https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 22:10:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379761 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:06:46 +0000 alayaya 379761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: I sometimes get EWCM twice in my cycle. Once around ovulation and then again right before my AF is going to start (like say 2 or 3 days before). It doesn't always happen but sometimes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379474 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:38:33 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 379474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: oh good to know.</p> <p>Obviously it wouldn't be a huge deal if we got pg right now which is why we are being so lax about bc. I remember when I got pregnant it was after I noticed EWCM for the very first time (two weeks prior to my BFP) and I had never had it before while I was on birth control, so it was super obvious. So I was thinking that I would just abstain during the times I noticed it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379448 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:32:44 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 379448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it was THEE INDICATOR- big time. The only time I ever had ewcm *after* I ovulated was the cycle I actually got pregnant (hint,hint?)<br /> Just FYI: My doctor told me the 2 best indicators are ovulation a tests and ewcm (temp, cervical position and timing are all weak indicators of O). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379434 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:29:59 +0000 spaniellove 379434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: It's possible to have it multiple times in one cycle, like if your body gears up to ovulate and then doesn't and then goes through the process again, or some people have a patch of EWCM just before AF. Unless you chart and confirm that you've ovulated you can't assume that EWCM=ovulation or vice versa! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379426 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:27:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 379426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: No, it wouldn't be a good indicator for preventing at all. I mean, it would ever so slightly lessen the changes I guess but not really. I hardly ever get full on EWCM, so glad to hear @mrsjyw: didn't really have it when she got her BFP. </p> <p>When I was charting to prevent, I was temping and only considered us 'safe' 3+ days after the thermal shift. But I understand temping with a 6 month old would be tough to impossible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379402 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:21:07 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 379402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>II guess in my head I was thinking "oh we just wont have sex when I have EWCM" but It looks like that really isn't going to help prevent pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379393 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:19:25 +0000 mrsjyw 379393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: one month i did have ewcm when i got a positive OPK, another month i had nothing (the month i got my bfp) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379390 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:18:40 +0000 Mrs. Pen 379390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: same! Mine is really sporadic at times. Sometimes it is more noticeable at the time of O, like quite a bit for a few days. Any other time it's not as much, just a little here and there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379388 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:18:09 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 379388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: does that mean when you actually did ovulate you wouldn't have EWCM during that time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379360 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:13:46 +0000 mrsjyw 379360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it wasn't a very indicator for me. while my longish cycles averaged to be the same length each month, my EWCM changes were sporadic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-accurate-is-ewcm-at-indicating-ovulation#post-379355 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:12:56 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 379355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So twelve days ago I had very obvious EWCM for two or three days and thought to myself "hm, I must be ovulating."</p> <p>Well, now I have it again, and still haven't ended my cycle (haven't gotten my period again yet). Do some people have EWCM even when they are not fertile? Is it normal to get it multiple times in one cycle?</p> <p>I haven't ever TTCed so I am not an expert on this stuff. I have a six month old and we aren't currently using protection. </p>