Icky EWCM question (don't read if squeamish!)

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Have name changed as far too embarrassed to ask otherwise... but this has been bugging me and I don't know how else to find out if I'm just abnormal!

I've been charting since starting TTC a good few months ago, and I'm a little puzzled by EWCM... I do seem to get it, if not in huge amounts, but then I get random stuff that looks like copious amounts at a different point in my cycle. However this is always after....um.... a number 2.... and I can't tell quite where it's coming from....(sorry!). What I want to know is - is this likely to be EWCM, brought on by the - ahem - pushing action; or some kind of lubricanty stuff from a...different area?!

I'm so sorry for the TMI.... I just had to ask....

You do get a lubricating mucus from your back passage to help you when you open your bowels. Therefore it might be this. However I have no idea what that looks like.

lots of women check their mucus after a poo because it helps it down down. so maybe either

It's nothing to be embarrassed about!

You can get mucus from your back passage when you poo but you are unlikely to notice it unless you have IBS (at least it's my own experience that I only noticed it after I developed IBS)>

It's quite normal that you push out whatever cervical mucus is hanging around when you poo though through the pushing action because it is right next door! I often notice my EWCM at this time.

I notice my EWCM around the same time I get a positive on my OPK. I get varying amounts of CM at other times, but it is not stretchy (it's a bit icky but unlike other kinds of CM or semen, EWCM will stretch between your fingers, just like egg whites).

If you don't think you are producing enough EWCM, try drinking fresh unsweetened grapefruit juice in the lead up to ovulation. It is supposed to improve production levels. I've tried it and it does seem to help. Cough medicine does the same - google to find out what the active ingredient to look for is. I can't remember offhand. Also, make sure you are well-hydrated.