Cervical Mucus question.....

[Serenitylee]

Hi guys

I know this is probably a strange question but its something i am still learning about and i dont think i have seen a thread about this yet. I have done a bit of research but got alot of different answers.

Basically in the last month i have been very dry and had no cervial mucus apart from yesterday when i was getting a sort of white milky mucus discharge. I had intercourse last night and now it has gone. It definitely was not egg white like, like when you ovulate, but i dont think i have ever noticed my body having this sort of mucus. My question is why would i be getting this mucus? I have been dry since the termination which was 23 days ago (actually i had one day with a tiny bit of discharge which was the same texture) and yesterday was the only day i have had a discharge.

Bit confused what it would have been for....

[Rumpleteaser]

I never noticed alot of EWCM. The cycle i did fall PG, I noticed a little on 1 day, 2 days before estimated Ov. I was not temping that cycle, so may have Ov early. When I had D&C it was 6 weeks before I got AF, I didn't notice much CM of any kind.

[MamaPan]

I also dont notice much CM - maybe some of us are less mucousy LOL!!!I dont know how the termination would affect it, but i could imagine it woudl affect it?? sorry not much help there
I know i mentioned to my chinese dr that i dont get a lot of CM and this is someting she is looking to help me with - esp EWCM around O to help the little swimmers!
i find it all really interesting now i am taking notice of all the body chgs thru the cycle

[Rachel]

I read somewhere the other day that not everybody gets EWCM..what you really really need to look for is very slippery mucous...as if it is thick and sticky the sperm can't get through it.

[MamaPan]

v interesting Rachel - must say what i have notices is not v much CM at all - chinese dr gave me new herbs today and upped the dosage of my others so hoping i notice more this cycle.

[Serenitylee]

Hi

Well yesterday i noticed lots of external white egg whitle like CM and the previous 2 days i just had a little bit of white CM so i figured i must be fertile if i have the white stretchy CM but when i noticed it was when i went to the toilet, and after i went to the toilet the CM never came back i had sex that night but there was no CM present again and also it has not returned today so bit worried i have missed the egg

[Milla]

I think the EWCM really varies from cycle to cycle and also depending on the age. I used to gets loads of it, and now it has been a bit more dry lately. I noticed that I was especially dry after the D&C in August, so I guess that must have had some impact on it.

But since I started TCM (herbs, acupuncture), I've been getting more of it again (sometimes during 3-5 days), and also better quality. So that's definitely something that seems to work. I also take Omega oils (Evening primrose oil is what is usually suggested to boost EWCM) and try to drink a lot of water during that time. This cycle I also tried PreSeed, a sperm-friendly lube and I loved it.

Hope this helps!

[MamaPan]

Milla - when do they suggest you take the eve prim oil?
i also do TCM and noticed more this cycle but maybe i should do the epo also?

[belle75]

EPO 1g is recommended 3 times a day from day 1 till you ovulate. Don't take it after you ovulate as it can stimulate uterine contractions. You can take flaxseed oil in your luteal phase. EPO has definitely helped me produce cm - I had none before.HTH

[Kahlan]

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

[MamaPan]

Kahlan
thanks so much for the info - in your experience do you get more cm if you take vit C?

[BekZ]

I got a lot of clear ewcm 14 days after my d&c. DH and I decided to bd and we conceived DD2.

This cycle I have been doing heaps of cm obs. Interestingly I have heaps of different cm types. Most interesting though is when all my other fertile signs said that I was fertile my cm went creamy/watery and then I had only one patch of ewcm during that day.Yet for at least a week before this I was getting heaps of stretchy ewcm. I am still waiting to see if I oed yet. A temp rise will confirm this tomorrow. Moral of my story is that I can't rely on mucus obs alone I need to check cervix position and use OPKs.
BTW - EPO is not good for ladies with progesterone deficiency. It produces too much estrogen

[Kahlan]

Kahlan
thanks so much for the info - in your experience do you get more cm if you take vit C?

Yes, vitamin c gives me more CM. One month I was sick and so I took heaps of vit c. I had so much CM during ovulation that it couldn't be missed.. that thick stretch mucus I spoke about came out to the size of 1/2 my thumb and I had so much watery discharge (sorry TMI) that I had to change my panties twice. However be very cautious with vit c as it affects your p4 level. Once you have o don't take huge amount of vit c as it will affect your P4 level thus your uterine lining.

Cheers

Kahlan

[Serenitylee]

Well after getting excited and thinking i could possibly be pregnant since i got the fertile mucus last week...it seems i am not pregnant I couldn't help myself and took a pregnancy test 10 days after ovulation and having sex and the test was negative. Owell still plenty of times to try! I guess i will just have to do it every second day to up my chances!

[BekZ]

YOu can get patches of ewcm even at the end of your cycle. 10DPO may be too early to test...wait a few days to re-test

[Serenitylee]

Ok thank you! When i got the test i didn't realise that it said for 5-10 if your period is late....and mine isn't actually late. It is due this week. So not sure if that would have mattered with the preg test? I have come up in with some nice pimples all over me which happened when i fell pregnant last time....but i probably just ate some food and my skin didn't like it

[Kahlan]

Hi,

I just tested on Sat (11dpo) and got a negative. Today (13dpo) and I got a positive. Apparently, 50% of pg women will get a false negative at 11dpo and 1/3 of pg women get false negative at 13 dpo... It is better to test after you have missed your period. Hope that helps and good luck to you.

[Serenitylee]

Oh really. I will definitely do it again in another week or so if my period does not come. I guess the longer you wait the better but i am shocking for waiting and wondering

Thank you for that! I will try and stay positive.