cervical mucus question (may be TMI)

bluemms

Descriptions of cervical mucus confuse me.  I would think that I'm highly fertile when there is a lot of discharge in my underwear, enough to soak through it.  However when this happens it's not stretchy at all and according to what I read it should be quite stretchy and not break or if breaks stretches pretty far. During intercourse I'm quite wet and it's very slippery. It resembles egg whites I think (what the heck does resembling egg white mean) but not stretchy.  Plus I thought that it gradually increases until ovulation but what I thought I had ovulation wasn't stretchy which means ovulation should be coming up and right now I barely have any discharge. I do notice I usually have a very sticky discharge in my underwear that is super stretchy - I compare it to clear glue and I haven't had that yet but last week was very wet all the time.

 

smd8.14.04

I am not 100% sure what your question is but being wet doesn't necessarily mean that it is fertile cervical mucus.  Also, avoid checking your CM while having sex as it will usually resemble fertile mucus even if you aren't fertile - does that make sense?  Sometimes women get watery fertile mucus and it doesn't stretch but it is clear. 

Typically women are dry after AF, then sticky CM, then creamy, then more egg white (they call it that b/c it resembles egg whites), then it usually dries up after ovulation.  However after I ovulate I usually have creamy CM during the 2ww.

I hope I've helped to answer some of your questions.  You may want to buy Taking Charge of Your Fertility it shows actual pictures of all the different types of mucus a woman produces.

katieranck2202

Basic rules...check throughout the day, using folded toilet paper (before and after any use of the toilet) and finger test anything you might get off the paper. Record most fertile type, even if it is once that day. Anything on your panties can't be trusted. Follow SOFT when checking: Sensation (lubricative or not, from front to back), Observation (what color is it?), and Finger-Test (does it stretch at all?)

Most fertile (peak type) cm is clear, stretches at least an 1 inch and it felt lubricaive when you wipe. Basic fertile (leading up to ovulation) is anything that you can pick up off the paper.

Check out a Creighton teacher to learn all the rules if you really want to learn how to chart using CM.