Another CM question for the pregnant ladies...

I was going to post this question on TTC, but I figured since the majority of posters here are now PG, this would be a better place. I actually DID do a search before asking, but did not find the answers I was looking for.

I would like to know, if you are able to remember (or if you were consciously checking/temping/charting symptoms)how many of you had EWCM during the cycle when you got PG.

I suppose since I have been having difficulty conceiving, I check everything, but I cannot imagine that every woman who has conceived had stretchy EWCM.
I don't seem to have it, so i am trying to figure out if I am naturally that way, or if it is a by-product of my cervical stenosis.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

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I dont recall anything stretchy, just more slippery.

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i did but i also was drinking gren tea and grapefruit juice which is suppose to help increase EWCM

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Leslie- I swear by using Mucinex/Robitussin. My dr. recommended it. I had "wet" CM, but nothing stretchy. The month I got my BFP, I used Mucinex and had LOTS of EWCM.

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I can recall being stressed about not having it as well.... I think I remember posting about it.... I will see if I can find the post for you and link it....

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The cycle we conceived, I distinctly remember NOT having EWCM (because I didn't even think I ovulated in the first place). I used both Mucinex and Preseed however.

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I always had CM during my ovulation time. I could never tell the difference between CM and EWCM. When I started to read about it on TTC board..... it drove me crazy. So I gave up on looking for it. I had CM. That's all that mattered! Whatever it was a good thing or not.

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i didn't really have any and was so shocked when I got my BFP. Good Luck Leslie!

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I never charted or checked my CM but I clearly remember having elevated temperature right after I ovulated and was obviously preggo...check your temps.

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Leslie, I had absolutely nothing! We did use preseed b/c I was so concerned about my lack of EWCM, so maybe that did help, but naturally my body did not seem to produce it.

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I definitely did not have it. I got pg my first month trying, but that whole month I was observing EVERYTHING!!

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I've always had it but at least 2 days before I O We always BD'ed on the day I had it plus day of positive and a couple of days after. I have gotten pregnant very easily.

I was on Clomid and that dries up CM so we used preseed-the lube not the internal stuff and it works great! I highly recommend it. Like AP said Mucinex I have heard of but not used it. Also lots of water and baby carrots are supposed to help.

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I remember having more CM in my non-pregnant months. In fact, I seemed to have more symptoms when I wasn't PG. But then it picked up in the first trimester.

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I never noticed that when TTC

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Thanks so much for your input. I keep looking for something that may never be there the way I expect it to be. Just wanted to make sure that what I was experiencing (or not experiencing) wasn't unusual.

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I don't recall the consistency, but before the BFP I noticed there was an increase in the amount (for all 3 PG/2 babies).