Help! Did I ovulate?!

[Maureenhdez]

I am freaking out right now. This is the month we are ttc finally and my opk test this morning was very negative, but I just got a lot of EWCM. It’s only CD10, 3 days past period. I usually ovulate CD15-26. I always seem to get EWCM on ovulation day ( which matches up with my opks). Did I actually ovulate and miss my 3 day cutoff? I was planning on DTD next week. Is it possible I haven’t ovulated yet? What could be the reason I have EWCM already? TIA!


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[atomic sagebrush]

People often have EWCM for many days before ovulation. I'ts not terribly likely you've ovulated. not impossible but not likely. You just had some EWCM in advance, which is totally normal and probaby happens frequently, but you just didn't notice it before. You may be gearing up for a slightly earlier than normal ovulation, CD 13/14 instead of your norm.

[Maureenhdez]

I have been keeping track of my CM the past few months and have always seen it on O, but never before. Does this mucus have anything to do with gender? Does EWCM when you DTD seem to sway one way or the other?


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[Lexzeppelin89]

I actually had that happen to me this past month. I got EWCM maybe 3 days before I got a + opk? So I was worried but just kept testing. My guess would be that you just haven't O'ed yet.

[atomic sagebrush]

I have been keeping track of my CM the past few months and have always seen it on O, but never before. Does this mucus have anything to do with gender? Does EWCM when you DTD seem to sway one way or the other?


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No, while it was once believed that EWCM =more boys we saw so many CM opposites (including my own, I got my 4th boy with NO CM, I did not even know I'd ovulated that month, and then had CM when I conceived my daughter) that it quickly became apparent it could not be telling us anything at all. It just doesn't work.

[atomic sagebrush]

I actually had that happen to me this past month. I got EWCM maybe 3 days before I got a + opk? So I was worried but just kept testing. My guess would be that you just haven't O'ed yet.

There is absolutely competely nd totally no reason to worry about CM 3 days before ovulation. That is totally normal and people get girls that way all the time.

[Maureenhdez]

Oh my gosh! This gives me so much relief! I can’t thank you enough for posting this. I felt I had gotten my first son with EWCM. I am so glad to see girls have been conceived with EWCM as well.

Off topic, I just recently saw that folate can sway for twins. I just started taking the folate a few days ago. Is there any truth to this?




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[atomic sagebrush]

EWCM is necessary to conceive a baby of either gender. Sperm of either gender cannot find the egg without it.

Folate does NOT cause twinning. This has been proven about as thoroughly as it's possible to be proven in a study in China that was done on hundreds of thousands of people. What it does do is help both babies to survive if you DO conceive twins. Most twins don't both stick. One stays and one doesn't. Taking folate in a higher dose simply means that both babies will have enough folate to survive and so people used to think it swayed twin, when really it was just helping already conceived twins to survive.

[Maureenhdez]

Phew! [emoji28] Good to know. Not that twins would be terrible, but twins run in my family, and last year I was having ovarian cysts and some pregnancy symptoms, my OB thinks I prob ovulated twice and all the extra hormones were causing those symptoms. So I think I am already at a higher possibility of having twins, plus my age.


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[atomic sagebrush]

Hmm...what do they mean "ovulated twice?"