New here and I've got it bad!

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Registered: 07-08-2003
New here and I've got it bad!
Thu, 08-21-2003 - 12:38pm
Hello...I've posted a couple questions on the TTC Another Child board but this one seems a bit more active so I thought I'd post here. :+) I'm 21, dh is 22 and we have a 19 month old dd. We are ready to try again, in fact I went off the pill yesterday. I remember from when I was not on the pill I had quite a few days of E-W CM every month, although at the time I didn't know what it meant. I have been on the pill for 3 months, although my cycles haven't been quite regular since stopping BF'ing my dd when she was 12 months old. So in 7 months, I've only had 4 periods total (one was pill-induced). That worries me a little but I'm trying not to freak out about it. We conceived dd extremely quickly, and I was actually on the pill at the time (although forgetting to take them quite a bit, but still :+) ) I'm hoping to have the same "luck" with this one.

I'm wondering if your fertility tends to stay basically the same for each pregnancy. I know each one is different, but is there a chance I could still conceive rather quickly with this one even though my periods have been irregular? Also, I have been noticing quite a bit of stretchy CM lately but am not sure if that means anything since I have been on the pill. Does the pill cause stretchy, E-W CM? Also, dh and I BD everyday and is it possible for semen to continue coming out the entire next day, making me think it's CM? I thought for the most part semen came out right away, but now I'm not so sure. Sorry if this grossed anyone out...Oh, and I have read TCOYF, but don't really want to chart, at least not at this point. Maybe a few months from now if nothing has happened. I plan on going by CM. Thanks for any advice and sorry for all the questions!