[klossg]

describes cervical mucous vs. glandular mucous

I am not trained to know the difference. I know Creighton Method distinguishes different types of mucus. My wife calls that a very "male" dominated system because they want you to inspect the mucus in depth. I don't follow that but hey if she thinks men are good with mucus because they spit hockers or something, maybe she is right. I don't know if I agree with her but I do know I am not trained to differentiate. CCL says: any mucus is fertile in phase II, even tacky feeling mucus. Unless you know that you have a background mucus that is nearly always present and you have learned how to distinguish the difference. The book ART of NFP talks about background mucus. I do not have the book here to check it out.

sigh ... I am sorry you have this trouble. You have every right to be frustrated and fed up. Regardless, I will pray for you and heck you know you have every right to smash NFP ... I can only comment back. Thanks for setting me straight.

[Scotswife]

yes...the Weschler book does discuss background mucous...tacky, crumbly that evaporates quickly vs. stretchy, clear "egg white" that does not evaporate quickly.
That sort of thing.

And the cyst is different too - but I'm sure it can mask cm and cause a mistake.

Again...not so much attempting to smash NFP so much as to show maybe it's not right for everyone.
And the frustrating thing is that it's our only moral option.