Cervical mucus and spotting

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My partner (cis-male) and I (cis-female) plan to try to conceive starting next month, and this month has been sort of a "not trying, not preventing" month to kick it off. I've been trying to really be in tune with my cycles (though I haven't been temping) over the last few months especially so that we will be better prepared when we start trying.

I just recently ovulated this month; I had mittelschmerz, a positive opk, and when I wiped, I had mucus-like, stretchy discharge, which I've learned in the past is likely my cervical mucus. However, I'm wondering if my cm is too thick? Every few months it comes out thick like I mentioned, a lot like clear snot or something. Would taking mucinex around the time of ovulation help?

Also, I ran a 10k this past Saturday and immediately afterwards, noticed some light brown spotting. Granted, this was around the time of ovulation, but the spotting has been on and off since then. I'm wondering if I over-exacerbated myself and caused the spotting. Is that possible? Should I avoid vigorous exercise around ovulation in the future?

Thanks for your help!

Cross-posted to vaginapagina and making_babies

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What You Can Do To Support Jane Doe

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If you're aware of the Steubenville rape trial, you may be wondering what you can to do support Jane Doe. We'd like to help by boosting the signal on a couple of things we know of that you can do.

You can make a donation in Jane Doe's name. Jane Doe has asked that people donate to this shelter in her name. The shelter is located in her county, and assists people of all genders, but focuses on supporting "families and low-income women, especially those from the African-American population." According to the post, you can donate "as little as $2 via your Paypal account".

Because Jane Doe has been receiving death threats, we also would like to let VPers know how to report any threatening messages, tweets, or comments directed at Jane Doe online. (I got this info from the DailyKos, but the page had a screen shot of the threats as well as people using Jane's real first name, so I decided to just copy the info to this post instead.) If you see any threatening messages online directed at Jane Doe, here's what you can do:

Contact:
Jefferson County Police Dept – police@cityofsteubenville.us
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Dept – Fax: 740-283-8598

On Twitter:
Please @ all threats to @misspell as her timeline is now being monitored by Sheriff Fred Abdalla
Please do not engage those who are making the threats, simply report them.

And via @smartbitches on Twitter, here is an address where one can send letters of support to Jane Doe.

Fitzsimmons Law
1609 Warwood Avenue
Wheeling, WV 26003
Att: Jane Doe

If any of you know of any other ways that people can show support, please comment here and let us know. Thanks! Also, consider sharing a link to this post (or the info in this post) far and wide on whatever social media you choose.

is this normal? WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC PHOTOS

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Hysteroscopy/Uterine Catheter Question

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Hi All,
Just had a hysteroscopy and something else done to remove a septation in my uterus. He inserted a uterine catheter with a "balloon" containing 2ml of fluid, to keep the uterus from sticking together while healing. He said not to worry if it fell out on its own.
What I was not expecting was for it to fall out on its own just over six hours after the surgery.
Is this something that I should be concerned about?
My husband did a bit of research, and he saw that some surgeons don't even use the uterine catheter after surgery.
Looking forward to any input/advice you all might have!

chewing your birth control pill, PMDD, & other stuff

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Hi everyone!
I have a couple of questions about hbc and how you peeps use it--do you chew? and have you used it successfully for PMDD? First, some background after this cut...( Read more... )

Thanks for any insights you have!!