Hi! I have been trying to concieve now
for about 1 year with #4. I have noticed
that I hardly ever have much discharge
anymore and was wondering if that has
anything to do with why it is taking so
long. Iam 34 now and my youngest is 9, so
alot could have changed so I was wondering
if you are ovulating should you have more
mucus then. Thanks for any replies!
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shortgeek
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 597 Location: DC
Posted: 01-16-07 21:02pm
I didn't really start paying attention to
my cm until I started trying so I don't
know if my cm has gone down over the
years. I do know that I get four or five
days of cm before my o date.
Have you been tracking your bbt?
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style44
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 21
Posted: 01-18-07 13:55pm
No I haven't, but I was also wondering if
having a d&c could scar or mess things
up. I had one done after my last child
with a 13 week misscarriage.
With all five of my pregnancies( 2 of them
being micariages) I didn't have to try I
just got pregnant. Then a year after my
last miscariage we wanted another one and
we tried for three months and nothing then
we decided we were done, so my husband had
a vasectomy. Well lo and behold we had a
reversal done and it has been a little
over a year since the surgery and we knew
it could take up to a year for his
swimmers to build back up. We had the 2nd
semen analysis done and he is just fine,
so I don't know what to think. (is it me
now?)
any comments would be appreciated!
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shortgeek
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 597 Location: DC
Posted: 01-18-07 20:11pm
There are a few ways to track ovulation.
Cm you already know about. That turns to
a consistentcy that is like raw egg-whites
before ovulation. Ovulation prediction
tests (opk) cost about $15 - $35 per
month. An opk test meansures the level
of the lh hormone, which surges right
before ovulation. A woman's bbt (or
basel body temperature) is the temperature
when she first wakes up in the morning.
That rises the day after ovulation by
0.5-1 degree because of a rise in
progesterone. Because the temperature
rise is so small, you need a more
sensitive thermometer to track it.
Looking for the signs of ovulation before
or when ovulation occurs will help time
attempts. Keeping track of when
ovulation occurs, helps you better
understand your body and is useful when
talking to a doctor about fertility.
I'm 36 and my husband and I have been
trying for our first since september.
