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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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EWCM after I thought I'd ovulated?

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Nightowlagain · 07/05/2014 14:03

Hi there, I have a question and thought where better to ask it! I hope someone can give me an insight into the ovulation process.

I'm ttc number two, last time it took a few months but was successful without any intervention. We have just started again, and I've been using a calendar app on my phone to track my dates. It is very accurate with regard to predicting my period, and I'm very regular, 28 day cycle. I'm going by when it says I'm ovulating, but I've noticed the last two months of trying that I seem to get the EWCM starting the day after I think I've ovulated according to the calendar.

We dtd the day before I was supposedly ovulating and I'm worried now that we missed it again. We've not been dedicated to it really yet, so this was the only time we dtd this month.

Does this mean I'm ovulating later than the dates suggest, or is it possible that the EWCM can come just after? Thanks if you can help, it's very confusing!

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hanflan · 07/05/2014 14:18

It's very possible! People tend to ovulate on different days, we are all different! Don't get too hung up on the dates and timings of it all. As long as you dtd a few times over the fertile period then you should be fine! Don't forget that swimmers live for a few days up there, so even if you don't do it on the exact day of ovulation you are still in with a good chance Smile

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Nightowlagain · 07/05/2014 14:16

I just looked at my app and based on the CM it would have been ovulating on the 17th day, is that likely?

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hanflan · 07/05/2014 14:13

1moretime that's right as far as I know. If you have ewcm for more than one day, the last day is supposed to be your "peak" and that means you should be ovulating either then or within 12-24 hrs or so Smile

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Nightowlagain · 07/05/2014 14:12

Ok thanks. I guess I should go by my body rather than relying on the calendar. It's just annoying, I remember last time being blissfully unaware if the physical signs and going just by the dates. Maybe that's why it took a while! I work funny shifts as well so it's hard to fit lots of sex in at the right time, but I'll give it a go!

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1moretime · 07/05/2014 14:08

Im not 100 percent but im sure when you get ewcm that is leading upto ovulation & its the last day you hsve it that is most fertile. I may be wrong tho.
I also use a period log on my phone but im not sure if it is accurate as to when i should or am ovulating. Xx

hanflan · 07/05/2014 14:06

If you are just using the calendar method, based on nothing other than a 28 day cycle, it will automatically assume that you ovulate exactly mid cycle (usually day 14). This is not always true! For example I usually ovulate on day 15 and I have a 28 day cycle.
EWCM is a big clue that you are ovulating so I would go with that, if you don't want to go down the route of temping, opks etc. If you make sure you dtd several times over your fertile window you should be fine :)