Hello...I just finished charting my first cycle yesterday.  My husband and I are trying to get pregnant. I am 30 years old and my cycles tend to be 31 days long.  In looking at my chart, it looks like we missed my fertile time this past month.  My question is how do I track cervical fluid when having sex regularly.  I think I am confusing cervical mucus with semen on the day following intercourse.  How should I address this?  Thanks!Diane
Hello DianeThanks for writing to us. Cervical mucus would be long and stringy during the ovulation period, as you obviously know. It would coincide with rise in body temperature. Semen would liquefy minutes after intercourse, so it would not be stringy and would not elongate like a thread between your fingers, but would be runny like water. The smell also is distinctive As you are eagerly trying to conceive, I would advise the use of ovulation detection kits or follicular monitoring by ultrasound. Take care.