CM question

Hi,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you could
help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my question but nothing
I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am looking for. My husband and
I are TTC. I've been tracking my ovulation using the Clear Blue Easy
Fertility Monitor. Currently, I am on Day 14 of my cycle. According to the
monitor I ovulated last cycle on Day 17. So here's the deal. Yesterday,
Day 13 I noticed in the morning a lot of slippery, clear, stretchy CM
however; by the late afternoon it had seemed to go away. From what I have
read this change in CM happens right before ovulation (or a few days before)
and so far my monitor has said I'm at high fertility, not peak yet. I did
have sex last night and I will have sex everyday until the last day of peak
fertility shows on my monitor. My concern is that I may have missed
ovulation because when the "good" CM goes away it means you ovulated, could
that be? I'm just worried because the CM only lasted yesterday morning, now
I can't seem to detect it however, I;m not really dry either. I've read
it's possible to have plenty of fertile CM high up in the cervix so just
because I don't always feel or see it doesn't mean it's not there. Anyway,
what do you think? If I continue to have sex now though at least Day 18 or
19 are my chances of conceiving high? I'm just worried, as usual. I really
just want to get pregnant and I've been doing everything I can to help it
along. Like I said, I did have sex last night so even if I ovulated there
is the possibility that I "hit the nail on the head" if you will. LOL What
do you guys think? Any advice or insight is appreciated. Thanks!

Kris

Dboff wrote:
Hi,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you
could help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my
question but nothing I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am
looking for. My husband and I are TTC. I've been tracking my
ovulation using the Clear Blue Easy Fertility Monitor. Currently, I
am on Day 14 of my cycle. According to the monitor I ovulated last
cycle on Day 17. So here's the deal. Yesterday, Day 13 I noticed in
the morning a lot of slippery, clear, stretchy CM however; by the
late afternoon it had seemed to go away. From what I have read this
change in CM happens right before ovulation (or a few days before)
and so far my monitor has said I'm at high fertility, not peak yet. I did
have sex last night and I will have sex everyday until the last
day of peak fertility shows on my monitor. My concern is that I may
have missed ovulation because when the "good" CM goes away it means
you ovulated, could that be? I'm just worried because the CM only
lasted yesterday morning, now I can't seem to detect it however, I;m
not really dry either. I've read it's possible to have plenty of
fertile CM high up in the cervix so just because I don't always feel
or see it doesn't mean it's not there. Anyway, what do you think? If I
continue to have sex now though at least Day 18 or 19 are my
chances of conceiving high? I'm just worried, as usual. I really
just want to get pregnant and I've been doing everything I can to
help it along. Like I said, I did have sex last night so even if I
ovulated there is the possibility that I "hit the nail on the head"
if you will. LOL What do you guys think? Any advice or insight is
appreciated. Thanks!
Kris

I think that even if you did only have a few hours of fertile cervical
mucus, you had sex in time to hit the egg, so I wouldn't worry. I'd keep
having sex though, until cd18, just to be sure.

Now, that all being said, I'd say that it's probably pretty rare to have a
few hours of fertile cervical mucus. It's usually a few days. When I was
doing fertilty treatments I went to see my RE during my fertile time. I
didn't notice any mucus at all, but knew that I was likely going to be
ovulating in a few days. My RE commented on what abundant mucus I had at my
cervix, so I really never worried about it.

Finally, is it possible that what you thought was a lot of slippery, clear
stretchy cm was in fact semen making it's way back out? I know for me,
about 4-8 hours after having sex, I get a glob of semen that comes back out.
It's very slippery and stretchy, and can easily be mistaken for cm. Just a
thought.

Keep having sex, every other day, until your monitor confirms ovulation.
Good luck!
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Finally, is it possible that what you thought was a lot of slippery, clear
stretchy cm was in fact semen making it's way back out? I know for me,
about 4-8 hours after having sex, I get a glob of semen that comes back
out. It's very slippery and stretchy, and can easily be mistaken for cm.
Just a thought.


I know what you mean but I had sex yesterday in the evening......I had the
slippery CM yesterday in morning. Hours and hours before intercourse. I'm
99.9% positive it was fertile CM......just wondering why I only noticed it
in the morning. I would've thought once you have the fertile CM it would be
consistent throughout until ovulation but maybe not. Anyway, thanks for the
response.

