My Cervical mucus is extremely thick

Question

A few days after my period ends, I have a day where I have this really thick, gelatinous, lightpink/brown discharge. It usually occurs on or around day 8 of my cycle. After that day, I have a thinner, egg white discharge. Would the thick, gelatinous discharge be a sign of hostile cm? Would that indicate ovulation or would the thinner cm be an indicator? I know it would be unusual to ovulate on the 8th day... This is not something that I have been able to research online, but I know I cannot be the only one who has this... I just want to know wha t*t means. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I've read that when the egg breaks through the follicle you can bleed a little so that might explain the light pink. Every once in a while I would get a gel like clump that had a few streaks of blood in it and I would assume it was from ovulation but I never got the EWCM.

Honestly you should get the EWCM before you get the streaking because the fertile cervical mucus should lead up to ovulation... not after ovulation. Another thing is women can ovulate whenever... there's really no set day.

Answer 2

Ovulation on CD8 or 9 is common if you have cycles of 24 days or so. Ovulation is 14 days before your next period, so if your cycles are short, then ovulation will be commensurately earlier than the 'normal' 28-day cycle. As long as the CM is slightly see-through, then it's the good fertile stuff, whether it's gelatinous and gloopy or watery; they're both good. It's the sticky white and/or hand-cream texture stuff (not see-through) that's hostile. The pink/brown stuff is most likely old blood from the end of your last period that's ben sitting on the cervix and got released by the CM. I actually just got the same thing yesterday (CD6) and normally my EWCM dries up on the day of actual ovulation. Hope this helps with BD timing?!

Answer 3

It's just your body cleansing itself after your cycle and it will go away