Please Don't Cook With These Egg Whites

My infertility journey began 7 years ago when I was 27 years old. I went off the pill after taking it for almost 9 years straight. I had been married to my wonderful, loving and very supportive husband for three years and was ready to start a family. Like most couples I thought it would be easy. I figured the moment I stopped the pill I would be pregnant within a few months. I was so naive!

A year later...still not pregnant. I decided I better get serious and learn more about TTC.

I started charting my temperature. Or at least attempting. My problem with taking my temperature was trying to remember the instant I woke up to stick a foreign object into my mouth. Did you know that just raising your head off your pillow or sitting up will change your temperature. I was so bad at it you could tell nothing from my temperature. It was all over the place.

I tried the ovulation tests. First of all they are expensive. If I used them every month for as long as I have been TTC I would be broke. Second of all I never really seemed to get a clear positive. The line was always close in color to the other line but never as dark as or darker than.

Then I learned about my favorite go to method. Checking my cervical mucus. To do this method you can't be shy or embarrassed about your body. I remembered the first time I told one of my girlfriends about this. She thought it was hysterical and horrifying all at the same time. If you are unfamiliar with checking your cervical mucus it really is quite easy and not gross at all. Follow this step by step guide to checking your cervical mucus. (This makes me laugh. Something like this needs a step by step guide.)

          1.  Wash hands

          2.  Insert finger as far as you can into your vagina. The best source of cervical mucus is at your cervix.

          3.  Inspect cervical mucus.

          4.  Cervical mucus can be sticky, creamy, wet, watery and like egg whites.

          5.  Look for egg whites. Egg white cervical mucus will stretch an inch or more between fingers.

          6.  If you see egg whites you are ripe for the picking. Time to have sex.