Kris

Dboff wrote:
Finally, is it possible that what you thought was a lot of slippery,
clear stretchy cm was in fact semen making it's way back out? I
know for me, about 4-8 hours after having sex, I get a glob of semen
that comes back out. It's very slippery and stretchy, and can easily
be mistaken for cm. Just a thought.


I know what you mean but I had sex yesterday in the evening......I
had the slippery CM yesterday in morning. Hours and hours before
intercourse. I'm 99.9% positive it was fertile CM......just wondering why
I only
noticed it in the morning. I would've thought once you have the
fertile CM it would be consistent throughout until ovulation but
maybe not. Anyway, thanks for the response.

Kris

Sorry, I misread your post -- I thought you had sex in the evening, and then
had the cm the next morning. I would guess that it was cm, and that it had
pooled in your vaginal canal all night, then came out in the am when you got
up to pee.

--

Jamie
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Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03
Addison Grace, 9/30/04

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Dboff wrote:
Hi,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you could
help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my question but nothing
I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am looking for. My husband and
I are TTC. I've been tracking my ovulation using the Clear Blue Easy
Fertility Monitor. Currently, I am on Day 14 of my cycle. According to the
monitor I ovulated last cycle on Day 17. So here's the deal. Yesterday,
Day 13 I noticed in the morning a lot of slippery, clear, stretchy CM

Personally, I don't trust fertility monitors. I tried them & they never
worked right for me.

If you want to use them though, that's fine, but why not get a basal
thermometer also & do that at the same time? The thermal shift after OV
is pretty obvious & then you will know when/if you have ovulated. When
done properly, it takes the guess work out of the "maybes" IMHO

Ohh, yeah, sometimes I would have CM's that would start & stop in a 3-5
day period, which would confuse the heck out of me because I would
expect the thermal shift to happen, which it wouldn't until my CM stopped.

The nice thing is, if you have a thermal shift & it continues to rise,
then you can possibly predict you are pregnant sooner than a pregnancy
test can predict, especially if you have a few baseline tests to compare
it to.

My OB 'poo-poo'd' basal temping, but so much more can be found out by
charting than just using fertility monitors. I'm pregnant now because I
charted & discovered a defect in my cycles which was keeping me from
getting pregnant without intervention.

Hi

it took me 15 months to fall pregnant. i had irregular periods and to
try to work out when i was ovulating i monitored and charted my basal
temp and mucus changes. i found the basal temp monitoring to be the
best method, after a couple of months you start to see a pattern. my
mucus changes weren't very useful and didn't always coincide with peak
fertility. i also tried using ovulation test kits but it got too
expensive, i needed to use 2 packs each month.

hope this is useful,

Linda


Denise~* wrote:
Dboff wrote:
Hi,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you could
help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my question but nothing
I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am looking for. My husband and
I are TTC. I've been tracking my ovulation using the Clear Blue Easy
Fertility Monitor. Currently, I am on Day 14 of my cycle. According to the
monitor I ovulated last cycle on Day 17. So here's the deal. Yesterday,
Day 13 I noticed in the morning a lot of slippery, clear, stretchy CM

Personally, I don't trust fertility monitors. I tried them & they never
worked right for me.

If you want to use them though, that's fine, but why not get a basal
thermometer also & do that at the same time? The thermal shift after OV
is pretty obvious & then you will know when/if you have ovulated. When
done properly, it takes the guess work out of the "maybes" IMHO

Ohh, yeah, sometimes I would have CM's that would start & stop in a 3-5
day period, which would confuse the heck out of me because I would
expect the thermal shift to happen, which it wouldn't until my CM stopped.

The nice thing is, if you have a thermal shift & it continues to rise,
then you can possibly predict you are pregnant sooner than a pregnancy
test can predict, especially if you have a few baseline tests to compare
it to.

My OB 'poo-poo'd' basal temping, but so much more can be found out by
charting than just using fertility monitors. I'm pregnant now because I
charted & discovered a defect in my cycles which was keeping me from
getting pregnant without intervention.

Kris,

I am not going to speculate on your luck this cycle, I will only say "2ww."
:-)
My comments will be on any future attempts. I think CM is important, and
it is a good idea to try whenever it is favorable, but as for determining
*exactly* which day you ovulate on, it is more accurate to rely on basal
temperature. When you it the obvious 1 degree drop, you know that o has
already happened. I would suggest trying as long as CM is favorable, but
continue until you see the temp drop.

