no ewcm again for 3rd month in a row, help!!

[contactmaya]

I always had good ewcm. Ive been ttc over 6 months now, and in the first few months, i had plenty of it, and could predict ovulation with it.

Then suddenly, it dried up! I cant find an answer to this anywhere.

I took soy one month, and that was the first month it disappeared. Ok, it was the soy. But the following months it didnt come back although i O'd on my usual ay 13/14.

On top of that, i am breastfeeding less and less, so you would expect my fertility to increase Admittedly, i think i got my normal luteal phase back (with spotting), so thats one good thing.

Yeah ok, im 43. But i was 43 in the last 6 months as well, and had the ewcm. Why would dry up so suddenly? I dont buy it. (unless thats how it works)

I tried epo, that gave me a big goop of ewcm on day 9, 4 days before O, and then practically none after that.

I tried robitussin, but it didnt help much.

Its very depressing....

[Sourire]

How much EPO did you take?

I have had good results increasing EWCM by taking caffeine free green tea extract (1 capsule per day = 7 cups of green tea).

I have also heard that EWCM is not necessary to become pregnant (though I have never been pregnant so take my advice with a grain of salt!). If the dryness is an issue, you can use Pre-seed lubricant...

[ValH]

I have been taking Mucinex this month (for an illness, not for TTC), and noticed that I've had more EWCM. I think it has more of the decongestant ingredient than Robitussin, so it may work a little better.

Like the previous post recommended, there's Pre-Seed Lubricant if for some reason you can't get the EWCM back.

Good luck!

[contactmaya]

Thanks for your reply.
Dryness isnt really an issue, im just afraid the sperm isnt going to survive...or reach the fallopian tubes...Maybe ill increase my green tea intake.
I just wish i knew why it suddenly stopped.

I dont think i have low estrogen because my endometrial lining is good and i do ovulate (despite breastfeeing)....

Do you know if preseed helps with the sperm reaching the fallopian tubes? I heard that actual egg whites actually nourish the sperm if your own ewcm is lacking...

[Sourire]

Originally Posted by contactmaya

Do you know if preseed helps with the sperm reaching the fallopian tubes?

I don't think it does, it just doesn't prevent it like other lubricants would (KY, water, spit, etc)

[contactmaya]

btw, i took 1500mg a day of epo.....3 pills

[aloha girl]

Originally Posted by Sourire

How much EPO did you take?

I have had good results increasing EWCM by taking caffeine free green tea extract (1 capsule per day = 7 cups of green tea).

I have also heard that EWCM is not necessary to become pregnant (though I have never been pregnant so take my advice with a grain of salt!). If the dryness is an issue, you can use Pre-seed lubricant...

Can I ask what green tea extract are you talking?

I love green tea, but I don't know if I could drink 7 cups!

[Sourire]

I took this one:
Tegreen

I was taking it to help with cervical dysplasia (aka abnormal pap smear), not EWCM, but one of the side effects was tons of EWCM!

It's a bit hard to find places that sell this stuff if you don't want to order it directly from the manufacturer, I got mine from my naturopathic doctor. I searched everywhere for other green tea capsules that were caffeine free but wasn't able to find anything!

[MountainMamaGC]

I find drinking one cup of green tea a day helps. Also make sure you are hydrated as you need fluids to make fluids.

[karmab]

cut way down on dairy. eat baby carrots (it's ok to cook them,) green tea- but it actually should be caffeinated, and is better with lemon (avoid milk,) anything lemon or lime if it's not to sweet- i like limeade made by a company that is called "simply..." something, at the grocery store, cranberry juice, lots of water, robitussin, more water. whole foods sells green tea extract lozenges, too. they might help. and i dont know about the soy being part of the problem- it has significantly improved my cm! i would personally avoid egg whites- for one, how the heck would you get them in there, and for two- yuck- rotten scrambled eggs. not for me. preseed has a pH that sperm likes, and some sugars to nourish them. it's not as good as cm because it's not in your cervix, obviously, but it is good for the vag to avoid the hostile environment that is going to kill the swimmers immediately, which can happen if you dont have cm. and how do you check? best time is way up, swirl around your cervix and squeeze it, after a bm, with clean hands. there may be more up there than you think, you might just not be reaching it?

[Sweet.Bee]

Cranberry juice.

I drank it the last 2 cycles due to very scanty EWCM (hardly there at all), and I had TONS of it, nice and stretchy, both times.

Of course, my doctor thought I was crazy when I mentioned it, so maybe it's all in my head.

And I'm still not pregnant, but at least my EWCM is better.

[contactmaya]

How much cranberry juice did you drink btw sweetbee?
Ill try to greentea capsules. Increase my epo dosage. Buy the preseed. Im afraid to go near the soy, but it could be that i took too high a dose, and a smaller dose would help.

Why did the ewcm suddenly disappear tho? or at least, drastically decrease?

thanks for your help....