I never asked him how much he released prior...didn't know about this either. Stupid shettles book! Anyway, I keep thinking of other things that might be helpful..I am usually vaginally dry, we always have to use lube. I also never paid attention to my cycles before ttc, but before our attempt I remember having CM a few days before my +OPK. I'm also pretty regular, and only get a little CM before ovulation. I did not have CM at all the day we dtd. AND we used some preseed right before dtd. It came as a sample with my Clearblue OPKs...thats the only reason we had it. I didn't know it helped with blue or else I would have been using a lot more.
