you cannot handle that do not read any further. :redface:


I have had a very good look at the My Beautiful cervix thing and to be honest I have never really paid that close attention to the mucus.
I have only just starting using the FF chart and have some oracle fertility OPK, but I have used them before and never had much lock, infact I have never had a positive test ... EVER.
Excluding this last cycle (coz we MC'd) my previous two have been approx 30/31 days therefore O would be approx days 16 or 17?

Is there a better time of day or WHEN exactly do you test the mucus?

do you just - TMI - stick your finger in? or when your on the loo and you wipe and there is stuff there, do you examin that?

I have no idea really.

I want to get as close to O as possible as I hope to sway for a little boy blue. I fwe have another girl then so be it but IF I can help just a wee bit then thats what we are doing.

I think I asked this once before agaes ago but I really cannot remember :doh:

Thanks ladies

Nae x

LOL! Nothing like a bit of fanny mucous chat to brighten the day :lol:

I mainly examined mine in my knickers or on the loo paper but the month we conceived DD I did stick my fingers up there as I was checking my cervix too. I would never have thought I'd be doing that one day :rolleyes:

I didn't experience a lot of EWCM, mine was more watery - maybe a bit sticky. The month we conceived we had used Preseed so that *may* have helped. I also used Clear Blue Digital OPKs as you get a little smiley face when it's the right time to DTD - easy ;) I just ordered a pack of 20 from eBay (from the UK) which comes with 10 strip HPTs for $60 including postage. They digital OPKs are $70 for 7 tests in pharmacies here so much cheaper online. They rock though and I'd highly recommend them.

I generally have a 28 day cycle (besides last month which was plain retarded, as you know!) and I O'd on CD16 the month we conceived.

HTH hon and good luck! x

When you start to pay attention, you'll be surprised. Generally I can tell by a knicker check or on the paper.

Never done OPKs though.

QUOTE=Taurean;2636313] LOL! Nothing like a bit of fanny mucous chat to brighten the day :lol: [/QUOTE]
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I never put my fingers up there for mucous, but did to feel my cervix etc. I was always able to see when I had 'plenty' of mucous just by checking my knickies or the toilet paper, like Taurean said. Mine would get very egg-whitey/creamy during what I suspected was my O-time, but TBH ive never used an OPK or anything, its always just been in the middle of my 28 day cycle. Lucky I guess.

Hope you get some good mucous NaeNae :bd:

Hi naenae, before I was educated by bb and ff I always thought that I was having an infection down there like thrust everytime I got ewcm.

now that im charting, I know more, althoguh I have never experienced ewcm ever since we decided to ttc which was a year ago.

I am also on clmoid so apparently that dries you up.

Anyway I use the clearblue fertility monitor to check if im ovulating or not coz I dontm think I can trust myself to dtermine if I am or not.

best of luck and hope you get a bfp soon!

hmmmmmmm :think: ok this will definately be TMI ......



today when I wiped and checked the paper it was kinda stretchy and kinda creamyish defiantely a big glob of it I am on CD 11. BUT when I stuck by finger in it wasn't super slippery or wet ITMS :dunno:

I also usually get crampy around O time But I really do not know, I think there needs to be a photographed My Marvelous Mucus thread :rofl:

Nae, google cervical mucus and there are plenty of educational images. Just don't trip over the porn...:D

cycle day 11, perhaps this is is prime spermie time Nae? Especially if there's stretchy mucous there to catch them!
big FX for you babe!

I am too scared to DTD without getting a positive result on my OPK's I am really really hoping to get super close to O so we can help the little boy swimmers find the egg before the girls do. If it sticks when we get UTD it will be my last pregnancy Dh has already said only two :(

ETA ~ so if its on your undies, how can you tell whats what? it all looks kinda dry and flakey to me :lol:

Hun it sounds like you are super close to ovulation. The EWCM is a big sign. I would get to it! LOL

Seriously though even if you dont ovulate for a day or two or three there is still a great chance of conceiving a girl. :)

crabs maybe Nae?

heheh sorry I am not sure but its suppose to look like egg white which you can stretch a few inches!

