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I’ve collected this information from various woman and TTC forums. So what might work for one woman may not work for you. Please note that with most of these home remedies, its important to only take up until ovulation and to consult with your doctor before taking any of the supplements or medications.

Improving your Cervical Mucus (CM):

Drink lots of water (through out your cycle)

A cup or two of Green tea from CD1 to O day. If you are like me and cant drink the Green tea. It makes me want to gag, then consider taking it in a pill form.

Evening Primrose Oil – EPO Taken from CD1 to O day. (1500mg to 3000mg per day.) Do not use EPO after ovulation since it can cause uterine contractions. Although some woman have reported having bad headaches and an upset stomach while taking the EPO.

Eating raw baby carrots. I don’t have a recommended dosage, but I’m sure a handful twice a day will do the trick.

Grapefruit Juice. Two cups a day up until O day. This one I’ve actually tried myself and it does work!

Guaifenesin, this is found in cough syrup. If you want to go this route, then make sure you get a cough syrup that only contains guaifenesin. You don’t want it to contain any other ingredients since that will dry up your mucus. Guaifenesin thins out your mucus. Benylin Wet Cough Syrup contains 200mg of guaifenesin. This is usually taken twice a day with a glass of water from CD8/10 up until O date. Remember this doesn’t help produce CM, just helps with thinning it out.

Using Pre~Seed lubricant is the next best thing to your natural CM.

There is also a product called Fertivor that promotes "fertile quality" CM.