TTC over 35 lady looking for hope

kat1221 · May 2012

Hi Girls! I am continuously stalking you guys and it gives me hope that I will be here one day too! Congrats to you all!

I have a question. Did any of you get pregnant without EWCM? I have creamy CM around O time and I have tried different things to thin it out and nothing has worked.

I have been tested and all of the tests are normal...DH too.

I got pregnant with my son on the first cycle after a MC so this "trying" thing is new to me...well not now b/c it's cycle 7. Anyway, just lookng for any experience with no EWCM/creamy CM but still gettting pregnant.

Thanks for listening!

cautionwillburneyes · May 2012

Last spring about April I lost my periods completely for no real apparent reason. I waited a month or two and in June I went in to see the Dr. He put me on progesterone to kick-start my period again and I ended up having to do that for several months. December was my first normal, unassisted period and I happened to get pregnant at the end of that month. I didn't think I would because my CM didn't look terribly favorable, but it happened and now we are due in Sept. I just turned 36 btw. Good luck to you, I hope that everything will work out.

benoitfan · May 2012

I'm sorry for your struggle. I am 40 and don't produce the CM I used to in my younger days. The cycle I got pg, I tried something called FertileCM

https://makeababy.ca/fertilecm-cervical-mucus-enhancer.html

It seemed to help me produce more watery and EWCM and I got my BFP the first month using it. Might be worth checking out. Oh and I know you can get this in the US, so you might find it on some other US websites, rather than this canadian one.

ReeceFamily · May 2012

I never paid all that much attention to my CM. I do have some, and it varies between various textures, but I didn't worry too much about it. I read a study recently (unfortunately, I don't know where!) which said that texture of CM is not so important as the fact that you have any at all. I have also heard that using PreSeed during sex helps provide a mucousy surface for the sperm to travel along to their destination.

Best of luck to you from another well-over-35-er .

sheilatakesabow · May 2012

I got pregnant at 37 w no ewcm. I totally understand your concern, I used to get ewcm all the time when I was younger, but then it became creamy only. The cycle I got pregnant I used mucinex to thin out the cm, and was drinking tons of water and Pom juice too. No idea how much of a role that played.

Eta: I just remembered I was also taking fertile cm and we tried preseed that cycle too. I went a little nuts . . .

ShellBear+ · May 2012

Yes I never had ewcm. The most fertile I had was watery and not even that much of it. I still managed to get pg several times so I guess it doesn't matter that much. Last couple cycles I did use preseed so maybe you should give that a try if you haven't.

SaintCity · May 2012

Honestly, i was never really checking for EWCM - - I used the CBEFM and got pg pretty quickly with it at 40. I wish you the very best of luck and hope you are joining this board soon!

m3l0d1 · May 2012

I didn't pay attention on EWCM too.

But I used ovulation test every other day. I had an irregular period.

You can buy ovulation test in ebay, no need a fancy one.

Good luck.

monkeymommie · May 2012

10 years ago when ttc I did have ewcm at least one day most months (but not always...I tried robotussin to help) and got pg. Now at age 40 I haven't seen ew for a long time. But I got pg anyway...no robotussin.

kristin7701 · May 2012

With my first two kids (at 33 and 38), I definitely did and knew when I was ovulating. This time around, I did not and was not sure when I ovulating. We were not trying, not avoiding and I still got PG. I will say that I get PG pretty easily with this being my 5th time (2 m/c between DS1 and DS2).

NicoleWI · May 2012

I never really noticed it with my first two pregnancies, but I did have it with this one.

kat1221 · May 2012

Thanks so much for all of the responses!

You guys are great!

cfitz16 · May 2012

Take plain mucinex around the time you are trying to conceive...it thins out your mucus (NOT mucinex D). Also, use pre seed. Very helpful.

kat1221 · May 2012

cfitz16:
Take plain mucinex around the time you are trying to conceive...it thins out your mucus (NOT mucinex D). Also, use pre seed. Very helpful.

Mucinex didn't help. I use Preseed so we'll see!

mmmmmriley · May 2012

For us, we went to GYN to look into infertility options because we'd been trying for a while w/o success. They told us to start temping (and I used fertilityfriend dot com) every day at the same time every day and mark everything (meds, moods, period, cramp, bloat, moody) and I did. I had blood drawn and they ran tons of tests on all kinds of stuff. The lab was really slow to get my results back (a month!) and the doc finally called and said they were going to go ahead and send me out to a fertility specialist because my labs showed that I was pretty much not going to get pregnant w/o some hardcore help.

Well after I hung up the phone I told my DH about my infertility and we laughed because I'd already gotten a BFP 2 weeks prior to the phone call telling me I'm nearly infertile.

We are now 10 weeks, no meds, no help, just nature and the right time!

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