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Seriously though even if you dont ovulate for a day or two or three there is still a great chance of conceiving a girl. :)

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:cry: but I wanna boy (say it like a whiney 4yo :rofl: ) that wouldn't make sense though on CD11 to have ewcm on a 30-31 day cycle :dunno:


m2osb ~ :rofl: too funny

I usually did the loo paper check.

what is the cervix check?

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nae we dtd on cd 19(32day cycle) and we're having a boy. we only dtd that one day the whole month.
we dtd on cd 17,18,20,21 and got izzy.
so im guessing day 18 would be good for u. if ur cycles are regular id go by the day, not ur cm.

also wanting to know how to do a cervix check, i try feel for it but it feels like a never ending cave!

LOL! MY DD does that whiny voice all the time but its normally accompanied by eh eh eh eh eh noises. :rofl:

Sorry babe didnt realise you wanted a boy, maybe check CM again tomorrow in the morning.

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also wanting to know how to do a cervix check, i try feel for it but it feels like a never ending cave!

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: I had the same thought this morning

im interested to know this too
i dont really like putting my finger up there so i really dont want to try and put in fist up to feel my cervix.

:rofl: My bat cave must be a bit smaller at times :lol:

When checking my cervix TTC DD, I used my middle finger but there were times when a bit more finger length wouldn't have gone astray. PMSL.

I can't remember exactly what the fertile signs are for your cervix (Fertility Friend has some good info) but it's good to note when your cervix is high (so untouchable would be high!), soft, low, firm, closed and open. I might have this wrong but I'm sure I read somewhere that your cervix feels a bit like a head of a penis (man I hope I just didn't make that up!!!) and when it's 'open' you can feel a teeny, tiny opening and the whole thing is sort of rounded - sometimes soft and squishy, sometimes firm. Maybe that was my analogy after feeling it. Going off to hide now! :hide:

Taurean - if you watch 'my beautiful cervix' it looks like a penis! lol

Nae - I would say you are close to O. Your LP must be a little longer than the norm if your AF is about CD 30/31...Generally speaking you will O 14 days prior to AF.... If you are checking your cervix, you should do it at the same time each day. I don't get EWCM (due to annovulatory cycles & clomid etc...) but I remember once I did & it was like a big blob of clear, stretchy mucous after I wiped....Have you looked at the 'billings method' - that may help you too :-)

Nae - you may be getting close. Are you temping or using OPKs? Temping helps to give you an idea of when you normally O over a few months. It will also give you an idea of when your LP is. eg, my LP is normally 10-11 days, it's different for everyone. Sometimes you can get a temp drop the day before or day of O, but I wouldn't rely on it.

OPKs are funny things. I use the forelife ones - it's about $24 for 7 at the chemist. Again, everyone is different and it seems every cyle is different too.

The stretchy CM is good. It can be clear like eggwhite or white. EWCM is not normally sticky, more slimy. You should be able to stretch it about an inch or more. You may not get much all day but then get a big blob after doing a BM. Something to keep you occupied - playing with panty goo :)

Thanks girls, I cannot help but giggle over some of the posts.

I am not temping, I was planning on doing that but it said to do it first thing int he morning before getting up with no less than 3hrs of rest.
DD's sleep is still a little all over the shop so to get it just right would be too hard, also I am likely to forget and rush out of bed to go and pee.

I have been crampy today so might talk to Dh about DTD tomorrow.

FWIW I haven't had any more panty goop or stuff on the loo paper so I have NO friggin idea. I have also been poas 3 times a day just to make sure I get something :lol:

Nae x

Naenae, I don't have enough cm to do the panty check lol, so I use my index or middle finger and insert, give it a wiggle and whatever is on my finger, is my cm lol. I check my cervix at the same time, you are looking for it to be high soft and open as a sign that you are most likely fertile :)

NN, I generally get EWCM around lunch time. After all this time of TTC'ing that seems to be the pattern. It's only evident when I wipe. The amount decreases over 2-3 days.

Have you tired Evening Primrose Oil to increase your EWCM?

Also check out Tanya's advice on Gender Swaying. I'm amazed at all the different techniques available to sway for a particular gender.

Wishing you all the best