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porkpie1981 · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:21 PM

Ok well i need a question answered. I have read that when u are looking at cm you have to be careful if u bded the nite b4 as you can mix the cm and the sperm up????????

I bded last nite and i had the smallest bit of stretchy cm. I was thinking that the sperm wouldnt be stretchy but also that mybe i was a bit early for stretchy cm?

If it was cm and there was only a bit does that mean im ovulating? Im just finished

but it defibatly was stretchy????????????????????

TT's · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:25 PM

Hmmm tough one, I think maybe it was

if you've only just finished

But who knows!? Our body's tend to just do whatever the heck they want to these days anyway

porkpie1981 · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:31 PM

I would have said sperm also but would it stretch? I thought it was just like thick liquid

lousielou · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:40 PM

I think

is meant to be more fluidy, CM slightly more elasticy.

I think.

Loula · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:48 PM

if you drop it into a glass of water, sperm sinks and cm floats, or it might be other way round lol, there's something about it on FF, hang on I'll brb!

Loula · Jun 16th, 2008, 15:51 PM

Here you go honey:

Quote:

How can I tell the difference between fertile cervical fluid and semen?

If you find that you have more watery or eggwhite days than you would expect and that these often follow days or nights that you had intercourse, then you may be mistaking seminal and cervical fluid. They have similar properties because they share the same function: transporting and nourishing sperm. You will find, however, that fertile cervical fluid (eggwhite) is more clear and stretchy and shiny. It will stretch a couple of inches without breaking. Semen may be more whitish and is more likely to break when pulled.

If you are in doubt and it is near your fertile time, always record eggwhite cervical fluid, even if it may be obscured by seminal fluid. This way, you will not miss a potentially fertile time. Emitting semen immediately after intercourse by doing kegel exercises (which is sometimes recommended for people who are charting to avoid pregnancy so that cervical fluid is not obscured) is not recommended when you are trying to conceive. While most sperm reach their destination within your reproductive tract quite quickly after intercourse, you don't want to sacrifice your chances of conception to have a perfect chart.

xxxjacquixxx · Jun 16th, 2008, 16:17 PM

Hi CP, it is quite possible that it could be cm as a day after I finished af I had a small amount of cm in my panties....I posted on here about it not long ago, and I hadnt bd at all at that time. I didnt ovulate though as cbfm didnt pick it up. I then didnt have any ewcm until yesterday and I am due to o any day now!

Jac x

Schmelly · Jun 16th, 2008, 18:19 PM

I've heard that all traces of BDing are gone by lunchtime the following day, so anything after that is def CM. Can't remember where I read it though, sorry!

porkpie1981 · Jun 16th, 2008, 18:44 PM

say it was cm how many days do u have stretchy cm b4 u ovulate?

Omi · Jun 16th, 2008, 18:52 PM

Apparently you can have ewcm for several days after ov as the corpus luteum that releases the egg (and releases the lh surge you pick up on opk's etc when you get a +) also keeps on releasing a small amount of estrogen. As far as before ov i think thats an individual thing...

Hope that helps,

, Omi xxx

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