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The thing is that using CM as a sign only works in context. For example, if you knew what your CM was like through your whole cycle then you would be able to say "oh yeah this is ovulation" or "this is different CM than I usually have at this many days DPO." So really it can only help you so much.
The pain is also something that can be hard to know not in context. Could it be ovulation will be happening soon? Is it a cyst? Are you newly pregnant?

I wish I could help, but realistically it could be so many thing or combination of things. The month after hormonal birth control is so hard to chart even if you were checking your CM every day, temping, and using OPKs. It just isn't a normal cycle most of the time. After I had my IUD out, I bled for 3 straight weeks, a heavy period bleeding. I ovulated a week after the bleeding, which was a whole month after it was removed. I got my AF 2 weeks after that. So that cycle was 6 weeks long and nothing was when I thought it would. Immediately after that cycle though, things became regular, different than before BC, but a strong pattern.

Best of luck! I hope you get your answers soon. Sorry I couldn't offer more concrete answers.

No, thank you for your reply, yeah it's difficult to know where I am in my cycle as newly coming off the nexaplanon. I just thought it was impossible to ovulate so soon after removal without a period but I have heard some women have been caught straigh after removal without a period also. I think only time will tell. Hopefully it's just my body getting back to normality after birth and contraceptives. Thank you!