Larry

Dboff writes:
: Hi,

: I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you could
: help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my question but nothing
: I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am looking for. My husband and
: I are TTC. I've been tracking my ovulation using the Clear Blue Easy
: Fertility Monitor. Currently, I am on Day 14 of my cycle. According to the
: monitor I ovulated last cycle on Day 17. So here's the deal. Yesterday,
: Day 13 I noticed in the morning a lot of slippery, clear, stretchy CM
: however; by the late afternoon it had seemed to go away. From what I have
: read this change in CM happens right before ovulation (or a few days before)
: and so far my monitor has said I'm at high fertility, not peak yet. I did
: have sex last night and I will have sex everyday until the last day of peak
: fertility shows on my monitor. My concern is that I may have missed
: ovulation because when the "good" CM goes away it means you ovulated, could
: that be? I'm just worried because the CM only lasted yesterday morning, now
: I can't seem to detect it however, I;m not really dry either. I've read
: it's possible to have plenty of fertile CM high up in the cervix so just
: because I don't always feel or see it doesn't mean it's not there. Anyway,
: what do you think? If I continue to have sex now though at least Day 18 or
: 19 are my chances of conceiving high? I'm just worried, as usual. I really
: just want to get pregnant and I've been doing everything I can to help it
: along. Like I said, I did have sex last night so even if I ovulated there
: is the possibility that I "hit the nail on the head" if you will. LOL What
: do you guys think? Any advice or insight is appreciated. Thanks!

: Kris

Thanks for the input! I will keep you posted. Guess I just have to go have
lots of sex then and cross my fingers!! LOL Have a good afternoon!

Kris

"Dboff" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I've been reading this newsgroup for a while and I was hoping you could
help me. I've looked around online for an answer to my question but
nothing I've found so far seems to be exactly what I am looking for. My
husband and I are TTC. I've been tracking my ovulation using the Clear
Blue Easy Fertility Monitor. Currently, I am on Day 14 of my cycle.
According to the monitor I ovulated last cycle on Day 17. So here's the
deal. Yesterday, Day 13 I noticed in the morning a lot of slippery,
clear, stretchy CM however; by the late afternoon it had seemed to go
away. From what I have read this change in CM happens right before
ovulation (or a few days before) and so far my monitor has said I'm at
high fertility, not peak yet. I did have sex last night and I will have
sex everyday until the last day of peak fertility shows on my monitor. My
concern is that I may have missed ovulation because when the "good" CM
goes away it means you ovulated, could that be? I'm just worried because
the CM only lasted yesterday morning, now I can't seem to detect it
however, I;m not really dry either. I've read it's possible to have
plenty of fertile CM high up in the cervix so just because I don't always
feel or see it doesn't mean it's not there. Anyway, what do you think?
If I continue to have sex now though at least Day 18 or 19 are my chances
of conceiving high? I'm just worried, as usual. I really just want to
get pregnant and I've been doing everything I can to help it along. Like
I said, I did have sex last night so even if I ovulated there is the
possibility that I "hit the nail on the head" if you will. LOL What do
you guys think? Any advice or insight is appreciated. Thanks!

Kris

wrote:
Kris,

I am not going to speculate on your luck this cycle, I will only say "2ww."
:-)
My comments will be on any future attempts. I think CM is important, and
it is a good idea to try whenever it is favorable, but as for determining
*exactly* which day you ovulate on, it is more accurate to rely on basal
temperature. When you it the obvious 1 degree drop, you know that o has
already happened. I would suggest trying as long as CM is favorable, but
continue until you see the temp drop.

Larry

The temp goes UP at/after ovulation & then drops when you start your
next cycle.

"Denise~*" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Kris,

I am not going to speculate on your luck this cycle, I will only say
"2ww."
:-)
My comments will be on any future attempts. I think CM is important, and
it is a good idea to try whenever it is favorable, but as for determining
*exactly* which day you ovulate on, it is more accurate to rely on basal
temperature. When you it the obvious 1 degree drop, you know that o has
already happened. I would suggest trying as long as CM is favorable, but
continue until you see the temp drop.

Larry

The temp goes UP at/after ovulation & then drops when you start your next
cycle.

I found that on my most recent successful attempt ttc that I had a small dip
in temp before the rise from ovulation. Unlike other times when the
temperature dipped back down a few days after ovulation, I maintained a
steady-ish higher temperature. Now 34 weeks later, I'm still pregnant.