CM questions (and TMI)

[trixiebelle17]

Sorry for all the questions ive been posting, but the answers ive been receiving have all been sooo helpful i thought i would post again.

I've read descriptions of CM on many different websites now, but they all seem to define the different types of CM in single sentences. I have a couple of questions.

Number 1: Does your CM fall easily into one category?
Reason for asking: I'm noticing that i could probably define my creamy into about 10 different categories.

Number 2: Is EWCM always clear and look like egg white?
Reason for asking: I have some CM that is quite whitish and thick but i can stretch it up to 5 inches. i know i have had clear EWCM in the past but it could possible be years since i last paid attention to it.

Number 3: Are you classified as 'dry' after ovulation.
Reason for asking: from what i have been reading, you are supposed to have less CM after ovulation than u do before it. I am now cd32 and for the past week i have had more CM than i did earlier in my cycle and it is very thick and white.

thank you for your replies

[Kema]

Hey Trixie,

I've only been checking out my CM since we have started doing natural thaw cycles, IVF. So I'm by no means an expert.

But I can tell you that I rarely have EWCM, I've noticed it a couple of times over the years, but not recently and I am definately ovulating. Mine becomes almost watery around O.

My CM doesnt fall into the categories I've found when googling.

And I too experience lots of thick creamy white CM after ovulation.

So I think if you use the categories as a guide but dont rely on them fully. I've found OPK's much more effective than analysing my CM.

Hope this helps and Good luck. :goodvibes:

[LittleMissyMoo]

Now that I've started paying attention to mine, this is a good question!

Mine doesn't fit the categories either. I do have the clumpy white CM for about a week. I do have the EWCM and that can sometimes be clear and stretchy or have a tinge of white and still stretchy. BUT, my CM is different, some months I have lots, some months I don't. And I tend to get more CM when we BD alot IYKWIM but I think that's just hormones ;)

[ness27]

Same here, my CM is always a creamy colour and i have only ever noticed EWCM about once or twice. Its hard to tell at fertile time with all the BDing as baby juice has the same consistency as EWCM and i don't know whether its mine or his IYKWIM!!!! :o

[whaleshark]

Hi All,
I've been on and off OC for several years, stopped 3 weeks ago TTC and for 2/3 days after had very thick almost jelly like (sorry TMI) CM. This is something I have never had before, could this be a sign/symptom of PG :confused:

[delirium]

Number 1: Does your CM fall easily into one category?

Not always, but usually. I usually find when it's a mixture, it means that it's about to change to the next stage of CM iykwim.


Number 2: Is EWCM always clear and look like egg white?

I find mine is. It will go sort of creamy but stretchy, and I know that I'll ovulate about 2 days later, when I get the EWCM.


Number 3: Are you classified as 'dry' after ovulation.

Yes, but not straight away. I get the EWCM, then it goes creamy again, then dry, then a period.