CM Question

[Beau82]

According to the app I have on my phone for tracking ovulation, I should be ovulating tomorrow. I've been tracking for about a year now and it's always been right on or 1 day off. I have a pretty consistent 33 day cycle. I've been on the LE diet (a few cheats here and there but overall pretty good I must say) for around a month. Anyway, I usually have a LOT of ewcm in the 2-3 days leading up the ovulation. This week I had a glob of creamy, thick cm on Monday but pretty dry ever since.

Can I assume that the diet is doing its job? Or does that fall under the ph thing and therefore, not relevant? We aren't TTC yet but it got me kind of excited to see such a big change in my cm when it's always been the same, month after month. Especially b/c I've only been doing the diet, and I've added in lots of coffee and white wine every night.

[maidentomother]

Yes, it is a generally good sign of the diet & overall sway having the desired effect. We don't know exactly what that effect is, just that it definitely seems to sway pink. Great news! I think the switch to creamy CM from previously copious EWCM means your body 'got the memo' that it's best to conceive a girl now and thus reflects your body's and, IMO, eggs' changed state.

Keep in mind this may be the month O happens later than you expect. Especially if your cycle has been very regular up to now.

[atomic sagebrush]

^^^WSS!

[honeybee37]

My first Minh on the diet was like that but this month, despite being v strict in January, I had six days of crazy amounts of EWCM!!! No idea why, but kind of annoyed me!! But yay, def good news!

[boyshopping]

hi, what app is a good app to track ovulation? thanks!

[honeybee37]

Fertility friend?

[maidentomother]

I love FF, see chart in my signature.

honeybee, I've had a few fluke months of extra EWCM while swaying, it does happen. I think we would have had EVEN MORE EWCM those cycles had we not been swaying.

[Beau82]

Ohh that's good to know! I was wondering if I might O later this month. We aren't planning an attempt this month as hubby doesn't want to just yet but I'm tempted seeing this change!
I'm using an app called "My Calendar". Funnily enough, it was this app that falsely predicted my O date in 2012 which resulted in surprise baby #3 when we were TTA. But at that time I really didn't pay attention to CM so I fully relied on the app only to tell me when my fertile period was. And my cycles were irregular.

Another question, should I find another way to track ovulation since, I'm guessing, my cycle may go a bit wacky for the next few months? I was thinking about picking up some cheapie OPKs. Or is temping a better idea?

[honeybee37]

Temping makes it easier to pinpoint exact day of ovulation but doesn't help beforehand - you only know you've ovulated from the temp spike the next day, by which point you're too late to BD! OPKs predict that you'll ovulate in the next 24-36 hours so you can BD in time. Personally, both stress me out and I just go by CM which isn't always ideal (as in last month when I relied on having 3 days of EWCM and so we had our attempt on day 2.... I then went on to have an extra 3 or so days of EWCM so we missed the egg completely!) If I have irregular cycles again I will use OPKs again. I have used them in the past but I have a short LH surge which means I usually miss it, unless I am POAS 6x a day - and this makes me neurotic about it! I used to temp but I haven't done for a while (again - I got obsessed, and also it's not that helpful in advance). I would say do what works best for you. Can't hurt to try OPKs for a month?

[maidentomother]

I recommend temping, checking CM, CP and using OPKs personally.

[atomic sagebrush]

hi, what app is a good app to track ovulation? thanks!

I don't like apps, use FF

[atomic sagebrush]

Temping makes it easier to pinpoint exact day of ovulation but doesn't help beforehand - you only know you've ovulated from the temp spike the next day, by which point you're too late to BD! OPKs predict that you'll ovulate in the next 24-36 hours so you can BD in time. Personally, both stress me out and I just go by CM which isn't always ideal (as in last month when I relied on having 3 days of EWCM and so we had our attempt on day 2.... I then went on to have an extra 3 or so days of EWCM so we missed the egg completely!) If I have irregular cycles again I will use OPKs again. I have used them in the past but I have a short LH surge which means I usually miss it, unless I am POAS 6x a day - and this makes me neurotic about it! I used to temp but I haven't done for a while (again - I got obsessed, and also it's not that helpful in advance). I would say do what works best for you. Can't hurt to try OPKs for a month?

I would do e4d instead in this case.

I have sometimes had ewcm that started on CD 3 and went through 2-3 days after ovulation. CM is COMPLETELY unreliable as a detector of O

[honeybee37]

I didn't know that atomic, I always assumed I ovulated on the last day of EWCM! Maybe I'm not it this month then! Thanks!

[maidentomother]

I also occasionally have 1- 2 days of EWCM after O. Most cycles O happens on my last day of EWCM or first day of creamy CM but sometimes not until 2nd or 3rd day of creamy CM. CM really ISNT very reliable at all. I've had sooo much variation since/while swaying too.

[atomic sagebrush]

:agree: I have noticed cycles where it's (seemingly) gone for 2-3 days before I O and like I mentioned, also after O. If I had used EWCM as my guide (in the way it's suggested on some of the other sites, that CM dries up as soon as you O or whatever)with my daughter, I wouldn't HAVE a daughter because I had it for at least 2ish days afterwards. I was shocked when they told me when I had oed. I thought I had no chance of conception with when I BD because I still had CM. :/