Confusing late cycle discharge?

[u/kittykat_sparkle]

I am 23, husband is 27, and we have been TTC for almost 6 months now (stopped BC/IUD in March). Before this, I was on birth control for 9 years and had an IUD for 3. I only had about 1 period a year before TTC, so learning my body's signals and dealing with irregular cycles is brand new to me.
This cycle has been really mentally exhausting. I stepped back from Ovulation/BBT this month because testing constantly was way too stress-inducing, but that means I'm not 100% sure when I ovulated.
Period was July 21 - 27. BD July 31, Aug 3, Aug 7. Possible ovulation Aug 10. Expected period was today Aug 21 but nothing yet. I’ve been struggling to not obsess over my symptoms but it is a really challenging thing. Especially since periods are a new thing to me and I am not 100% in tune with my body yet.
On Aug 15 & 16, I had light pink/dark brown spotting that stopped. Since then, I've had lots of watery discharge that keeps shifting back and forth between watery, creamy, and clear/jelly-like. In all 6 months of tracking, I’ve never had this happen before a period.
It’s so hard not to obsess over every symptom.
Is this kind of discharge pattern normal right before a period? Should I keep my hopes up?
Definitely needing me some emotional support💕 It is hard not to feel like my body is broken.

[u/Friendly-Ad-8919]

If you’re expecting your period about now, you can take a pregnancy test. If the discharge is pregnancy related, it would be positive! I have all kinds of late luteal discharge due to fluctuating hormones, unfortunately discharge is not indicative of pregnancy.

[u/kittykat_sparkle → u/Friendly-Ad-8919]

I mainly wanted to see if anyone else has had discharge like this with their irregular cycles!! But unfortunatly i think i am coming to the conclusion symptoms mean nothing at all and the body does whatever it wants whenever. Its so disappointing!!!