Originally Posted by yaya

Morning hun

For your interest, a short 'lesson' (lol) on cervical mucus:

There are basically three different 'types': sticky, creamy and eggwhite. However, immediately after AF you might have a couple of 'dry' days, in which no real cervical fluid is present -- you might feel slight dampness but it will quickly dissipate on your finger.

Thereafter you might feel STICKY cm -- this can be opaque, white or sometimes clear. It can be quite thick, crumbly or flaky like paste, or gummy and rubbery like rubber cement (). It's critical quality is it's stickiness or lack of true wetness.

Next, you will probably see CREAMY cm -- this can be milky or cloudy, white or yellow. Creamy or lotiony. Wet, watery or thin. When separating fingers, it doesn't form peaks but remains smooth like hand lotion.

Finally, you would hope to see EGGWHITE cm -- it is usually clear but can have opaque streaks. It is very slippery and wet, like raw eggwhite. It is also very STRETCHY.

You should check your cm about three times a day and start when AF ends.

Hope that helps. I know it might sound a bit overwhelming at first but it's easy peasy once you get the hang of it!!



Yaya xxx

Originally Posted by Plumfairy

this is so useful... hope you dont mind if I copy and paste this info to a safe place so I can use it to refer too... im learning so so much, as im sure everbody else has along this crazy journey that is TTC!!! I'm off to get me some spermies now... will post tomorrow!!!

lots of from one fairy to the other!

xxxx