A few TMI questions...

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MamanFrancaise

Discussion Starter · Jun 8, 2004

Do cervixes point down? I mean does the opening point down normally? Because mine certainly does not and it took me until today to realize that! I have been feeling my cervix and it always felt closed until today when I felt a little higher and realized that my cervix opening is most definately to the left and it was open a finger tip size. I've had a baby before so I hear it's normal to always feel open, but does this sound weird?

Next question... I do not have EWCM. Last cycle I didn't have it. I know I've had it before (a long time ago) and the closest thing I get is a lot of white/cloudy mucus... would this be creamy or watery? It is usually slippery but I can't tell if it stretches because there is never enough to play with. Opinions?

And lastly.. I got my HPTs and LH tests today. Do I have to use FMU to use the ovulation strips? And do I test daily or every other day or twice a day?

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alexisyael

· #2 · Jun 8, 2004

hmmmm... as Queen of Crotch Talk, nothing is TMI!

However

: I am ashamed I don't really know the answers to this first question.

My cervix points out (well, it feels like it's pointing out, possibly down -- it changes position through the month) It might lean a little to the side, but I never thought about it before! :LOL

White/ cloudy mucus that is slippery could be watery or egcm. Depends on whether it is stretchy. And you really don't need a lot to be able to stretch it, so I assume yours was probably not egcm. (Good to know -- even without egcm you got pregnant before!)

Or it could have been your husband's mucus. You'd have needed to do the sink or float test!

In terms of OPK tests -- they actually say to pick a time in the afternoon to test. What matters is that the time of day is consistant. You can do it in the morning, but it isn't necesary. You test everyday. (I guess you could test twice a day, but it isn't usually in the directions, I don't think. I've never done OPK).

In terms of using OPK as pregnancy tests, I have no idea which urine to use!

HTH!

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slightly crunchy

· #3 · Jun 8, 2004

My cervix also doesn't point straight down, never has (always have a terrible time getting a pap because it is tilted and it takes them a second to find it). If I reach straight up I feel the posterior edge of it; have to reach up and forward a bit to feel the opening. I often have to Kegel while I'm in there to be able to feel it at all--which is probably why after a couple months I still have no idea if it is high, medium or low...

So, maybe you also have a retroverted uterus (uterus tips back ward into the pelvis so cervix is facing forward)?

Hey, maybe all this cervix checking will be useful one day when we're 9 months preggo, having contractions and can check ourselves if we're dilating yet

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alexisyael

· #4 · Jun 8, 2004

I have indeed been told I have a tilted uterus

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MamanFrancaise

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 9, 2004

Oh phew, thanks ladies! I also feel the edge of my cervix if I feel straight up however I then have to move my finger backwards and a little higher up... (I swear it was to the left this morning and moved!) It was also higher just now, sheesh the little thing should just stay put already!

Alexis, how do I not need a lot for me to see that it's stretchy? Is there some magical way to see if it stretches without actually stretching it? LMAO The most I have is to coat my finger.

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alexisyael

· #6 · Jun 9, 2004

If it coats your finger, you should be able to try to stretch it... if it won't stretch, it isn't stretch :LOL I don't always have a lot, either, but you really only need a tiny amount to stretch it. Just put your fingers together and pull them apart slowly...

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MamanFrancaise

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 9, 2004

Hmmm, ok so if it stretches only slightly (that's all I noticed last cycle), it stretched a few mm because there wasn't much of it, then it's stretchy? Sorry for the dumb question, LOL. The picture I posted a few weeks ago with the EWCM was reeeeeeeally stretchy and stretched a few inches so I always doubt what I see is EW.

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mama2m&m

· #8 · Jun 9, 2004

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Originally Posted by slightly crunchy
My cervix also doesn't point straight down, never has (always have a terrible time getting a pap because it is tilted and it takes them a second to find it). If I reach straight up I feel the posterior edge of it; have to reach up and forward a bit to feel the opening. I often have to Kegel while I'm in there to be able to feel it at all--which is probably why after a couple months I still have no idea if it is high, medium or low...

So, maybe you also have a retroverted uterus (uterus tips back ward into the pelvis so cervix is facing forward)?

Hey, maybe all this cervix checking will be useful one day when we're 9 months preggo, having contractions and can check ourselves if we're dilating yet

: that was funny! are your arms long enough to stretch to check your uterus? i don't think i could reach that far

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my cervix seems to point straight down so the opening is usually the firt thing i feel whether it's high or low.

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alexisyael

· #9 · Jun 9, 2004

Do more yoga and you too can check your own uterus! :LOL

: :LOL

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BTW, yes, I would call that egcm if it stretches even at all...

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mama2m&m

· #10 · Jun 9, 2004

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Originally Posted by alexisyael
Do more yoga and you too can check your own uterus! :LOL

: :LOL

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BTW, yes, I would call that egcm if it stretches even at all...

taught by alexis herself!!!!

btw, alexis o/t i saw a moving van the other day, the do-it-yourself kind. And they have little messge and pictures now so this one had a picture of a person (block cartoons) holding a box with wavy lines emanating from the armpit area. And the message said, don't forget to wear deoderant on moving day. So I just thought I'd pass along the PSA

: keeping in mind i know not everyone partakes but i can't recall who does and who doesnt LOL!

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alexisyael

· #11 · Jun 9, 2004

Ah, Denise, I do wear deodorant

Toms of Maine Honeysuckle Rose, in fact

And I have some really yummy cornstarch based powder from Lush to go over the top of that, to really keep the nasties away!

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mama2m&m

· #12 · Jun 9, 2004

i hear ya! mmm honeysuckle. that's one of my fav. scents. i'll have to check into that. i love june and late august cause the honeysuckle is everywhere and it's just delightful.

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