EWCM

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, do you think it would be OK to use fresh EW on room temp of course without the whole procedure in glass bowl in the fridge bla, bla, bla....?

Yes! No one even seems to know what that whole process is supposed to do.

[atomic sagebrush]

I did use the Robitussin but since I O'ed early I didn't start it early enough. Started it on CD 10 and I O'ed either CD 12 or CD 13. I'm kinda uneasy about the ew though lol.

That is enough time to do some good!!

I don't blame you about the EW. I figure, it came out of a chicken's wazoo, I'll skip it! (of course I do eat eggs so that isn't real logical!! )

[atomic sagebrush]

So you had greta success 1st month with ewcm but this month there was less/none? I noticed that 1st month I had loads and now 4 months along I had zero, hmmm. It may be worth ladies thinking about adding certain things the month they are definately going to attempt for maximum benefit????

But then other people say that some things took them a while to work...we need a new thread on this.

[atomic sagebrush]

ELP-I had ewcm May cycle but none for my June cycle (as far as I could tell). When I noticed my ewcm during May cycle, TMI I was having a difficult bowel movement lol. Maybe I just noticed it because of the bm? Only thing I changed for June cycle was adding in V8 and grapefruit juice. Someone told me that too much Vitamin C can decrease cm? I've never heard that and thought what I was doing was good for my cm.

I had globs of creamy cm the day before O this cycle and we attempted anyway and hoped my pH made up for the lack of ewcm.

I've heard that grapefruit and vitamin C are GOOD for CM!

Question - are you drinking enough water? It's getting to be summertime so be sure that you're drinking enough. Don't overdo it because too much water is dangerous, but you might want to drink a glass of water when you wake up and again before bed, so your body can use it for the CM.

[Alexis2007]

Oh yeah I drink about 100 oz of lemon water every day!

[LolaInLove]

The whole washing/fridge thing is to raise the egg's ph, no? I think taking one out of the carton, washing it, and leaving it on the counter to get room temp for an hour or two before dtd is good. When I did ew for the first couple of months, I was doing the whole bowl in fridge thing and I think I raised the ph above 10. My ph strips were not super high tech and just gave me a "high" ph reading, but I think it was too high. Try testing one right out of the carton, I bet they are near 8-9 already. Alexis, don't be afraid to do the preseed with pinch of bs also. Don't think it sways girl necessarily......you may have been way girl-zone and the preseed just helped you get pg then.

[Alexis2007]

I agree Lola. I think I need the extra help just to get pg. I may add in the bs with it. Is there a sticky on how to do that and all? Of course, I'm hoping to get the ewcm this time though lol

[LolaInLove]

Alexis, I hear you on wanting the natural ewcm! Mine comes and goes, not sure why, but I just plan on faking it with preseed or ew again. All you have to do is mix a few pinches of bs with the preseed and mix it well. When I did it (which I probably will again), I squirted the preseed into a little clean condiment bowl and then mixed it well, then sucked it up with the dropper thing. You don't need too much of it. Maybe an 1/8 teaspoon if I were measuring? Or, you could do the bsf and then preseed right after, I think that has the same effect, really. It's all up in there one way or another. Just be careful with too much bs.....I am not always sure that it isn't bad for sperm in certain amounts, kwim?

[Alexis2007]

Thanks Lola!

[atomic sagebrush]

I agree Lola. I think I need the extra help just to get pg. I may add in the bs with it. Is there a sticky on how to do that and all? Of course, I'm hoping to get the ewcm this time though lol

Yes, there is one on Pre-Seed and also one on egg white in the Best Practices section. Plus there is similar info in the BS sticky in there. Be aware that baking soda only has a pH of 8 or something, so if you have an egg white with pH that is in the 9's and you start adding BS to it, the pH will go DOWN.