Question about ovulation?

Question

How exactly should my cervical mucus be leading up to, during and following ovulation? I greatly appreciate any and all answers!

Answer 1

Changes in the Cervix and Cervical mucus during Ovulation

Ovulation is the ideal period of your cycle when your chances of getting pregnant are highest. Your fertile period starts about 4-5 days before ovulation, and ends about 24-48 hours after it. Ovulation is also the period when your body shows certain characteristic physical changes, which are often used to predict ovulation. These physical signs include basal body temperature and cervical mucus changes. The changes in your cervix during ovulation indicate your fertile days. By enabling you to tell where you are in your cycle the changes in cervix can help you predict the time of your ovulation.

The hormonal fluctuations in your body during ovulation are responsible for these changes in the cervix. You are considered most fertile when your cervical mucus becomes clear, slippery, and stretchy just like raw egg whites. You can monitor the changes in your cervix yourself by getting a sample of your cervical secretions (from the outer lips of your external genitalia) and stretch it between 2 of your fingers (the thumb and index finger) to test for the consistency. Examining the changes in your cervical mucus can help you pinpoint your chances of pregnancy.

As your cycle progresses, your cervix will show marked changes and the cervical mucus will increase in volume and changes texture. Right after menstruation your cervix will start getting dry, lumpy and appear closed when touched. At this stage, following menstruation, there will be little or no discharge present. You will feel dryness around your v***a. During this time, you will usually not be able to conceive.

Pre ovulation and during ovulation you may feel your cervix is very high, open and wet. The first cervical discharge that appears is moist or sticky and white or cream in color. In the finger test, the mucus will break easily. You will only be able to pull your fingers about 1 cm apart before it breaks. During this transition time, first the mucus will become cloudy and slightly stretchy during the finger test (this means that it will still break before the fingers are stretched all the way). As time progresses, the mucus will become greater in volume.

Right after ovulation the cervix is returning to the dryer, lower, closed state you noticed after menstruation. During pregnancy the cervix becomes closed and blue in color. The cervical mucus also tends to change during this stage of your cycle. The cervical mucus would begin increasing due to hormonal fluctuation and blood flow to the uterus.

At this stage, cervical mucus is the thinnest, clearest and most abundant during your cycle. The amount of this thin cervical mucus will also steadily increase until you experience your 'cervical mucus peak'. This occurs on the last day of your cycle where the chance of conception is high. It is closely related to ovulation.

Answer 2

It's crazy...here you are, trying your hardest to get pregnant..and then on Yahoo answers, you see 13 year olds posting dumb questions about how they became pregnant and how they're so scared! *gasp*

It's almost a joke, really. My husband and I tried to conceive for a while year. Last year around Thanksgiving time, it finally happened. I think it wasn't happening for a whole year because I was stressing so much over it. I kept thinking about the baby. I kept counting days, researching my ovulation charts, reading about all kinds of crazy methods to conceive a child. I had baby on the brain. Finally in November last year, I gave up. I had a move to think about. I had to pack things, clothes, furniture...had to get an apartment, start paying new bills with my husband, make a road trip to our new state..things were hectic and I forgot about baby-making, and somewhere around that time, it happened. I think when you are anticipating a child, your body isn't going to respond only because of how the stress hormones are high even though you don't know it. And this can even put your cycle off. It sucks, really. I have some really helpful sites for you though..you should check them out:

Find out when you are ovulating:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Side effects of personal lubricants when TTC:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Tips for Conceiving:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Increasing chances of getting pregnant:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Good luck..I know it's so freakin frustrating...but it will happen. Like I said, we tried for a year..now I'm 37 weeks and almost ready to say Hello to my own little one. I do wish you the best.

Answer 3

well all i know is how to tell by the muscus that your vigina secrets after your period its kinda dry then a bit after you get a clear liquid then when you get a white creamy looking secretion you are within ovalation hope it hleps