Using cervical mucus to predict ovulation

If you have been married for quite some time and have been trying to conceive without much success, going to a fertility clinic or undergoing fertility treatment must be considered as a last resort because these are often too expensive.

There is one method to help with your conception attempts that you can do at home: using cervical mucus to predict ovulation. It is important to note that ovulation is the best time for you to have sexual intercourse because this is when the egg is available to be fertilized by sperms.

Understanding the Use of Cervical Mucus to Predict Ovulation

It is not too hard to use cervical mucus to predict ovulation because it is innate to every female born on this planet. One thing you will have to do when you use cervical mucus to predict ovulation is to constantly check on the consistency of the cervical mucus. If it is thick and yellowish, then it means that your body is not yet ready to conceive because ovulation has not happened yet. But, once the cervical mucus looks like raw egg white, and it is very slippery and stretches when touched with two fingers, it means that your reproductive system is already at work and you and your partner can try conceiving around this time.

The use of cervical mucus to predict ovulation is also being done in fertility treatments, so you do not have to worry about doing something that is not backed up by science or medicine. Most fertility doctors would recommend that you take much notice of your cervical mucus so that methods can be done to ensure conception. It is easy to track cervical mucus because this is just a normal vaginal discharge that all women possess and most do not really take notice of. Other ways to check on your cervical mucus are:

• Collect it using tissue paper
• Use your fingers to collect a sample from underwear
• Or, you can also choose to insert a finger into the vaginal opening and try to reach into the
  cervix or the areas below or around it so you can collect better cervical mucus samples
  You can choose whichever of the above methods that you are comfortable with.

The use of cervical mucus to predict ovulation eliminates the need to go through expensive fertility treatments, as well as giving a woman a better way of understanding her body and the processes it goes through in order to bring forth a new life.
Although predicting ovulation with cervical mucus has its advantages, we must say that ovulation kits are more accurate and safer than just relying on cervical mucus.